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So you think your child is safe in their bedroom and other lies we tell ourselves as parents co-parenting conversations with kids cyberbullying cybersafety device safety device safety 101 devices explicit content online online grooming online safety parent resources parents pornography Apr 18, 2025

There's a comforting lie we love to wrap ourselves in as parents:

"Theyā€™re home. Theyā€™re in their room. Theyā€™re safe."

Itā€™s the lie that lets us exhale after a long day. The lie that soothes the part of us desperate to believe weā€™ve done enough. But what if that lie is the very thing putting our k...

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Kristi McVee

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Founder of Child Abuse Prevention and Education Australia, Kristi McVee is a Child Safety Expert specialising in empowering and educating parents around child abuse prevention and online safety. Kristi spent 10 years in the police force as a specialist child interviewer and a detective senior constable. After retiring from the force Kristi is on a mission to raise awareness and make an impact in the fight against child abuse.

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