Why “Stranger Danger” Doesn’t Protect Kids (Part 3)
4/27/202623 min
CW: Abuse, child sexual abuse, grooming
In this final episode of our 3-part series on child sexual abuse, Jess and Scott dive into practical steps parents can take to protect their kids. Listeners will walk away with valuable tools, including easy conversational games to play with children and tips for recognizing behavioural red flags.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to Robot Unicorn, hosted by my parents, Jess and Scott. I hope you enjoyed the episode.
Jess VanderWier· Host0:14
Well, good morning, afternoon. So the last couple weeks we have been talking about a topic that's kinda heavy, and why not do three weeks on a heavy topic? No. But for real, it has been a heavy topic. So in the last couple weeks we've covered why people in positions of power can abuse children, who kind of becomes abusers, what the grooming process looks like, and I'll admit, I knew that the episodes were gonna be heavy, but recording them felt heavier than I think even we expected.
Scott· Host0:49
Mm-hmm.
Jess VanderWier· Host0:50
And even triggering for you, I would say.
Scott· Host0:53
Okay. I don't usually use that word.
Jess VanderWier· Host0:55
I know.
Scott· Host0:55
Just kind of funny- I know you don't like the word, but- Everyone says things trigger them, so...
Jess VanderWier· Host0:58
I think if it was, like, if we're actually using triggering in the correct way, that was probably- Okay ... a good explanation, though I know you don't like it. But it just brought up emotions, it evoked emotions.
Scott· Host1:09
Right.
Jess VanderWier· Host1:09
And I think it would do so for anyone, because when you talk about people who abuse children, of course, it's going to bring up your own fears, your own emotions. But I think we try to leave it on a hopeful piece, where we said that we're teaching this information because we want to educate people, and we want people to understand how abusers work, why abuse happens, so that we can protect our kids.