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Kids At Risk - September 9th 2010 on ABC1

9 September 2010
Screening during Child Protection Week, Kids At Risk Hosted By Geraldine Doogue, airing live on ABC1, begins with the screening of the 25min drama Polly and Me, followed by a 35min conversation on the issues surrounding child abuse and neglect.

ABC TV’s Geraldine Doogue leads a group conversation with child welfare professionals as well as people/families with experience of child abuse and neglect to discuss the issues surrounding this important subject.

Filmed live with a studio audience, Geraldine will introduce the short film Polly and Me by filmmaker Ian Darling before kicking off a discussion focusing on the issues raised by the film.

Child abuse and neglect is one of Australia's most significant social problems. Last year an enormous number of Australian children were proven to have been abused or neglected with many others slipping through society’s cracks without detection. Child protection and well-being is everyone’s business. The Kids at Risk forum will address how our society can take action to improve the lot of our children at risk.

Can your relationship survive a baby?

27 August 2010
It's one of the ironies of parenthood, you come together as a couple to have a baby and yet that same baby can have you facing off at opposite corners of the room yelling at each other. You should be relieved to know this is fairly normal practice but this week Babytalk wants to know how you can work through some of the potential dramas, before the baby arrives. Babytalk has enlisted the help of a professional Juleanne O'Brien is a counselor with Relationships Australia and she has some handy hints to help you avoid some common relationship problems many new parents have.