Today's conversation is with Christy McVee.

Christy is a former detective and child specialist interviewer for the West Australia Police Force.

Her time as an officer made her aware of the widespread occurrence of child sexual abuse,

which motivated her to become a child safety strategist.

She is the founder of Child Abuse Prevention and Education Australia, which seeks to provide

education for parents and caregivers around child sexual abuse protection and prevention.

In this episode, Christy shares valuable insights on child abuse in the digital era,

the impact of pornography and children, and the critical importance of frequent conversations about digital safety between primary caregivers and children.

With that, let's jump into the conversation.

We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.

Well, I'm so excited to talk with you.

You are a child safety strategist.

So can you talk about your background a bit and what roles and experiences have led you to become a child safety strategist?

So when my daughter was nine months old, I saw an ad in the paper, the local paper, to become a police officer. And I had worked in

administration before that. So I was really good at paperwork. And I didn't want to return to that

work after my daughter went, you know, was ready to go to

daycare or so I thought, yeah, I could do this, told my husband, hey, I think I want to be a police officer

and he said, okay. And off we, off I went. And when she was two, I got into the West Australian

police over here in Australia. And, and yeah, and the next thing I knew I was dealing straight straight away,

I was dealing with child sexual abuse cases and became a specialist child interviewer.

So when she was three, and in Australia, not necessarily in every jurisdiction in

Australia because each state has their own policing.

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