I started to post this to another thread, but it was way off-topic. I looked back a few days and didn't see a thread about this, but if there is one, please feel free to move my post to it.
Someone on another thread implied that children who "dressed like *advertiser censored*" attract pedophiles. So do young girls who dress regularly. So do young boys who dress regularly. Has anyone read the news on this very site lately? Is it not VERY obvious that pedophiles don't give a darn about what little kids wear? It doesn't matter HOW they dress or WHAT they do, pedophiles want them, and will get to them any way they can. They don't even have to know what the kids LOOK like. Take a look at how many guys have been busted recently for enticing/attempting to entice children over the internet! I let my kids choose their own clothes all their lives. They didn't start choosing adult clothing as early as some of the pageant kids are introduced to them, but the bottom line is this:
It just doesn't matter!
Pedophiles and murderers are going to get ahold of ANY kid they can, and it does NOT matter what they're wearing, or what activity they're involved in. I'm undercover in a couple of different situations on the internet, and you wouldn't believe the range of kids that these sickos are attracted to. All this arguing about this pageant stuff makes no difference, and I think it's a distraction. The truth is that these pervs are pestilence of epidemic numbers, and we should all be involved in our kids' lives and protect them as best we can.
You can say all day long that you wouldn't EVER dress your kid like that, but I imagine that everyone can say that about -something- that some other parent does. We don't all parent our kids the same way, and every child is at risk at some point. Some parents refuse to send their children to school, and would NEVER put their kids at risk to be exposed to the many pedophiles who teach and purposefully put themselves in situations where they're in control of children. That doesn't mean their parenting skills are any better than those who do send their kids to school.
I think there are more important issues here than what kids wear and what kind of activities they're involved in. The laws, for one. Ever noticed the sentences these pedophiles get? They rarely get any significant time.
Sorry, I know I'm new here. I'm just sick of this particular argument, because I know what's going on, have seen it first hand from many angles and she could've been dressed in a potato sack from head to toe with just her eyes showing and the same thing could have happened. I don't know if the Ramsey's did this or not, but I think it's disgusting to suggest that any parent ASKS for this, unless they're actually guilty of pedalling their kids. I'm sure that every parent of every missing or murdered kid could look back and say, "If I'd only done X differently..." But the fact is that ALL children are at risk. Every. Single. One.
Hi.
C
Someone on another thread implied that children who "dressed like *advertiser censored*" attract pedophiles. So do young girls who dress regularly. So do young boys who dress regularly. Has anyone read the news on this very site lately? Is it not VERY obvious that pedophiles don't give a darn about what little kids wear? It doesn't matter HOW they dress or WHAT they do, pedophiles want them, and will get to them any way they can. They don't even have to know what the kids LOOK like. Take a look at how many guys have been busted recently for enticing/attempting to entice children over the internet! I let my kids choose their own clothes all their lives. They didn't start choosing adult clothing as early as some of the pageant kids are introduced to them, but the bottom line is this:
It just doesn't matter!
Pedophiles and murderers are going to get ahold of ANY kid they can, and it does NOT matter what they're wearing, or what activity they're involved in. I'm undercover in a couple of different situations on the internet, and you wouldn't believe the range of kids that these sickos are attracted to. All this arguing about this pageant stuff makes no difference, and I think it's a distraction. The truth is that these pervs are pestilence of epidemic numbers, and we should all be involved in our kids' lives and protect them as best we can.
You can say all day long that you wouldn't EVER dress your kid like that, but I imagine that everyone can say that about -something- that some other parent does. We don't all parent our kids the same way, and every child is at risk at some point. Some parents refuse to send their children to school, and would NEVER put their kids at risk to be exposed to the many pedophiles who teach and purposefully put themselves in situations where they're in control of children. That doesn't mean their parenting skills are any better than those who do send their kids to school.
I think there are more important issues here than what kids wear and what kind of activities they're involved in. The laws, for one. Ever noticed the sentences these pedophiles get? They rarely get any significant time.
Sorry, I know I'm new here. I'm just sick of this particular argument, because I know what's going on, have seen it first hand from many angles and she could've been dressed in a potato sack from head to toe with just her eyes showing and the same thing could have happened. I don't know if the Ramsey's did this or not, but I think it's disgusting to suggest that any parent ASKS for this, unless they're actually guilty of pedalling their kids. I'm sure that every parent of every missing or murdered kid could look back and say, "If I'd only done X differently..." But the fact is that ALL children are at risk. Every. Single. One.
Hi.
C