CAPE-AU Blog by Kristi McVee

I was a Child Abuse Detective – Here are the 5 things I want every parent to know child abuse prevention child on child abuse child protection child safety conversations with kids harmful sexualised behaviours keeping kids safe online grooming peer based abuse Jun 12, 2025

Before I became a police officer, I didn’t know much about child sexual abuse. It just wasn’t something people talked about when I was a child growing up or as I became a parent myself.

I joined the WA Police before my daughter had turned 2-years-old and she grew up with me in the blue uniform, hel...

When a Child Hurts Another Child at School: What Parents Need to Know, Do, and Say advocacy advocate body safety child abuse child abuse prevention child on child abuse child protection child safety children harmful sexualised behaviours parenting peer based abuse school school safety Apr 01, 2025

I recently spoke with a mother who reached out to me because her 5-year-old child had disclosed sexual abuse - not from an adult, but from another 5-year-old child.

Let’s just pause there.

Because this is the part no one warns you about.

No one tells you what to do when the harm doesn't come from...

I recently spoke with a mother who reached out to me because her 5-year-old child had disclosed sexual abuse - not from an adult, but from another 5-year-old child.

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