You said -- "You very good at making assumptions."
And you are equally good at making "calloused" statements, it appears (especially after reading what Michael Reagan has to say about it).
Furthermore, what you say about this -- "Of course, the PC mentality won't allow for such training because it might *offend* someone or hurt their feelings." -- makes no sense.
That kind of training is done in the home or at the parents' choice, so what does PC mentality have to do with preventing parents from training kids in their own homes according to their beliefs, have to do with it?
It might have something to do with "PC parents" [and their kids] -- but *not* with parents who choose to do so on their own.
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- Also, parents who are followers of Jesus Christ and teach their kids the ways of the Bible, will be very well aware of the sin and evil that is in the world. That's the *main prerequisite* for coming to faith in Christ, that one *recognizes* this *universal and sinful condition* of every last single person in the world, including you and me -- and that this is the reason for the need of a Savior, through whom God says that there is no other way, except through Jesus for salvation.
The ones who dismiss the teachings of the Bible are the ones likely to be PC and thus believe in some "inherent good" in people (and that means it applies to *anyone*, no matter how good they appear).
I take it, by your recognitiion of EVIL in the world, that you know that this comes from the utter depravity that is inherent in the sin condition (which is stated in the Bible) of every last single person in the world, whether it be that "perp" who took the boy, or the parents themselves, or even the police who arrested him.
"You very good at making assumptions."
It's interesting that you would protest someone else's assumption of you and your childhood, and yet you seem free to make assumptions of Michael Reagan and Shawn Hornbeck.
It disturbs me a whole lot to see FReepers who, no matter the circumstance, always blame the victim. I think it reveals their underlying fear that the same thing could happen to them or their loved one, and so they come up with all these things that they do differently or would do differently than they think the victim did, to try to reassure themselves that this could never happen to them.
Reality is this: bad things happen to good people. Yes, we can learn from others' situations and make preparations and take precautions, but we no one can ever be prepared for every possible bad thing that could happen to them or to a loved one.