About & Why
About Us: This web site is owned by Imaginif Pty Ltd, an Australian company concerned with personal, community, social and commercial safety. We’re a small consulting operation, husband (an accountant), wife (a social worker) and kids, and we aim to make this spot the largest online child protection conversation in the world. 
We receive no funding or fringe benefits for operating this site, nor do we want any (we do offset hosting costs by google ad clicks and affiliate purchases though). We do it because we believe we have a corporate social responsibility to kids: not just our four kids but to children everywhere. We also do it because we are concerned that there is no global, 24-hour conversation for the average person to contribute to. This site is for you.
Along with our passion for keeping kids safe, we are in partnership with different child safety writers from around the world (currently America, India, England and Australia). They really care about keeping ALL kids safe from ALL types of harm and have chosen to display their social responsibility and proactive passion by writing voluntarily to Imaginif Child Protection became Serious Business. To these voluntary writers, THANK YOU. You make the Imaginif family a borderless and inclusive one.
From Imaginif we aim to:
- ensure that everyone in the world operates from a child focused, safety first, point of view,
- that everyone in the world becomes familiar with the easy to use BITSS model of protective behaviours,
- create a global community of people willing to talk about all kinds of child and business safety,
- share, motivate and educate around child sexual abuse prevention, and
- become the largest on-line child protection conversation in the world.
At Imaginif we LOVE discussion and we LOVE the idea of building a strong community. Grab a cuppa and join us in either the blogs or the Safety Talk forum. Make some friends, make some comments and help to create a world where safety and community participation is welcome and appreciated. Home of the BITSS model of Protective Behaviours (Body Ownership, Intuition, Touch, Say No, Support Network), spend some safe and quality time with us.
But wait…there’s more: Each year Imaginif carries out our family centric Corporate Social Responsibility by choosing a charity to support. The charities are always child focused and committed toward ending child sexual abuse. Along with helping our chosen charity with their organised fund raising events, we make a personal commitment to that charity and provide donations from our own pockets. We have a large blue vase into which we throw all of our 5c coins. At the end of the year, we give the money to our charity of the year. Last year we supported NAPCAN. In 2007, Imaginif proudly supports the Abused Child Trust. We hope that you will also do the same and help us to end child sexual abuse.
Imaginif…there was a world where children were safe.
Imaginif…you contributed to it.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Hi Megan,
Love your website. I am a social worker to be ( 4th yr). I was very concerned about your article on PAS. This syndrome does not exist. It is not in the DSMV. it is not a well researched, validated and substantiated disorder. It is a lie perpetrated by one person in USA and then promoted by the anti-feminist men’s right agendas’. Do not spread this lie as many many mothers and children have been damaged by this discourse. For accurate and up to date info please contact
Dr Elspeth McInnes AM
Director DeLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family
Studies Research Group
School of Education University of South Australia
Location: ‘G’ Building, Room 1-19
Telephone: +61 8 83024042
Facsimile: +61 8 83024394
Email: elspeth.mcinnes@unisa.edu.au
Home Page: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Elspeth.McInnes
I do not think she will object to me giving her details as she is happy to be a public spokesperson for single mothers and their children
Regards
Narelle
October 17th, 2007 at 1:36 am
I wrote and published a book on December 1, 2005 titled “Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl (The Choice Was Hers!).” This story is about hope, overcoming obstacles, and making choices in the face of adversity. More concretely, it is about child abuse and how the protagonist, a young girl named Anastasia, comes to terms with it.
The purpose of this story is to reach out to as many people as possible, to present hope, to inspire, and to encourage those who have been unfortunate to have experienced unfair adversity in their life. I appear to have been successful in that goal. Here are some excerpts from reviews . . .
This is a moving story about one girl’s journey to find feelings of self-esteem and self-worth.
— Jill Zimmerman Rutledge, LCSW, author of Dealing With The Stuff That Makes Life Tough: The Ten Things That Stress Girls Out and How To Cope With Them
This short but potent tale is indeed the story of a young girl, Anastasia’s, metamorphosis out of the smothering and woundedness caused by cruelty and abuse. … Perhaps this unique story will touch many lives … Perhaps this story will bring one person into a life of more fun and less pain!
— Review by Viviane Crystal, Member of Reviewers International Organization
… I couldn’t put the book down until I completely finished it on the back cover. It is so down to earth, so well versed I could feel times that I was “Anastasia.” Reading the words, but the brain saying “you’ve been there” too.
— Emily Schuessler, Customer, Ontario
“Anastasia and the Ghostly Owl (The Choice Was Hers!)” is a book with a purpose, namely to inspire readers to overcome whatever challenges they may face … It’s an unusual book … this book is meant to serve as a blinking arrow penetrating the darkness to point you toward the light that lies at the end of your own personal tunnel, and I think it succeeds very well in doing just that.
— Daniel Jolley, one of Amazon.com’s Top 50 Reviewers
“Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl” is about hope and overcoming obstacles that you will read and re-read, and will be a classic treasured by generations to come.
— Florence Starr, Customer, and Founder of The Home For The Aged in Fernie, BC
“‘Who am I?’ is a question that many people of many ages ask - it is the first question of the story. Anastasia asked this of herself over and over; of course, life is properly a process of discovery, and this can take place at different times and in different ways for each individual. … This book shows a creative spark and an intense desire to share with others. … this is Wladichuk’s first book … A good premier effort.
