Our Little Secret (ATOM Study Guide)

Chas Fisher, a 28-year-old survivor of child sexual abuse, wants to know why people sexually abuse children. He is eager to make sense of his own experience and, having just become a dad, wants to find out the best ways to protect his child. Chas meets with psychologists, other survivors, people who work with offenders and even a child abuser to try and get to the bottom of this very difficult and emotionally confronting problem. With so many people affected by child sexual abuse, have you ever asked why it happens in the first place?

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This study guide is mainly aimed at middle to senior secondary school levels, with general relevance to English, Media Studies, Psychology, Sexuality Education, Health and Human Development, Philosophy and Ethics, Legal Studies, and Religion and Society.