[mom4melody]

I used to run all over by myself.

No way I would allow my kids to do that...too many perverts, too few hangings on the courthouse lawn.

[Mathews]

Hate to tell you this, but the pervs were always there, we just didn't know it. Now we do because of the Internet and 24 x 7 news coverage. We had one where I grew up and it was SOP that you simply did not, under any circumstance, go anywhere near his property and if you saw him on the street you were to cross over to the other side and keep an eye on him. My Dad made a point of reminding us almost weekly. I never found out what the guy did, but I didn't want to either. I sincerely believe if the guy had done anything to any of the kids in our neck of the woods... he would have simply disappeared into thin air. Lots of combat Nam vets in our neighborhood at the time.