Sibling sexual abuse is one of the most hidden and least spoken about forms of harm within the home.

In this episode, we begin a careful and necessary conversation about what it looks like when harmful sexual behaviour happens between siblings, specifically when both children are minors.

Drawing from real conversations with children, this episode explores why many children never speak up, how family dynamics shape silence, and why this form of abuse is often misunderstood or dismissed.

You will also hear a deeper reflection on exposure, including early encounters with pornography, and how removing shame can open the door for children to seek help before harm escalates.

This episode is for parents, caregivers, educators, and anyone who wants to better understand what is often left unspoken, and how to respond differently.

Further Listening & Resources

• ​ Understanding and responding to sibling sexual harm and abuse (NSPCC Report)
• ​ What if I Abused My Sibling (Ask Kati Anything Podcast): https://youtu.be/YiD0Eh24R2U?si=S53-0b7lIAga745x
• ​ Opening Doors: Speaking Out about Sibling Sexual Abuse: https://youtu.be/HD_ac_WwDO8?si=DmG8ixnaTBnPirqb

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When a child is the one who causes sexual harm, it complicates everything we thought we understood about who needs protection and who needs intervention. It asks us to hold two truths at the same time. That a child was harmed, and that the one who caused the harm is also a child.

In this episode we talk about what child on child sexual abuse actually is, why it happens, why it goes undetected in homes, the specific situations where it is most likely to occur, and what the right response looks like for both children involved.

We also cover the signs that a child may be displaying harmful sexual behaviour.

Most of what we believe about who abuses children is wrong, and that wrongness is costing children their safety. In this episode, we dismantle the most persistent myths about child sexual abuse perpetrators, trace how stranger danger and media narratives shaped a picture of the abuser that almost never matches reality, and then answer the question directly: who actually abuses children, what they have in common, and why the most dangerous person in a child’s life is almost always someone that child already knows and trusts.

In this closing episode of our disclosure series, we walk alongside caregivers, partners, and families navigating the days after a child’s revelation. We explore ways to respond with care, support loved ones facing guilt and fear, and create a space where healing can begin. Through real-life examples, practical insights, and compassionate guidance, this episode offers understanding and encouragement for anyone committed to restoring children after disclosure.

In this episode we explore what it really means when a child leaves their story with you. From the hidden burden mothers often carry, to the silence families wrestle with, to the difficult question of how to tell a partner, this conversation opens up the perspective of the listener and offers both reflection and practical guidance for parents, caregivers, and everyone desiring a safer world for children.

When a child tells someone they’ve been sexually abused, the world rushes towards making a police report, getting a medical examination, or establishing the legal case. But somewhere in that rush, the child, their shock, their fear, their need for safety, can quietly disappear from the center of the story.

In this episode, we strip away the headlines and legal jargon to focus on what a disclosure really is: a child handing over the most fragile truth they have. We talk about our first response and why it matters more than we think. How to avoid re-victimization, and what it means to truly see the child before the case.

Drawing from a memoir excerpt, Nigerian-specific contexts, and years of witnessing disclosures, we explore the human side of responding to abuse.

When a child discloses abuse, it rarely sounds like a clear confession. More often, it’s hidden in hints, changes in behavior, coded language, or even silence. In this deeply personal episode, we begin our series on disclosures by exploring the subtle, often-missed ways children reveal abuse, and why so many attempts to tell are ignored, dismissed, or misunderstood.

Drawing from a moving volunteer training excerpt and a real-life account from lawyer and listener Emmanuella Nyong, we unpack:

1. The stages children often go through before a full disclosureCommon ways adults miss critical cues

2. Why most disclosures are messy, delayed, incomplete, or recanted

3. How to be the kind of adult a child can safely speak to

This episode will challenge how you think about “telling” and equip you to listen beyond words, because many children are speaking, just not in the language we’ve been taught to hear.

What happens when child sexual abuse is not just a moment in time, but a wound that weaves itself into years of silence, shame, and survival?

In this raw and reflective episode of Intercept CSA: The Podcast, we explore how time often multiplies the ache of abuse when there’s no space to name it, no language to process it, and no safety to heal from it. Through the courageous voice of Ms. Oge, a survivor and mother, we witness the layered impact of CSA, across memory, motherhood, and meaning.

This episode is a reminder that CSA is not just what happened, it’s everything that followed. And that healing, though often delayed, is still possible.

What happens after the abuse ends?

In this deeply reflective episode, we move beyond the moment of child sexual abuse (CSA) and explore the silent, shape-shifting aftermath that survivors often carry for years, sometimes unknowingly. From anxiety, hypervigilance, and the need to control environments to struggles with parenting, boundaries, intimacy, physical health and voice, this episode traces the often-invisible imprint of trauma.

We draw from research, and survivor stories, including Brian Kennedy’s unforgettable essay “Tough Enough to Talk”, to paint a fuller picture of how CSA impacts not just childhood but life.

Brian Kennedy’s 2016 Essay on his experience with Child Sexual Abuse. 

Tough Enough To Talk—https://medium.com/@briankennedy29/tough-enough-to-talk-dc11a9cb41e7

Dr Nadine Burke’s TED Talk—"How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime"

https://youtu.be/95ovIJ3dsNk

Dr Nadine’s Talk on ACE’s and Toxic Stress 

https://youtu.be/Ta5tbuFVkHY

In this intimate opening to The Impact Series, we explore how child sexual abuse leaves marks that aren’t always visible or spoken. Through personal reflection, a book excerpt, and quiet truth-telling, this episode looks at the kind of impact that hides in what’s missing, the words never said, and the silence that stretches for years. It invites us to recognize that absence, too, is a form of impact.

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of child sexual abuse, which may be distressing for some listeners.