The Lion King, Moulin Rouge, the Sound of Music, An Officer and a Gentleman, the Hangover

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has just announced that it recommends that coercive control be criminalised. The recommendation is unanimous. The report has just been published online: parliament.nsw.gov.au/ladocs/inquiri…

“Given love, the unloved can become loving.” Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D.

Come on Ash Barty #AshBarty #wimbeldon #comeonaussie

A child @ 10 yrs * Loses 4 baby teeth /yr * Knows the complete date * Can name the mnths of the yr in order * Can read &understand a paragraph of complex sentences *has skills in addition,subtraction; some in multiplying, division & in Australia *Can go to prison #RaiseTheAge

My Federal Goverment isn’t working properly. Will try a reboot

The number of Texas foster children who've spent nights in CPS offices has skyrocketed, totaling nearly a tenfold increase from a year ago. bit.ly/3xWRF4W

During the Spanish Flu in 1918 an Anti Mask League formed in the USA. Thousands of people protested. Some believed it was all a money-making exercise by Levi Strauss, who made most of the masks. For some reason I find it comforting to know that this has all happened before.

& every Australian should watch…

This!!

1 yr ago state & attorneys General failed to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility. Since then 949 kids were in prison on a av night; 600 were aged 10-13yrs with 86% on remand. Here I am at 10 heading off to school. Our Govt says kids at this age belong in prison #RaiseTheAge

Society assumes men who threaten to rape & harm women are “joking” but women who say they were raped & harmed are lying.

Great teachings!

🤦🏾‍♀️ there are not enough face plan emojis for our PM!!

I warned everyone years ago that ACEs would eventually be used to excuse and ‘explain’ sex offenders, child abusers and murderers. And that’s exactly what’s now happening in UK services. Told. You. So.

#SolutionFocusedquestions invite people to become curious, to peer into previously neglected corners where previously unnoticed & unvalued treasures can often be found, to see anew, to become explorers and discoverers and uncoverers, to re-imagine and re-describe #SolutionFocus

Covid is no joke 💔 Today I ended up back at the Dr, chest X-rays & going to chest specialist again When you wake up nearly every day & find it difficult to breath you can’t dismiss the reality of #COVID19 putting your life at risk Take care & get #vaccinated do it for others

We are living through a pandemic and the leading cause of death for pregnant women is still homicide. Just sit with that for a moment.

An interesting thread

With studies showing up to 80% of kids in prison have trauma, we need to ask ourselves “when do we lose our compassion for kids who are being traumatised in their homes?” Well in Aust our Govt says we lose that compassion at 10 #RaiseTheAge