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Deb McPhedran

Deb McPhedran

Deb McPhedran is an Australian child safety advocate, educator, and co-author of the children's book "Secret or Surprise" (secretorsurprise.com.au).

Sep 16, 2026

1:11
My name is Deb.
1:13
I'm a parent.
1:14
I'm a grandmother.
1:15
And the reason I got into this is actually that about five years ago, my oldest daughter rang me one day and said, I have something disturbing to tell you.
1:26
And I did not ever imagine that she would say what she was going to say.
1:32
And her first thing was, I think that I was sexually abused when I was a child.
1:37
Yeah.

23 MINS LATER

25:02
I think the beautiful thing of us talking about this now and sharing our stories is that we can help parents realise exactly what conversations they should be having.

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