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Title: Sex assault victim's mom issues warning
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: wildrosegirl
Date: 2010-05-26 09:23:43
Canadian

[Gunnair]

Uhhhh.....

Six year old in a park at 9:30 pm with young brothers who were likely distracted as young boys are!

One can only hope child services also wades in on this!

[Dragom]

And she was only gone for 30 minutes... And she wound up in someones home?

Thats fast.

[Nuggie77]

Why is a six-year old out at 9:30 at night????

[BartSimpson]

Nuggie77 Nuggie77:

Why is a six-year old out at 9:30 at night????

Cruising older guys, obviously.

[wildrosegirl]

I'm on the fence with this one. Yeah, it was 9:30, but it was also a long weeeknd, it's still completely daylight at that time now, and she was under the supervision of her 12 year old brother which is the legal age to babysit in Canada. It sounds (although does not say for sure) like the park was in a fairly quiet neighbourhood, and I would suspect the children played there fairly regularly (just from experiences with my own children).

I wouldn't throw the book at Mom until more facts come to light, if at all.

[Brenda]

I'm of the same opinion, WRG

[Choban]

Brenda Brenda:

I'm of the same opinion, WRG

I agree, BUT.... Someone needs to acknowledge that this mother obviously hasn't talked to her kids about strangers and the dangers of being out alone, We as parents need to be very frank with our children when it comes to issues like this.

I myself wouldn't allow my child to play in a park at 9:30 at night with or without an older sibling present, sadly this could have happened (and does happen) in the middle of the day as well.

[wildrosegirl]

Choban Choban:

Brenda Brenda:

I'm of the same opinion, WRG

I agree, BUT.... Someone needs to acknowledge that this mother obviously hasn't talked to her kids about strangers and the dangers of being out alone, We as parents need to be very frank with our children when it comes to issues like this.

I myself wouldn't allow my child to play in a park at 9:30 at night with or without an older sibling present, sadly this could have happened (and does happen) in the middle of the day as well.

It's been proven time and time again that no matter now often you tell them, and how adamant you are about teaching your children to guard themselves against strangers - they can still be lured.

20/20 aired an episode several years ago (when my boys were wee ones). They delivered a "Stranger Safety" lesson to a group of elementary students and taught them all of the safe responses to different scenarios. Two days later, they planted a man on the playground to lure these same children away. He got over half to leave with him.

I did that same experiment on my own with my boys. Gave them several talks over the course of a month, and then asked the dad of one of their classmates, whom they didn't know, to see if he could talk them off the grounds with them. My youngest took the bait.


All we can really do is try our hardest and hope for the best.

[Brenda]

wildrosegirl wildrosegirl:

Choban Choban:

Brenda Brenda:

I'm of the same opinion, WRG

I agree, BUT.... Someone needs to acknowledge that this mother obviously hasn't talked to her kids about strangers and the dangers of being out alone, We as parents need to be very frank with our children when it comes to issues like this.

I myself wouldn't allow my child to play in a park at 9:30 at night with or without an older sibling present, sadly this could have happened (and does happen) in the middle of the day as well.

It's been proven time and time again that no matter now often you tell them, and how adamant you are about teaching your children to guard themselves against strangers - they can still be lured.

20/20 aired an episode several years ago (when my boys were wee ones). They delivered a "Stranger Safety" lesson to a group of elementary students and taught them all of the safe responses to different scenarios. Two days later, they planted a man on the playground to lure these same children away. He got over half to leave with him.

I did that same experiment on my own with my boys. Gave them several talks over the course of a month, and then asked the dad of one of their classmates, whom they didn't know, to see if he could talk them off the grounds with them. My youngest took the bait.


All we can really do is try our hardest and hope for the best.

Exactly. AND, maybe the child has seen this man once, since apparently, he lived close to the playground, so that means they "know" him...