My husband called about an hour ago to tell me that he just found out that the son of the president of our HOA is a registered sex offender.  He lives on the other side of our community.  I took a look..  read his online ‘flyer’ (bio and summary of the offense), did a neighborhood search.  There are 43 registered sex offenders within a 5 mile radius of my address.
I read a few of their ‘flyers’ and after a while I became disgusted and had to close out my browser.  It’s tough to know exactly what the president of our HOA’s son did because the description of his offense sounds like it could cover anything from raping a 12 year old to dating a 17 year old.ÂÂ
Searching the sex offender database always puts me in a bad mood. I’ve got a pressure face-ache right now. My eyes feel heavy.  I want to get in bed and sleep.  I can worry myself into a shakey mess even on a great day.. now I’m feeling sick in my stomach just thinking about how I’m supposed to protect my kids from sick bastards like those in that database.  Like the 43 living in the immediate area.  There’s a middle school accross the street for christ sake.  I can hear the kids doing gym class from my front door!
  If this were a battle in a war, we’d lose.  We’ve been surrounded.
Nauseated, 
Worried
It is scary, the first time I took a look at our neighborhood (in one of the SO databases) where we used to live in San Diego I felt ’surrounded’…
Just an FYI though; I’ve spoken to prosecutors in San Diego CA and Easton PA and they won’t typically prosecute adults who have ‘consentual’ sex with anyone over 15. Some consider 14 the ‘cut-off’.
Unfortunately, the statistics show that it is much more likely that a child would be molested by a family-member, or a friend of the family.
My daughter was molested when she was 3, by her step-father. The best defense became communication, no secrets and no shame… Same for prevention ;’)
Reply to Samthat’s unfortunate about your daughter. How can anybody feel any desire to mess with a kid like that .. it’s just sick.
Yes, I think I had heard about the fact that family members are the ones to be more scared of.. Believe me I know. I’ve got at least 3 family members who I know have done some kind of molesting of my cousins.
Thankfully ..or sadly.. there’s no mystery who I should not leave my kids wit.
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