UK Child Protection: Grooming | Safeguarding Failures | What Schools Aren’t Telling Parents | AEM #157

In episode 157 of An Evolving Man, I speak with Kimberly Isherwood and Joan Ginsberg from Public Child Protection Wales.Together we explore one of the most urgent and difficult issues in modern society: how we genuinely protect children from harm.Kimberly and Joan share why Public Child Protection Wales was founded, what they see happening on the ground in education and safeguarding, and why they believe many current systems are not adequately protecting children.We discuss grooming, institutional abuse, safeguarding blind spots, disclosure, adult responsibility, and the cultural reluctance to speak honestly about the realities children can face.We also touch on boarding schools, neglect, attachment, and why child protection must begin with better informed adults, not simply new policies on paper.This is a sobering but deeply important conversation for parents, teachers, safeguarding professionals, and anyone who cares about children’s wellbeing.This episode reflects the views and concerns of the guests based on their research, experience and campaigning work.Timestamps00:00 Introduction 01:18 Why Public Child Protection Wales was founded 06:14 Joan Ginsburg’s background in education 10:12 Concerns about current practice in schools 16:42 Why certain lesson content is being challenged 22:05 Grooming and how it works 27:18 Systems, institutions and blind spots 31:25 What safeguarding should look like 37:44 Why current training often falls short 44:12 Boarding schools and social services 50:08 Neglect, trauma and attachment 54:45 Why people hesitate to speak up 59:28 The need to normalise hard conversations 01:04:10 What must change 01:08:17 Where to support Public Child Protection WalesFind out morePublic Child Protection Wales publicchildprotectionwales.orgPiers Cross piers-cross.com---Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/