From Awareness to Action

About this episode

The episode discusses the reality of child sexual abuse, emphasizing the importance of awareness and understanding the signs.

I want to start by grounding us in the reality of child sexual abuse, because a lot of us grow up thinking, “that wouldn’t happen in my family” or “I’d see the signs.” But the statistics tell a different story. Abuse is more common than we’re comfortable admitting, and in most cases, it’s not a stranger—it’s someone the child already knows and trusts. That can feel unsettling to hear, but the goal here isn’t to create fear—it’s to create awareness. Because the more we understand what’s actua...

People in this episode

Host: Sawsha Turpin

Topics covered

• child sexual abuse
• awareness
• trust
• statistics
• family
• prevention

Keywords

• child abuse
• awareness
• statistics
• trust
• prevention

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