On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:53:32 -0600, gloria.p wrote:

> barbie gee wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Stu wrote:
>
>>> .....and the kids were safe to play and run all day, usually ending up
>>> at a friends place for lunch, they played outside from morning to
>>> night. It's not safe for the kids to do something like that now.
>>>
>>
>> we've only convinced ourselves it's "not safe".
>>
>
> Where do you live? Not many places are still safe to turn kids loose.
>
> Do you read the newspaper? It was very safe in my children's day.
> Not today. There are too many people out there searching for kids
> to molest and feeling entitled to do so.
>
> gloria p

no, i think it's that no matter where you live, you hear about every
****ing child molester in the entire country. it's more hysteria than
anything else.

if your kids are being molested, look first at family members, not
strangers.

your pal,
blake