[workerbee]

100,000 (across the country) sounds pretty believable to me.

And I know you're not saying that "it doesn't count" (?) if a 12 yr old "only does it once or twice". Are you?

[Scoutmaster]

And I know you're not saying that "it doesn't count" (?) if a 12 yr old "only does it once or twice". Are you?

No. I was responding to those saying "100,000 isn't believable." I was trying to point out that 100,000 doesn't mean that 100,000 teens set up in brothels or walked the street each year.

Those kids who did it once for a thrill (or a $500 purse) and those runaways who did it once or twice are among the 100,000. It counts.