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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-11 01:22 PM
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8. There Are Better Means of Protection Out There
Edited on Thu Sep-01-11 01:27 PM by NashVegas
Than this law.

#1 - create a safe, loving home where your childrens' emotional needs are met as well as their physical needs.

#2 - when your children are old enough to ask where babies come from, TELL THEM. At the very least, parents have until that time a kid can string a sentence together to ask. Give them the whole talk, too.

#3 - watch for sudden changes in your childrens' behavior. When a small child goes from open and engaging with their peers to suddenly being on the sidelines, watching all the fun instead of participating, something is going on and they will appear vulnerable to a predator if they haven't already been hit on.

Society will never be able to rid itself of true freaks without becoming a totalitarian state, and that's simply not desirable. The best we can do is to give kids the support they need to avoid looking attractive to predators and if it still happens, the support they need to confront and leave the pain behind, as they grow up.
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  -Megan's Law May Actually Encourage Sex Offenders drakonyx  Sep-01-11 12:25 PM   #0 
  - Yeah...I'd still like to know who the predators are around us.  TwilightGardener   Sep-01-11 12:29 PM   #1 
  - Not the point  Cirque du So-What   Sep-01-11 12:40 PM   #2 
  - It's not that I want them to suffer, and see that suffering as a deterrent.  TwilightGardener   Sep-01-11 12:47 PM   #3 
     - If I had MY way about it...  Cirque du So-What   Sep-01-11 01:03 PM   #6 
     - Actually, the recidivism rate for sex offenders is extremely low. About 5%.  TheWraith   Sep-01-11 01:48 PM   #9 
     - how about for just child molesters? Isn't it more like a sexual orientation for them  yurbud   Sep-03-11 08:57 AM   #14 
     - That number is a flawed number. Very good study at this link:  plumbob   Sep-03-11 10:21 AM   #15 
     - edit: nvm, Thewraith covered it. n/t  X_Digger   Sep-01-11 10:11 PM   #13 
  - yeah, who needs that pesky Rule of Law anyway...  ixion   Sep-01-11 01:07 PM   #7 
  - A friend of mine is on the registry  dorksied   Sep-01-11 12:48 PM   #4 
  - I knew a guy on the reg. He tore his shorts. Homeless are there for peeing.  WingDinger   Sep-01-11 12:56 PM   #5 
  - There Are Better Means of Protection Out There  NashVegas   Sep-01-11 01:22 PM   #8 
  - Whether or not such laws encourage an individual to offend, there is...  TheMadMonk   Sep-01-11 01:58 PM   #10 
  - Not all sex offenders are sexual predators. If the point is to assure that they fail when released  elocs   Sep-01-11 02:01 PM   #11 
     - I was watching one of those prison documentaries ...  Fantastic Anarchist   Sep-01-11 02:58 PM   #12 
 

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