Content warning: this article contains discussion of child sexual abuse. The number of reports of child-on-child sexual abuse - that is, abuse perpetrated on a child by another child - has now overtaken the number of reports of adult-child sexual abuse, according to a...
Australia is a vast land, and sometimes it's easy to look at what's happening elsewhere in the country and wonder if it has anything at all to do with us. Sometimes it doesn't - but sometimes what happens in another state or territory can serve as a warning that it...
By Jenny Davidson, CEO In September, I had the unique opportunity as CSMC’s CEO to travel to Glasgow for the inaugural meeting on the One-Parent Families and Vulnerability Network (O-PFV). This newly minted network brought together one-parent organisations with...
Why so many of us are feeling 'squished' and what to do about it For many of us single mums, the 'juggle' used to be managing full-time caring parenting with full-time paid employment. Maintaining two full-time roles took energy, time, and emotional resources. Then as...