http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog Once and For All Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:57:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If a forty-five year-old adult wants to have sex with a thirteen-year-old, most people would find this objectionable. But when the adult is a woman, and the child is a young teen boy, some would consider this a rite of passage, rather than a sex crime. In fact, 1500 women are in ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/06/16/37/ The "Check Your Beliefs" checklist for parents is ready and its FREE!! To receive your free copy, contact us at howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com and leave your mailing address. The checklist is also available at http://www.appledorn.com/Checkbe.html as a free download or copy. http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/05/08/parent-tip-5/ In a middle school, a popular teacher was about to retire, with lots of festivities planned, when a former student wrote to the principal and accused the teacher of sexual offenses. The police investigated and turned up almost a hundred additional child victims. The parents, administrators, faculty and community leaders ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/28/the-secret-that-children-keep/ Sex crimes that target kids horrify most healthy adults.  But there is damage beyond the obvious sexual that children suffer when they are the victims of forced sexual activity within the family, where a large number of these crimes occur. In families, child victims become part of a complicated and psychopathic family ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/24/child-abuse-involves-more-than-sex/ In the current climate of high rates of sex crimes against children, the effect on males is a concern. Many men fear that normal affection to a child could be construed as child molesting, with dire consequences to follow. In fact, most decent citizens have no idea of the details ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/15/protecting-men-from-charges-of-child-abuse/ The Amber Alert on 4-8-2008 has ended in the rescue of a five year old boy by Albany police. The boy had been taken from School 16 in Albany at the end of his school day by his mother's estranged boyfriend, Angel Valle. The man has since been charged in Albany City ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/10/amber-alert-follow-up/ The light-up signs on the Adirondack Northway in New York State were flashing a message yesterday: Child Abducted, White Chevy, DAA1219 Somewhere, parents and relatives, shocked and horrified, were waiting for word of a missing youngster. Amber Alerts are used only when an abduction has occurred, and they have been helpful in ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/09/amber-alert/ Bullying is a problem in most schools, and excellent programs, such as those developed by Rita Toews (http://www.domokos.com/rita.html), provide educational approaches and materials that can help children who are victimized and can help bullies learn more effective social skills. Bullying can also involve sexual exploitation, because children are a vulnerable population ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/04/bullies/ Research by David Finkelhor's group at the Crimes Against Children Research Center indicate that youths who are victimized online are generally not ignorant about online risks. Other research by the same group finds that surveys of parents indicate that they have provided information to kids, although kids' survey responses say ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/04/01/victims-of-internet-predators/ Young children generally love to spend time with older ones, perhaps because there is a common language and understanding, or maybe its just fun to be around somebody your own size. Children's play is an excellent way for kids to learn social rules and to develop a sense of fair ... http://howtoprotectkidsfromchildmolesters.com/blog/2008/03/30/tips-for-parents-5/