He was 14. He admitted what he did and that it was wrong. He faced his sisters and they had multiple levels of family therapy.
Obviously, you think that is all inadequate. So okay, you get to have absolute power here - go ahead. Take that power with both hands, right now. What would you do? Tell us. Would you have him executed? Would you have all of them executed? Beaten? Raped? Imprisoned for life? What would satisfy you? What is justice, in this case, to you? What level of duress, for how long, to what level of examination and testing, would you require?
Go ahead, here's your chance. Tell us. Don't be vague - tell us exactly what would finally satisfy you. You want him dead, just say so. Show a little honesty, show a little courage. Speak truth to power.
What do you want?
The Duggars elected to step into the public spotlight by having a TV show.
They again elected to go on national TV and discuss the details of the Josh fondling his sisters.
That have chosen to be in that public eye.
I don’t think the Duggars should have waited so long to call the authorities after they knew what Josh was doing.
Talisker, I’ve done it before on other threads, but will tell you now what they should have done. At the first incident, they needed to get him out of the house (like living with Grandma or something) TO PROTECT THE GIRLS. Top priority.
Next he needed treatment by a mandatory reporting good psychologist or psychiatrist who has dealt with pedophiles. Maybe at an early stage there is something that could steer him in the right direction. As long as he is living outside the home and is NEVER allowed contact with the girls (except maybe at church sitting far away kind of thing), they would not have removed the girls from the home. (Yes, they needed to hire an attorney right away to prevent any removal of the girls.)
And get the girls counseling that would help them for the rest of their lives, teaching them that it didn’t happen because they failed at modesty...
That is all. No lying, no letting him have those other chances, no making the victims make lunch for him and clean up after him for years. Oh, and NO REALITY SHOW. They should have been busy enough trying to save their son if possible and protecting their girls.
They would not have done so because they didn’t want worldly mandatory reporting - a real police report - not just the little talking to they did with the cop that was collecting child porn himself! That guy IS serving hard Time now and he didn’t (that we know of) even touch a little girl.
It would be heartbreaking to find one’s son committing such crimes. Everyone tell their pubescent boys, please, that if they are past puberty and touching or being inappropriate with someone UNDER puberty, their life WILL BE OVER AS THEY KNOW IT. Period. From 13 on, don’t murder and don’t sexually touch children.
He was 15 when he put his hand in his 5 year old sisters panties.
I mean, to everyone defending Josh, is this normally what 15 year old guys do?
When I was 15 my little sister was 5 and this is something that was not on my radar.
BTTT