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Ilsa

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8. Parents are damned if they do or don't.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 10:50 PM

Nov 2017

We get criticized for not letting our kids play in the front yard. Criticized for helicoptering.

And in smaller towns you think you can trust your neighbor, especially if they are a county official.

Still, I agree that the parents need to be more careful with their kids around men, the most likely source of sexual assault.

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Where are These Girls' Parents? [View all] ProudLib72 Nov 2017 OP

The mother of the then 14 year old madaboutharry Nov 2017 #1

The girls are now in their 50s. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #2

Ok, figure that a parent is 25 when they had the child ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #9

14 yr old mom did not know the daughter was meeting up with Moore until a decade later. SandyZ Nov 2017 #3

Damn good point. Where are the parents, siblings, friends watching out for democratisphere Nov 2017 #4

I started an OP about David Frum's insight: "He was awfully good at this. He saw a young person... Hekate Nov 2017 #5

WPO did have 30 sources. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #6

"Where are These Girls' Parents?" - in AL UTUSN Nov 2017 #7

Parents are damned if they do or don't. Ilsa Nov 2017 #8

The older ones moms seemed to know sarah FAILIN Nov 2017 #10

Ok, that makes sense ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #11

The 14 year old snuck out and met him around the corner. Most parents don't have their 14 year olds pnwmom Nov 2017 #12