In a Web world that is saturated with sexual images, you may wonder: Is there anything I can do as a parent to protect my child from the dangers of pornography?
Dr. Michael Rich, the director of the Harvard Center on Media and Child Health, says we probably can’t shield our children from everything, but there are still very important things we can do.
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Yet again, we find ourselves faced with the gruesome killing of a young girl at the hands of a registered sex offender. 17-year-old Chelsea King, was recently raped and murdered at a San Diego park, and John Albert Gardner has been charged with the crime. Gardner has already been charged with the attempted rape of another young woman in the same park and was originally convicted of molesting a 13-year-old girl, ten years ago—the crime that put him is jail for almost 6 years and landed him on the sex offender registry.
In the aftermath of this most recent case, I have read and seen news stories that have called for better enforcement of sex offender laws. Even Chelsea’s family recently called for tougher laws against sex offenders.
It is at these times, after unspeakable events occur, that parents, community leaders, and politicians, cry out, demanding “more,” “tougher,” “stricter,” and “harder” laws concerning sex offenders. Politicians expand the definition of sex offender to include sexting teens and “Romeo and Juliet” romances and they pass laws to further isolate sex offenders and retard their recovery.
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There’s a story over at the Dallas Morning News regarding online access to Dallas PD’s offense reports. Dallas PD allows access via it’s website of reported offense data that is subject to the Open Records Act. However, there’s an allegation that the department asked the vendor to make it harder for users to find certain offense data via the site.
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Consumers lose more than $40 billion—yes, $40 billion—a year to telemarketing fraud. People over 60 years of age are especially vulnerable and account for over 50 percent of all victims, according to a recent study by the American Association of Retired Persons. Professional scam artists often target older people, knowing they tend to be trusting and polite toward strangers and are more likely to be home and have time to talk with callers.
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In communities across the United States, there is a strong schism between our spoken determination to protect kids and our unreasonable methods of dealing justice to kids.
Speaking as a mom, I can comfortably state that young children don’t write hopeful Career Day reports describing their future as prostitutes, drug mules, and sex offenders. They want to be teachers and doctors, cowboys and astronauts, and sports professionals.
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