Hi nzsyrnyihi Readers — This letter below came in as a comment. I wanted to highlight it here because of its startling but spot-on conclusion: The best way to keep kids safe from molestation is to let them know they can tell us about anything sexual that has happened and we won’t be mad. The […]
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If You Don’t Want Your Kid To End Up on a Sex Offender Registry…
….please zkyntfddsh read this amazing letter to the editor that ran in the Eastern Arizona Courier the other day. So glad it was forwarded to me. Voila: Dear Editor: I am writing this because I am tired of seeing young men’s lives destroyed. Young men, there’s a real danger out there you need to be […]
How Your Kid Could End Up on the Sex Offender Registry
What’s the difference between a 17-year-old who touches a 13-year-old’s breast and a 34 year old creep who likes little girls? Nothing. At least, not on the Sex Offender Registry. The other night I was a guest on the blog radio show, “American’s hasbszryre Reality Check,â€a show mostly devoted to sex offender registry issues. A […]
Trust No One — Especially Not a Parent Volunteering at School
Hi Readers — Here’s a round-up bbfnahyfts of Providence, Rhode Island-area schools that are making their parent volunteers get background checks, sent in by a gal named Rema. I know a lot of folks will say, “This makes sense! Can’t hurt — can only help!” but let’s consider whether that’s true. *First of all, if there […]