My Say, My Way
In the spirit of culture, we want all First Nations kids to be strong, safe and empowered. Having conversations about body safety with children and young people gives them the language to learn and talk about their bodies, and understand what’s safe and unsafe. Knowing about having healthy relationships with themselves and others is an important skill to have.
Talking about this topic can be hard for all of us, but having these conversations is one of the ways we can all keep kids safe from sexual abuse. The ‘My Say, My Way’ resources are here to help adults start these conversations with the children and young people in their lives in a culturally safe way.
These resources have been co-created with First Nations communities, collaborators, artists and trauma informed cultural safety specialists. They have been produced with acknowledgement and gratitude to the men and women, mothers, fathers, sisters, Aunties, Uncles, and Elders, alongside their descendants, who helped guide the pictures, storylines and activities. These First Nations voices from across the nation gave their time and knowledge to co-create these resources to bring about change for the next generations.
Support
If any of these resources bring up strong feelings or memories, please find someone to talk to about your thoughts. We want you to feel safe. If you need to yarn with someone about how you feel, please reach out to your support person or the following resources:
- 13YARN – call 13 92 76 for culturally safe crisis support
- Blue Knot Foundation – call 1300 657 380 for help related to childhood trauma
- Bravehearts – call 1800 272 831 for help related to child sexual abuse
- Kids Helpline – call 1800 55 1800 for support for children and young people.
Visit Get support for more services and Make a report for information about reporting child safety concerns.
Other helpful resources
The Keeping Our Kids Safe resources, created in partnership with SNAICC — National Voice for our Children, support organisations working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and communities to implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. The resources apply a cultural lens to the National Principles to help organisations think about how to make themselves more child safe, in a culturally safe way.