Posted on 11/23/2012 4:39:28 PM PST by Usagi_yo
This was a brief topic during my famalies Thanksgiving. Would like others opinions.
My Neice has a little girl very close to 2 years of age. During the course of the day we learned that her day care center, an Episcopal Church with attached K-8 school has been teaching her some sort of "Sexual Abuse Awareness" to the children. I know nothing about it other than it seems to be teaching anatomicaly correct names and methods of coummincating that somebody has been touching her privates. Her mother knows this and supports it. It also includes teaching the parents profiles of abusers -- which the only example given was that abusers tend to shower gifts on targeted children.
Opinions?
Ugh... nasty teachers...
Is mom or dad present when this is being done?
If not I would have a huge problem with it
What do you expect?
What kind of person farms out their 2 year old child?
There was a time when Americans cared for their children.
Criminal child abuse from the left. Let children be children as long as they can. The ugly world will corrupt them enough, rather than their teachers doing it intentionally.
The very act of teaching “sex education” in the public schools in California in the 1960s when I was in school was itself sexual ABUSE !
Big red flag. Episcopal church is itself a red flag. High lesbian and gay content.
Getting little kids to talk about their private parts is abuse in itself. Perverts love talking dirty to little kids.
Way too much potential for perverts to infiltrate.
I am not a fan of someone else teaching this. I always used the correct terminology for body parts because that is how I was raised. Since I also taught my daughter self-respect and self-awareness the other ‘abuse’ meme was unnecessary
This is the best series of videos about child abuse and stranger danger.
It’s done in the Barney style with songs and skits. For as long as I can remember, my code word was “What do we look out for? TRICKY PEOPLE!”
Here is a sample video on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMsMF-9wpM
Here is the video link for the series. They have videos for younger kids and older. So the younger can even grow into the older vids.
http://www.yellodyno.com/YD_Videos.html
Oh, and they have a cute song called “My body’s MINE MINE MINE”, that is a good one for little ones.
I am now keeping my second granddaughter until she is old enough to go to preschool at the same school. I teach her about Jesus and self discipline. My view is that little ones should never be alone with any man but Daddy. There is ample opportunity for both girls and boys to have the influence from the males around them, but little ones should always be with a parent or grandmother.
Maybe I am too suspicious, but I recall my own childhood and I know that little ones can be subjected to abuse by family members too. I won't leave my babies alone for a minute. I even take along my heavy hiking stick when I take them out in the stroller to walk. No way would I let my son put them in daycare.
No one should be giving any “private part” indoctrination to any 2 yo other than the parent.
The parent should also be indoctrinating the 2 yo to inform them if any on talks about and or goes near their “stuff” as this could cause the 2yo to become complacent towards the instructor that may be a perv themselves.
“What kind of person farms out their 2 year old child?”
The majority of the country. It kinda goes with the two income family thats pretty much required now days.
And you are a wonderful grammy
The fact that they are giving profiles of abusers to the parents actually sounds good.
That's all a parent needs.
It may be that the awareness program is with the parent and child together. Makes more sense that way.
I just question the reasoning ability of a 2 year old when it comes to a matter like this. She’s not even out of the diaper yet.
...abusers tend to shower gifts on targeted children...
Abusers can be other children, maybe older children. True that sometimes an adult abuser offers children something of value, but it is not always material. Sometimes they prey upon a child’s need for approval and attention and a single mother’s need for help with the kid. They can offer a child approval and special attention and favors.
Sexual abuse (or anything dangerous) always includes secrets. “Don’t tell your parents!” Sexual abuse sometimes starts verbal and then progresses. No good adult or older child tells a kid to keep secrets from parents so your child should know that if this happens, tell you. If adults or other children interact with them in way they would be afraid to do in front of you, the child should know to talk to you about it.
Older kids don’t normally hang out with little kids and adults without children, don’t usually want to hang out with your kid in their spare time. Sexual abusers can be men or women, or boys or girls who have been abused. If your child’s day to day mood and interaction or performance changes towards the dark side, there is probably something going on (not necessiarly sexual abuse).
Mainly, you tell your child that sex is for adults and no one should be bothering children with sex - not even other children should be bothering children with sex. Convey to them that no matter what they ever tell you or have done, you love them and can help them. You never mind them asking questions and they can talk to you and you know how to handle problems.
Adult sex is being imposed on children culturally in education, on television - even on child programs, fashion and in music. It is the world we live in right now. The perv activists in Universities want to progress to legalizing adult/child sex. Some teachers and adults think it is their cause of socialism to morally pervert the normal sexual development, idenities and relationships of young people. Most parents would reject this, but it gives permission to the nuts. I’m sorry it is like this but as long as you are close to, open to and involved with your kids, you will prevail in the long run.
I sit on a local child abuse prevention council. One of our communities of about 300 people has 7 registered sex offenders. Our local domestic violence non-profit has a program that uses big puppets to talk to children about good touch/bad touch and what to do.
I made sure the local elementary school board was aware of the program and suggested they use it.
We have had several high profile child abuse cases in our county. In one of them the guy stole the little girl from her bed, took her up to the woods, abused her and buried her alive. She clawed her way out of the mud after he had left and was found wandering in her underwear by some miners.
You have to protect these kids with some awareness. Pretending they aren’t at risk is stupidity.
I sit on a local child abuse prevention council. One of our communities of about 300 people has 7 registered sex offenders. Our local domestic violence non-profit has a program that uses big puppets to talk to children about good touch/bad touch and what to do.
I made sure the local elementary school board was aware of the program and suggested they use it.
We have had several high profile child abuse cases in our county. In one of them the guy stole the little girl from her bed, took her up to the woods, abused her and buried her alive. She clawed her way out of the mud after he had left and was found wandering in her underwear by some miners.
You have to protect these kids with some awareness. Pretending they aren’t at risk is stupidity.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.