Conversations with Kristi

In this episode, Kristi talks with online safety educator and founder of 'Not My Kid', Jen Hoey. Jen shares the story of her 11yo daughter being groomed online by a predator despite her hypervigilence and the impact that experience had on her daughter and family.  Jen turned her families tragedy into helping and supporting other families through her online facebook group and extremely helpful...

In this episode, Kristi speaks with Alison D'Vine, founder and CEO of SagencyWA, a men's behaviour change and family therapy clinic in Perth WA.  Alison and Kristi discuss the challenges that couples face when dealing with domestic violence and explore the many reasons for domestic violence including unpacking the 'man box' and societal ideas and pressures on men and families that contribute...

Welcome back to Season 2 of The CAPE podcast - a child abuse prevention and education podcast.  CONTENT WARNING - This episode talks about Gloria's experience as a survivor of child sex trafficking and abuse. Listener discretion is advised.  In this episode, Kristi speaks with Gloria Masters, founder and CEO of Handing The Shame Back, a podcast and Youtube channel with resources, survivo...

Episode 21 The impacts of pornography on our children In this episode, Kristi speaks with ex-WA Police Officer of over 20 years, Kayelene Kerr where she talks about the impacts of pornography on our children and what we as parents should be talking about with our kids.  This is a MUST listen podcast for parents of girls and boys with young children and teens especially those parents with chil...

Episode 20 Navigating social media as parents with Maddie Graham In this episode Kristi speaks with Maddie Graham, co-founder of Changing the Conversation where they talk about Maddie's unique experiences with social media, stalkers, oversharing information and the effects of social media on young people.  Maddie is a third-year psychology student at the University of Wollongong and also...

Episode 19 Divorce and separation support with Becca Maxwell  In this episode, Kristi speaks with Becca Maxwell from Do Divorce Right about the struggles and challenges of separation and divorce when dealing with children and keeping them safe.  Becca is a divorce coach who coaches women through navigating the choice to separate or in the process of separation and divorce and the convers...

Episode 18 Cyberbullying solutions and prevention with Maggie Ciobanu from YooChooz In this episode, Kristi speaks with mother Maggie Ciobanu who turned her own daughters cyberbullying into an app to help prevent kids from sending abusive message and make better choices before they engage in cyberbullying.  Maggie explains her own daughters and family's experiences that led her to try and hel...

Episode 17 Educate to Empower our children with Jayneen Sanders In this episode, Kristi speaks with Jayneen Sanders aka Jay Dale, an author of over 100 stories and educational books for kids aged from 3 and up, covering topics such as body safety, consent, inclusion, feelings, respectful relationships and other important conversations for our children in the prevention of child sexual abuse and he...

Episode 16 The Better Sex Ed Project with Jess Douglas - Monks In this episode, Kristi talks with Jess from The Better Sex Ed Project about the importance of open discussions around sexuality education with your children, starting at a young age in age appropriate ways.  Jess discusses the importance of correct anatomy and how good sexuality education can improve relationships and enhance the...

Episode 15 - How to have better conversations with your kids with guest Mike Dyson.  In this episode, Kristi talks to legendary human Mike Dyson. Mike is a social and emotional intelligence educator and corporate speaker who facilitates group conversations around mental health and suicide prevention, education wellbeing, healthy masculinity and corporate culture and wellbeing.  In this c...

Episode 14 - The Cyber Safety Project with Trent Ray In this episode, Kristi talks with co-founder Trent Ray of the Cyber Safety Project based in the East Coast of Australia about why he started this social enterprise to educate children and young people about digital citizenship and online safety.  Trent shares his experiences as a teacher along with first hand stories of online child abuse...

Content Warning - Discussions about Child Sexual Abuse, Online Child Exploitation and Child Sexual Abuse Material  Episode 13 - The battle to protect your kids online with Sergio Zaragoza  In this episode, Kristi interviews Sergio Zaragoza, an advocate and online child exploitation educator living in Spain. Sergio worked as an investigator and moderator for big tech companies YouTube and...

