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CURRENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
THE PERFECT VICTIM
Children are perfect victims for a molester. There are several
characteristics making them “ripe for the picking.”
Children are naturally curious
about the world around them. Children grow up today bombarded
with information. Some of the information is good, but there is
a great deal of information that is bad. Most children grow up
in front of a television where many of the programs are
saturated with sexual innuendos and outright sexual contact. The
problem is that the information they are receiving is inaccurate
and misleading. Children should receive information from loving
and caring parents, but in most cases this never happens.
Parents are uncomfortable talking to their children about sex.
While this is outside their comfort zone, it is well within the
comfort zone of the molester. He or she is more than happy to
share volumes of sexual information with your child. The sly
molester gradually seduces the child into acceptance of sexual
activity.
Children also need a lot of
attention and affection. A lot of behavior problems are directly
related to the need for attention. Most adults are so busy
trying to make a living and provide for their family that they
have little time for their children. I hear parents saying that
they don’t spend a lot of time with their children, but the time
they do spend is ‘quality time.’ My definition of ‘quality time’
is all the time you spend with your child. The molester has a
lot of time and they use it to their advantage. The molester
will attempt to identify dysfunctional families, but all
families are at some risk. The molester is a hunter and
patiently stalks his prey until the time is right to do his
evil.
Most every week I meet and
speak with adults that were molested as children. They all
identify with the characteristics listed. It is up to the parent
to provide accurate information to their child, spend time with
them, and constantly keep watch for the molester. |