— FrKurt Messick, one of Amazon.com’s Top 50 Reviewers
I appreciated the simplicity of this very complex story … I read the book 3 times within a 24 hour period and each time I was forced outside my comfort zone and caused to remember and experience again my own journey to self-actualization. … Thank you for sharing this story with me.
— Tom Jones, Customer who also put his review on Amazon
Child abuse, of course, is not restricted to any one particular segment of society, so I am contacting various groups and organizations with the intention of inspiring others who have suffered unfair adversity. Please take a moment to visit my website at www.ghostlyowl.com to read excerpts from “Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl (The Choice Was Hers!)” and to see what reviewers and customers are saying about my book.
This is the only book that is available which does not describe the horrific details of verbal, physical, or sexual abuse. If you are looking for a book that does not do this, then “Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl (The Choice Was Hers!)” is the book for you!
Thank you so much for your assistance.
Sincerely
Anita E. Wladichuk, Author
“Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl (The Choice Was Hers!)”
Ghostly Owl Publishing Company
Suite 479, 104-1015 Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 6V3
Canada
Email: anastasia@ghostlyowl.com
Website: http://www.ghostlyowl.com
October 17th, 2007 at 10:06 am
This is my first time on your site…I’ll be back thanks for visiting my site.
Dorothy from grammology
call your grandma
November 15th, 2007 at 5:44 am
You have a wonderful site here, I work in this field and am so impressed with what you are doing! I have passed on 2 awards to you, best wishes and keep up the great work!
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
ur website is cool!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Hi!
I run an NGO in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Check out our website for further info (its still incomplete but has basic information and my survivor story on it).
I love your website and would be happy to write/contribute in any way that i can
Hoping to hear from you soon !
(Happy New Year)
In Solidarity
January 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
In response to Narelle Woodberry - please read the following excerpt which validly debunks your statement - PAS does exist - just ask the many people affected by it which Megan Bayliss has said she has seen the behaviours in action - please also research Hostile Aggressive Parenting, Malicious Mother Syndrome and Maternal Alienation. Please avail yourself of of the book by Amy Baker which has thoroughly investigated the issues of Adult victims of parental alienation and the many other professionals who have worked extensively with PAS (surely they can’t ALL be misled and mistaken) - please don’t rely on just one person opinion (if that is indeed Dr McInnes position). Invalidation of anothers pain and experience especially if they have been abused is one of the cruellest things in addition to it being non conducive to healing, recovery and reconciliation.
http://parental-alienation.com/articles/article0004.htm
Myth #1: PAS is not in the DSMIV and therefore does not exist.
The DSM-IV is the diagnostic manual for all mental health providers. It is re-written every 10 to 12 years, and is the collaborative result of committees of mental health professionals reviewing the most recent scientific literature on all psychiatric disorders. The committees make recommendations on modifications of symptom lists for the diagnosis of a disorder, consider the inclusion of newly identified disorders, and in some cases remove disorders from classification.
The argument is that since PAS is not in the DSM-Iv, it does not exist. The DSM-IV, was published in 1994, with its committees first meeting from 1991 to 1993.(2) The first publication on PAS appeared in 1987.(3) At By J. Michael Bone, Ph.D., Winter Park that time there were understandably too few published articles and research studies on PAS to warrant its inclusion into the DSM-Iv. It is also important to note that inclusion into the DSM is necessarily a very conservative and stringent process, requiring many years of study and publication in peer-reviewed journals. Research on PAS was still in its infancy at the time of the DSM-IV, and was never even submitted for consideration. Currently, there are in excess of 135 peer-reviewed published articles on PAS from over 150 authors, as well as numerous books either devoted to PAS or including it.
The committees for the DSM-V have only recently begun meeting, and a PAS file has been opened. It is likely that PAS will be included in the DSM-v. However, even if it is not included, this does not necessarily mean it is invalid. Gille de la Tourette first described the syndrome that bears his name in 1885, but it was not until 1980 that the disorder was included in the DSM. Similarly, the AIDS virus was not in diagnostic manuals when it was first discovered, but its omission did not invalidate its existence. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was hotly debated when first described around the end of the war in Viet Nam, and at first was not considered a “real disorder.” Currently, PTSD is accepted by all in the profession, and no longer subject to such debate. Other examples abound.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Does anyone know the directions to where COSA Orphanage is located? I do work in Siem Reap and I want to build them a new orphanag. thanks
If you know where they are located please email me at:
info@theangkorcharityproject.org
May 4th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
May he rest In peace
Andrew T. Renouf committed suicide on or about October 17, 1995 because he had 100% of his wages taken by the Family Responsibility Office, an agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada. He asked for assistance for food and shelter from the welfare office and was refused because he had a job, even though all of his wages were taken by the Family Responsibility Office. Andy was a loving father that hadn’t seen his daughter in 4 years
I, a female ,have been vilified on your site. Complete lies. If I had dropped my wallet on the car floor I would be dead too.My friend returned it and stopped me taking more than the 30 tablets I had already taken. The CSA took my money, leaving little after rent and two children to support. The ex had a huge income and seven figure inheritance coming. I could not take the abuse to the girls anymore adn left the ex.I can be identified by my ex’s letter, lie after lie. I have done nothing to cause my terrrible fate.I do not deserve it. Yet you support this person. I cannot beat his lies in court. But DHS protected my daughters
May 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I want to join your organization