Episode 12 - Stranger Danger, Tricky Behaviours and 'how to prevent your child from being groomed'  Content Warning: Child Sexual Abuse and Swearing  In this episode, Kristi talks about how to talk to your child about Stranger Danger and Tricky Behaviours after her Sunrise interview 2 weeks ago.  Kristi also discusses her time in Darwin presenting to the Australian College of Childr...

CONTENT WARNING - Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming In this episode, Kristi talks with child sexual abuse survivor and advocate Imogen Lee about facing her abuser in court after years of grooming, being unheard and the power of persistence.  Imogen attempted to report her abuse at age 12, 16, 21 and finally at age 28, was able to seek justice. Imogen's story shares her struggles as a child, her...

Episode 10 - Talking safe online exploration and working as a team together online with Sandrine Lexi.  In this episode, Kristi talks with creator Sandrine Lexi about her card game 'All the Likes' targeted at children aged 6-10 years of age.  Sandrine is the mother of 3 young humans and after seeing a tragic story of a young persons online abuse and subsequent suicide, decided there...

CONTENT WARNING - this episode is intended for adult listeners only. Please don't listen with children in the car or where little ears can hear.  In this episode, Kristi discusses healthy sexuality education with sexuality expert and author, Vanessa Hamilton from Talking the Talk.  This episode is a deep dive conversation into what parents need to know in regards to discussing sex and se...

Episode 8 - The effects of child abuse on the body with Genevieve Jones CONTENT WARNING - discussions of child sexual abuse, torture, domestic violence and abuse Genevieve Jones is a child abuse survivor, advocate, protective behaviours practitioner as well having a bachelor's degree in social science.  Genevieve's story of torture and child sexual abuse is way more than what was di...

Episode 7 - The Online Safety Dilemma with Paul Litherland Kristi interviews one of the leading online safety educators around the many struggles and issues our young people are having online and what we as parents can do about it.  Paul was a 2022 recipient of the West Australian of the Year award, is an ex-WA Police officer (like Kristi) and has seen a change in the age of children who are...

Content warning - this episode contains discussions about child sexual abuse and grooming behaviours which may be triggering for some people. Listener discretion is advised. Please consider your own mental health and wellbeing before listening.  In this episode, Kristi takes a deep dive into the horrific childcare abuse case from last week in which 91 children were abused with 1623 child...

Trigger Warning - Child sexual abuse and discussions around grooming behaviours In this episode, Kristi interviews Ruby Mikolaitis, a child abuse survivor and advocate, who talks about the effects of child sexual abuse, grooming and its ongoing effects in adulthood.  Ruby is the podcast host of The Cocoon Podcast (a podcast produced from The Blue Butterfly Institute) and a recent university g...

Episode 4 - Welcome to Sex and the psychology of nudes In this episode, Kristi talks about her conversations and experiences throughout the week and what she thinks about the book 'Welcome to Sex' by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes.  Kristi also discusses the psychology around why teens share nudes and what we as parents need to discuss with our kids.  If you are looking for help in disc...

Due to a glitch in the Spotify system - Episode 3 has been re-released to try and fix the bug. TRIGGER WARNING - discussions around online grooming and abuse Episode 3 - Online Predators & the Dark Web with Jessica Smith from ClickSafe Intelligence. Jessica Smith lives a double life investigating fraud for a private organisation by day and investigating online predators and the dark web at nig...

Episode 3 - Online Predators & the Dark Web with Jessica Smith from ClickSafe Intelligence. Jessica Smith lives a double life investigating fraud for a private organisation by day and investigating online predators and the dark web at night. This was a great conversation between Kristi & Jessica about what online predators are doing to prey our kids and how they groom them.  Check out...

In this episode, Kristi talks with Holly-ann Martin, Protective Behaviours facilitator and trailblazer, author of multiple books, keen swing dancer and a friend. Kristi & Holly-ann talk about the importance of Protective Behaviours in keeping kids safe from abuse, pornography, cyber safety as well as her work in rural communities around Australia. Check out Safe4Kids website here: https://safe...

Our first episode is an Introduction to the Operation CAPE podcast - a child abuse prevention and education podcast including an introduction of the show's host Kristi McVee. TRIGGER WARNING - in all episodes we will be talking about child sexual abuse including victim/survivor's stories. This can be triggering and cause distress. Please see the bottom of these show notes for resources to assist i...