This podcast focuses on helping parents and carers understand the potential impact of pornography on their children, and what can be done about it. Much of the content in this podcast comes from the work of Maree Crabbe from “It’s Time We Talked” which is a violence prevention project that seeks to prevent pornography’s harms to children and young people. Maree Crabbe has worked with young people – and on issues affecting young people – since 1993. She has developed and delivered programs focusing on sexual violence prevention, pornography, respectful relationships, sexting, and the prevention of sexually transmissible infections and is currently undertaking a PhD on young people and pornography at the Queensland University of Technology. Image from Microsoft Stock Images. Further reading: Talking with young people about pornography: https://itstimewetalked.com/parents/ https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/online-porn https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/pornography-talking-with-children-9-11 https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/entertainment-technology/pornography-sexting/pornography-talking-with-teens Information about choking and strangulation: https://www.breathlesscampaign.com/ Information for parents to autistic young people: https://www.notthenorm.com.au/ Information about filters: https://www.austelco.org.au/news-and-resources/family-friendly-filter/ https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/parental-controls References: Bridges, A. J., Wosnitzer, R., Scharrer, E., Sun, C., & Liberman, R. (2010). Aggression and Sexual Behavior in Best-Selling Pornography Videos: A Content Analysis Update. Violence Against Women, 16(10), 1065–1085. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801210382866 Grubbs, J. B., & Perry, S. L. (2019). Moral incongruence and pornography use: A critical review and integration. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(1), 29-37. Malamuth, N. (2001) Pornography.  In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, (Vol.17, pp. 11816-11821).  Elsevier: Amsterdam, New York. Mathews, B., Finkelhor, D., Pacella, R., Scott, J. G., Higgins, D. J., Meinck, F., … & Collin-Vézina, D. (2024). Child sexual abuse by different classes and types of perpetrator: Prevalence and trends from an Australian national survey. Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, 106562. McKibbin, G., Green, J., Humphreys, C., & Tyler, M. (2024). Pathways to onset of harmful sexual behavior. Victims & Offenders, 19(5), 739-777.New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification, 2019. Breaking Down Porn. Mori, C., Park, J., Racine, N., Ganshorn, H., Hartwick, C., & Madigan, S. (2023). Exposure to sexual content and problematic sexual behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child abuse & neglect, 143, 106255. NZ Office of Film and Literature Classification, 2018 Our Watch, 2020. Pornography, young people and preventing violence against women background paper Paul J. Wright, Robert S. Tokunaga, Ashley Kraus, Elyssa Klann, Pornography Consumption and Satisfaction: a Meta-Analysis, Human Communication Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, 1 July 2017, Pages 315–343, https://doi.org/10.1111/hcre.12108  Sharman, L.S., Fitzgerald, R. & Douglas, H. Prevalence of Sexual Strangulation/Choking Among Australian 18–35 Year-Olds. Arch Sex Behav 54, 465–480 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02937-y Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Morris, G., Edwards, K. M., & Banyard, V. L. (2022). Prospective associations between pornography viewing and sexual aggression among adolescents. Journal of research on adolescence, 32(4), 1612-1625. Wright, P. J., Paul, B., Herbenick, D., & Tokunaga, R. S. (2021). Pornography and sexual dissatisfaction: The role of pornographic arousal, upward pornographic comparisons, and preference for pornographic masturbation. Human Comm

Parents and Carers often look for ways they can make their children’s lives safer while also supporting them to make choices that are both lawful and respectful. Often neglected, however, are conversations and guidance for children and young people about sexual consent and consent legislation. These conversations can feel uncomfortable and awkward, but they are too important to avoid. To go some way towards addressing this, STARTTS has teamed up with Bridget O’Kane, a lawyer in the NSW public service to create a podcast that we hope will provide parents and carers with some guidance for having these conversations with their children. Image from Microsoft Stock Images. Further reading: Understanding Sexual Consent – A tip sheet from Headspace Tea and Consent Best Practice in Consent Education, by Michael Flood ‘Asking For It’ SBS Series ‘Asking For It’ Teaching Resource The Consent Continuum by Body Safety Australia What is Child Sexual Abuse? Children’s books on body boundaries: Let’s Talk about Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect by Jayneen Sanders No Means No! By Jayneen Sanders My Body! What I say Goes! By Jayneen Sanders

We hope that this podcast will provide parents and carers with some ideas on what they can do to foster the mental health of young men and boys, as well as how to help them navigate romantic and sexual relationships. This podcast was adapted from an interview in which Mathiang Aguer (a South Sudanese Youth Health Project Officer from STARTTS) was interviewed by Caroline Speakman (a Trauma & Bereavement Counsellor). STARTTS collaborated with Caroline on the topic of raising boys and young men with healthy masculinities, in acknowledgement of the many pressures faced by young men with migrant or culturally diverse backgrounds, and the parents and carers who are raising them. Image from Microsoft Stock Image

In this podcast, delivered in Farsi, a STARTTS Counsellor suggests what parents/carers can do to support their children during an international crisis, how to manage their children's exposure to media related to the crisis, and where to seek professional support for their children and themselves.

In this podcast, delivered in Arabic, STARTTS staff discuss what parents/carers can do to support their children during an international crisis, how to manage their children's exposure to media related to the crisis, and where to seek professional support for their children and themselves.

Rafik Tanious returns to Hints for Healing to tie together the four episodes on racism and anti-racism leave you with some concluding remarks. We hope this season has been helpful in forming your conceptualisations of how racism impacts on students with refugee experience and what can be done to ameliorate its effects. Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Eric Avery.

In this episode, STARTTS School Liaison Officer, Rafik Tanious, discusses how all forms of racism impact on the developing individual and highlights how schools can work against racism and toward inclusion, belonging and recovery for learners with refugee experience.  Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Eric Avery.

Dianne Jacobus (STARTTS’ Coffs Harbour Youth Community Development Project Worker) discusses three arts-based anti-racism projects she has worked on in Coffs Harbour: All One Under the Sun, Change the Story and Stand Up/Stand By.  Show notes: All One Under the Sun Official Website All One Under the Sun ABC News Article Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Eric Avery. Image from https://www.alloneunderthesun.com.au/

In this episode, Marica Stipanovic (Principal Policy Officer, Anti-Racism, NSW Department of Education) discusses how the NSW Department of Education is tackling racism and shares highlights from the Department's 2022 revision of their Anti Racism Policy. Anti Racism Education, NSW Department of Education Racism. It Stops with Me. Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Eric Avery. Image supplied by the NSW Department of Education.

In this episode, Dr Virginia Mapedzahama (African Women Australia) and Rafik Tanious (STARTTS) discuss structural racism in Australia and what is needed to combat it effectively. African Women Australia  Diversity Council Australia https://mindtribes.com.au/reports/   Leaked audio reveals Queensland police staff in racist conversations, joking about violence to black people and protesters Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Eric Avery. Image supplied by Virginia Mapedzahama.