When Children Don’t Feel Heard – Heena Sinha Cheung

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What’s Brewing in This Episode

How does a child learn whether their voice matters?

In this conversation, Andrea sits down with Heena Sinha Cheung to talk about child safety, trust, silence, and the importance of listening before something goes wrong. This is not simply a conversation about protection. It is about the everyday moments that teach children whether they will be heard, believed, and supported.

Heena shares why children often stay silent, how adults can help them identify safe people, and why families and communities need to become more comfortable having conversations that may feel difficult, but matter deeply.

At the heart of this episode is a simple question: are the children in our lives confident they can come to us when something does not feel right?

Guest Bio

Heena Sinha Cheung is a survivor, advocate, social impact entrepreneur, and author of the children’s book My Safe Circle. Her work focuses on preventing and reducing childhood sexual abuse by helping children, families, and communities have safer, more open conversations.

Through her advocacy, workshops, and national movement, Heena encourages adults to listen more closely, believe survivors, and create environments where children know they are not alone.

Brew the Change Challenge

This week’s Brew the Change Challenge is to help a child identify their safe circle.

Sit with a child in your life and talk about five trusted adults they could go to if they felt worried, uncomfortable, frightened, or simply needed someone to listen. These people might be parents, grandparents, teachers, aunts, uncles, neighbours, or family friends.

Then gently ask questions such as, “If something happened at school and you felt worried, who could you talk to?” or “If something made you feel uncomfortable, who would help you?”

Small conversations can become the places where trust begins.

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Watch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/Cd1i75JTKsY

Let Love Be the Loudest Voice.

Connect with Heena Sinha Cheung: heenascheung.com.au, jailnotbail.com.au, mysecondhome.com.au
Instagram – @heena_sinhacheung
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heena.sinha.77
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-heena-sinha/
Book – My Safe Circle – https://www.amazon.com.au/My-Safe-Circle-Learning-Ourselves/dp/B0DYDYJXF5