Child Abuse Recovery Journal

The new home of Suite101's Child Abuse & Recovery Feature Writer, Susan Maree Jeavons. Susan is a child abuse survivor who provides articles, commentary, poetry, support, and information on topics related to child abuse.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Bravo MSNBC!

Maybe some of you have seen the "Catch A Predator" episodes of Dateline MSNBC. If not, you should have! All parents should have seen it! They were very enlightening! If your child has a computer, or uses yours to surf the web:

'To Catch a Predator' will be rebroadcast on MSNBC Cable
— Part 3 of Florida: Saturday, June 17, 10 p.m.
— Part 4 of Florida: Saturday, June 24, 10 p.m.

Watch it! If you don’t have cable, find a friend who does and watch it together.

Who are these men who surf the web looking for children to molest?
Just a few:

  • A Paramedic
  • A 6th Grade Catholic Teacher
  • A Student in an Evangelical College
  • An Army Reservist
  • A Home Health Care Worker
  • A Rabbi
  • A Fireman
  • A Coach
  • A Mental Health Worker For Teens

This should be a wake-up call for parents! Do not leave your child with anyone that you do not personally know and trust. Even if they are a clergyman, teacher, fireman, policeman or coach. Predators are good at what they do. They may seem like kind-hearted people who just love your children, but some of them use this as bait to lure their prey in. They may even buy your child gifts, offer to take them places, or offer to baby-sit. For a single parent, this may be a very tempting offer, but don’t fall for it. If you do, you may be sending your child into a dangerous situation.


Teach your children to be aware, and to tell if anyone does anything that makes them feel uncomfortable. Talk to them in plain English and they will understand. Let them know that they can come to you with anything, and you will not judge them for it. Honesty in this instance, may save a child’s life.


Some of the men on Dateline, drove over 200 miles to meet underage children for sex. Some rode the bus for 4 hours. One man brought rope and duct tape with him. Another, coming to see who he thought was a 14-year-old boy, brought his 5-year-old son with him. Because of that, Dateline did not confront him. I hope they did so later, when the child was not with him. I wonder what he had planned for his son….


Chris Hansen and Dateline MSNBC should be commended for their efforts on behalf of our children. More stations should do what MSNBC did. If they did, maybe these sick perverts would get the message; LEAVE OUR CHILDREN ALONE!


To read more about this story, and to see more safety information, click on the following link, then in the left sidebar, click on "Catch A Predator.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

posted by Susan Maree Jeavons @ 3:55 PM  

6 Comments:

  • At 12:53 PM, Blogger Tery Lynne said…

    Great information. I don't know if you are aware of (I hate to share their link) Myspace.com. They are a website that is a target for predators. I wrote a little about it on my blog. Maybe you should research it and share your thoughts.

     

  • At 12:47 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hi my name is Jeff.
    Did you Know...............
    1 out of 5 kids has been sexually solicited online (NOT JUST GIRLS).
    1 out of 4 kids has been sent a picture of naked people or people having sex online.
    That May 21, 2002 there was the first death of a child linked directly to an Internet Predator?
    Every one would love the world to be perfect and great but with the good come the bad. All we can do is hope for the best and be proactive in preventing the bad things from happening. I can tell you that we think we know what our kid are thinking and doing. Do not be one of the parents that says my child would never do that ( they are kids and will try things even when you tell them not to do it).
    My little brothers and sister are a good example! They had it made........My father and stepmother had a little computer knowledge but not much ( at this time in the past the only things you had to really worry about was internet porn because chat rooms, messengers and blogs were not around or very few were) and they tried to do there best to keep them from going to internet porn. THEY DID NOT!!! They thought they did but my brothers were smarter than my parents and could erase their tracks.
    My site www.internetkidsafety.webmenues.com has more articles on internet child safety .
    Please visit internet child safety

     

  • At 7:09 AM, Blogger Susan Maree Jeavons said…

    Thank you Tery and Jeff.
    Jeff, I tried both links you provided and neither worked. Sorry..

    Tery, great idea! I will write it down adn get to it next week, as i am getting ready for our annual family picnic this weekend. I will check out what's new on your site too.

    Thanks again! :)

     

  • At 4:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Thank you for the validation and awareness work you are doing here. As a survivor of multiple abuse, I am deeply appreciative.

    I just started a survivorship site, and would love for you to visit me there.

    I'll link to you on my site.

    Can I reprint the article "Abuse Robs Everyone" in one of my future posts? With full credit to you and the Child Abuse Recovery Journal in the post of course!

    Peace and many blessings to you!

     

  • At 5:15 AM, Blogger Susan Maree Jeavons said…

    Hi survivoress,
    Thank you for the kind comments, and yes, you may reprint "Abuse Robs Everyone." I'll add your link too. :)

     

  • At 1:33 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Very good post with useful important information to every parent, thank you for post.
    http://www.selfhelpzone.com/category/parenting/

     

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