Archive for January, 2008

Water safety or water play

January 31st 2008 by Megan Bayliss in Child Abuse 4

Much of Australia has been crippled by the worst drought in white history. Recent heavy rains have resulted in extensive flooding and the death of stock, crops and farming lifestyle. What the drought didn’t get, the rain and floods did.
Safety warnings to keep children out of flooded rivers, drains and dams prevail. Water safety, even […]

Australia Day edition of the Carnival of Australia

January 30th 2008 by Megan Bayliss in Child Abuse 6

 Welcome to the January 30, 2008 edition of our
Australia Day
fair dinkum Carnival of Australia.

 
Australia Day is a public holiday Down Under. We Aussie bloggers must have taken the day off to write some bonza posts because this Australia Day edition of the Carnival of Australia is chockers with new mates. Welcome to you all. It has […]

Forum merge with All for Women

January 28th 2008 by Megan Bayliss in Imaginif business 2

Imaginif Safety Talk forum has now merged with All for Women. Some posts were lost in the move but the history remains at Imagifif. Over the next few days I will cut and post the major threads over to our new Safety Talk with Imaginif board.
There are going to be some changes to the Imaginif website. […]

Internet Safety Gets A Boost On MySpace

January 27th 2008 by Keeping Kids Safe in Child Abuse 2

Internet safety gets a boost this month. MySpace, “the place for friends” is working hard to distance itself from being identified as a place for pedophiles and pornography. While we know dangers to children online lurk everywhere, the new legislation in the U.S. targets MySpace in particular.
We think it will help. Here’s what happened. On […]

Mentoring young people in and from foster care in Australia

January 27th 2008 by Lisa in Fostering Adoption Parenting, Child Abuse 2

Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day
I have recently had the privilege of getting to know Carissa Neal. In a sense, she and I are sisters, since we both have experienced being in foster care.
Carissa is originally from New South Wales. She comes from a background of abuse and neglect.
When Carissa was nine years old, […]