Protecting children is everybody’s business | Bob Lonne | TEDxQUT

We've heard the saying 'it takes a village to raise a child' but does it also take a village to protect a child? Bob Lonne talks us through the current state of child protection and how building up community around children and families, by making it everyone's business, could lead to better outcomes in the future.
Bob Lonne (PhD) has extensive experience as a social worker in various child protection and youth justice roles in Queensland and West Australia. Professor Lonne has researched, written and consulted widely about the systemic issues confronting contemporary approaches to protecting children. His work combines academic rigour with a hands-on understanding of the practice realities in this complex area. He co-authored Reforming Child Protection and his research has examined media portrayals, informal care systems, kinship care, differential response, mandatory reporting, workforce issues and ethical practice in child welfare interventions. He has provided high level advice to governments in Australia, Canada and Ireland on how to refocus child welfare systems to achieve better outcomes for children, families and communities.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@gautamkararia3815]

loved the talk. thanks to my teacher who shared this link with me. thank you TRACEY CURRIE. we must build strong children,rather than mending broken adults. - ASMITA VERMA

[@KateFollot]

Unfortunately there will still be lots of guardians with life long emotional issues of which for whom without years of therapy and hard work, would never be able to provide a supportive, loving, and stable home environment. Increase prevention, but be very careful of the things that are assumed to be fixable in the short term and not damage the child for life. The system needs an overhaul in terms of foster and adoptive home screenings (and countless other things) regardless.

[@mirandagracebiari9184]

Yes , protecting children is everyone s business.

[@bretthenman5340]

100% true. It does take a village to raise a child. Unfortunately, we live in a hierarchical structure built and designed purely for economics and separation. Imagine the fear the elite would have if communities stuck together, demanding change, becoming once again self-sufficient, helping our neighbours, and yes...raising our children! For thousands of years before industrialisation, this is exactly how we lived. Im only very new to the study of sociology and from what I've learnt so far, I really feel ripped off. We've been forced to live in family structures we thought were normal, only to find that they are just man-made concepts, designed essentially, to make the rich, so much richer. This, we are now seeing, is at the detriment of the working class and those below the poverty line. Mental Health issues are skyrocketing, substance abuse and homelessness are heartbreaking statistics to look through. It's a broken system that's perfect at breaking people. Bring back community I say!

[@superawesomechannel9371]

absolutely that is nice

[@SharonCreamer671956]

Parents! Make sure that your children know your name and that you are not just Mom or Dad.

[@aaaaallllld7576]

Families where abuse occurs are often isolated, and purposefully so, and they regularly exist in the middle of otherwise connected communities. We cannot assume that all families want the abuse to stop (as children do) or that all families will voluntarily participate in community. Doesn't this mean that if the community has an interest in protecting children, it has to be willing to infringe on the "family unit"?

[@survivor5331]

The state system is broken and we are fighting over the "Right to life" issue. The problem we face is that regardless of how a life is conceived if it is not wanted now why do you think it will be wanted when it is born ? The number of unwanted, abused and abandoned children is staggering. There are a lot of mothers who should never have the RIGHT to have children because they are both mental and financially incapable of raising them. Let the self rightest and pollical / religious establishment provide for these unwanted children when they are born. No I think not. We as a society can't and won't provide for the one's we have now. It's not about what is right or wrong it's about what your crying about -Human life, dignity and Quantity of life.

[@Sacs.thepsychologynexus]

Thank you for raising awareness - it's appreciated. We have channel where we discuss Psychology, Safeguarding and protecting children etc. Any support is appreciated.

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[@Commander800]

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[@colchattillon61]

so what about having autistic children ????