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My neighbor is a registered sex offender. I live 15 minutes from the county jail too. I don't stay inside all day because he is my neighbor I go outside and have been since I can remember. I just use what I use in real life to avoid creeps as I do on the internet.
(thanks for proving my point about them being widespread!)
Soooo, would you let your kids hang out with him in his house without you there? Just sayin....its almost the same thing if the person is going to re-offend and has decided to target YOUR child via the internet (thanks to having reasonable visual access by living next door). HOW would you know it was going on if you dont check the kids accounts once in awhile? Adults that are predators are VERY, VERY, VERY good at what they do, and children simply DO NOT have proper, mature defense mechanisims to protect themselves from maipulating criminals and sickos. Not to mention cyber-bullies in the form of kids they may know from their own schools.
Just because the news doesnt sensationalise EVERY cyber involved crime, or every depressed teens' internet involved suicide DOES NOT mean it is not widespread and it does not mean it could never happen to your child.
You as an adult have to make your own rational decisions based on your own experience and abilities, experiences kids up to age 18 havent had time to even have. So they simply need an adult to help guide them and protect them from themselves and others.
I dont think anyone should be 'helicopter' parent to the extreme, but, c'mon, where the heck has common sense gone? WHY should we make it easy for ANYONE to target our children or ourselves???? Be safe, be responsible, and be reasonable. HEED the warnings, they are there for a reason.
BTW- I am NOT saying your neighbor in particular is going to re-offend or is a specific danger to you, please dont take what I said as pertaining directly to You. I am not trying to be overly-paranoid or a sensationalist, I just think people prefer to give the benefit of the doubt a bit too often and are sometimes too forgiving. Also, predators are very good at waiting for opportunity. The internet is a HUGE attraction for predators and they DO pretend to be kids and they DO use fake pictures and info. Heck, any of us could make a fake account, why wouldnt a predator or potential thief?
With my having family members who work with the criminally insane and alot of sex-offenders, I know all too well the danger they pose. I hope no one here EVER has to deal with any of those sickos- but from the very mouths of those criminals comes- "He** yeah I used the internet to find victims, I cant wait to get out". They are sick, sick people and just because they get out of jail or prison, does NOT mean they arent looking to commit more crimes. Against you or your children. THATS why I monitor my kids online usage and always will.
My neighbor is a registered sex offender. I live 15 minutes from the county jail too. I don't stay inside all day because he is my neighbor I go outside and have been since I can remember. I just use what I use in real life to avoid creeps as I do on the internet.
(thanks for proving my point about them being widespread!)
Soooo, would you let your kids hang out with him in his house without you there? Just sayin....its almost the same thing if the person is going to re-offend and has decided to target YOUR child via the internet (thanks to having reasonable visual access by living next door). HOW would you know it was going on if you dont check the kids accounts once in awhile? Adults that are predators are VERY, VERY, VERY good at what they do, and children simply DO NOT have proper, mature defense mechanisims to protect themselves from maipulating criminals and sickos. Not to mention cyber-bullies in the form of kids they may know from their own schools.
Just because the news doesnt sensationalise EVERY cyber involved crime, or every depressed teens' internet involved suicide DOES NOT mean it is not widespread and it does not mean it could never happen to your child.
You as an adult have to make your own rational decisions based on your own experience and abilities, experiences kids up to age 18 havent had time to even have. So they simply need an adult to help guide them and protect them from themselves and others.
I dont think anyone should be 'helicopter' parent to the extreme, but, c'mon, where the heck has common sense gone? WHY should we make it easy for ANYONE to target our children or ourselves???? Be safe, be responsible, and be reasonable. HEED the warnings, they are there for a reason.
BTW- I am NOT saying your neighbor in particular is going to re-offend or is a specific danger to you, please dont take what I said as pertaining directly to You. I am not trying to be overly-paranoid or a sensationalist, I just think people prefer to give the benefit of the doubt a bit too often and are sometimes too forgiving. Also, predators are very good at waiting for opportunity. The internet is a HUGE attraction for predators and they DO pretend to be kids and they DO use fake pictures and info. Heck, any of us could make a fake account, why wouldnt a predator or potential thief?
With my having family members who work with the criminally insane and alot of sex-offenders, I know all too well the danger they pose. I hope no one here EVER has to deal with any of those sickos- but from the very mouths of those criminals comes- "He** yeah I used the internet to find victims, I cant wait to get out". They are sick, sick people and just because they get out of jail or prison, does NOT mean they arent looking to commit more crimes. Against you or your children. THATS why I monitor my kids online usage and always will.
