Isn't it strange.

You learn about one thing that you never really thought too much about, or even something you never knew before, and then all of a sudden it's everywhere. I know they have been doing the dateline series on online sexual predators for a while, but I had not really watched it until a few weeks ago. Well this semester I am taking JS 136, which is about violence and hate in the community. We wrote papers on the abuse of children, that I just turned in yesterday, which was based on "White Oleander." Last night I watched Criminal Minds, which was about a child being auctioned off to other pedophiles. This after noon while channel surfing I ran across Oprah, and her show was about pedophiles. And also this morning on some, show, I don't remember which because I was getting ready for school, was talking about pedophiles. Its every where. I'm glad it is, because everyone needs to know that this can happen to any child. Soon I will post up some facts about sexual abuse and the signs parents and other adults should look for when their child acts different than normal.

If you have children, Please talk to them about talking to strangers online. Don't let them use a computer thats hooked up to the internet when you are not in the room. They might not like it, but you can save their lives because of this. Make sure your children know they should not talk to strangers.

Pedophile will groom children, which means they will talk to them ask them questions for a while and slowly, without the child knowing it, will get information, like their name, their age, where they go to school, what their phone number is, where they live, what route they walk everyday to school, who their friends are.

Please inform you children, don't be scared to talk to them about this. Don't put total fear into them, but make them understand when it is appropriate to talk to unknown adults and when it's not ok.