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A Developing Recipe for a Slice of Change

Due to personal reasons, I’ve been up since 1.15 this morning. My morning (work hours) consisted of three interviews with people affected by child sexual assault. I returned to my office to 6 calls waiting for me. Two were from the Criminal Investigation Bureau about historical sexual assault cases I’ve had involvement with over the years, one was from a Child Care Centre wanting some Protective Behavior Training, one was from the tax office (oh cringe – how I didn’t want to ring them back!) and two were from existing clients. Even the tax office was sexual assault related because … Continue reading →

Have Your Cake and Eat it Too (Watch Out for Too Much Depravation)

I was chatting recently with a friend who is facing some changes in her budget. This person is NOT a single parent, but I was able to draw on my experiences as a single parent to offer her some suggestions. We single parents can be an amazingly frugal bunch—but too much depravation can be depressing and disheartening. I have learned over my many years as a single parent that there are ways to be both frugal and experience life to the fullest! My personal philosophies on financial management and raising a family on one parent’s income are really built around … Continue reading →

Was Sexual Violence Awareness Month Successful at Families.com?

As Sexual Violence Awareness Month in Queensland draws to month’s end, so too does my incessant blogging on focused issues of a sexually abusive nature. Despite this culmination of focus, I urge you all to stay vigilant and conscious of predators and their sneaky ways of operating. You may recall in The Grooming Process of a Child Sexual Predator, I highlighted that “Darkness to Light suggests that an average serial perpetrator may abuse 400 children in a lifetime”. This equates to an extremely high number of children at risk of being abused in future. None of us can be lulled … Continue reading →