This is why Dr. Laura is so against single mothers of young children dating. All too often these men prey on the children of these mother, either sexually or out of jealousy for the time they take away from them as they see it. And all too many of these women are so desperate for a man they'll turn a blind eye to whatever he does in order to keep him. Once again, Dr. Laura is vindicated. Very sad.
So true. When my eldest was an infant her father died. I dated exactly 3 men in the 15 years after that. All 3 failed to respect the boundaries. One got obsessed with her when she was ten and is still on-and-off stalking her, 17 years later.
Never, never, never trust anybody with your children.
>And all too many of these women are so desperate for a man >they'll turn a blind eye to whatever he does in order to >keep him.
I'm going through this with a dear friend of mine now. She is going through a 'but what about me' phase and is (I feel)jeapardizing her teen daughter by allowing a bullying man to move in, sight unseen. (Internet dating) It is straining our friendship because I bluntly called her selfish and of course the man is seizing this opportunity to inform her that I obviously don't really care about her. I do care about her, but at this point I care about her daughter more.
This doesn't vindicate Dr. Laura at all. I didn't even know that Dr. Laura stood for such nonsense. As a step-parent myself, I'm glad that her way of thinking isn't widespread.