End this horrible treatment now and set them free !!
Posted on 07/11/2010 9:00:13 AM PDT by rellimpank
The molester scare has a flip side, in that few adults will want to open themselves up to the risk of false accusations which could stem from helping a lone child in difficulty (lost, run off, fight, unexpected accident). So it’s never speak to or touch the kid, call the cops, and hope the cops come quick enough to help.
yes. My kids spend a lot of time in our yard, with me, because I stay at home. I would not let them outside alone, because you never know. If we didn’t play catch and release with those who molest children, I would feel safer letting them roam a little.
“The molester scare has a flip side, in that few adults will want to open themselves up to the risk of false accusations which could stem from helping a lone child in difficulty (lost, run off, fight, unexpected accident). So it’s never speak to or touch the kid, call the cops, and hope the cops come quick enough to help.”
True! When I was younger I worked with wayward kids, and my wife and I have helped a few strays along the way. We never had a problem, but the potential is always there. We tend to get wiser, colder and older, but I pray often that the Lord will give me love and compassion for others, whatever the consequences.
Agreed. I grew up as a latch-key kid. Both my parents worked, but there were enough families around in my neighborhood where the mom was a traditional stay-at-homer. We also had a lot of retirees who would tinker around the house. These folks would look out for the kids. Most kids were good, and the neighbors knew who wasn't. They watched out for us.
My little community was changed forever in a matter of a couple of short years. Two children were murdered. One, apparently, because an older kid wanted to know what it was like to kill someone, but officially, the case is unsolved. The other was a little girl who was abducted only six blocks from where I lived at the time. She was on her way to school. I attended that same school only a couple of years prior.
Since you had an official agency or ministry and got the parents’ or guardian’s okay, it was surely easier. But if you are just a neighbor and out of the blue see kids in trouble, it’s awful tempting to refrain from approaching the scene. Even if it’s a fistfight of tykes that you could break up in a few seconds. To do otherwise is to risk a “parent” (”oh, my little angel would never do something like that.” BULL, I just watched your “little angel” do it) suing and/or complaining to the police of bizarrely imagined crimes.
“Since you had an official agency or ministry...”
That really didn’t have anything to do with the kids we took into our home, but I certainly understand what you are saying, and agree.
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