Maybe their parents didnt expect a child molestor..

[Mommyof2n0308]

to be at the pool. Says my Grandma after she read how a female born in 2003 got molested at the pool by a creepy guy who should have never of been there in the first place!  My Grandpa some how knows this guy, hes 24, and asked me if Id hire him to mow my yard! HE IS A CREEP!NO! 

so now we just find out about the swimming pool incident that happened the day I took my kids swimming.

I was telling Grandma how there were 7-8-9 year old girls (some in swim suits that barely covered them!) from my daughters class and I couldnt believe their parents were okay with dropping them off and leaving them there all day!  She said "Well maybe they didntknow a a child molestor would be there" 

HELLLLO its 2012, in order to protect our children, we need to expect them to be ANYWHERE! 

[sweet_pea_1116]

I live in a town where this is common pratice and it ticks me off kids some as young as 6 going with friends to the pool and besides the being without parents they are rude and need parents there to keep them under control that is why I can't take my 3 year old to the town pool becuase kids without parent supervison are unruly there.

[TTC1n2012]

I agree with you 1000%  You cant trust your child with ppl teachers daycare workers like watch the news ppl you least expect are the ones 

[runninro]

I have boys (with a baby girl on the way) but even with my boys I do NOT leave them alone in situations like that. Of my 4 boys I have 3 still at home.  Even the two 13 yr olds are not  "just dropped off" at the pool.  I watch like a hawk anyone that comes near them in public.  In this day and age I EXPECT there to be child molesters wherever children are.  There is no "Maybe they didn't know a child molester would be there".  I'm going to assume that they are there and it' s my job to keep them away from my children.  

[GMom2011]

Your grandmother sounds like mine. Comes from the "pretend it doesn't exist and it won't" generation where they act like life is awesome and everythign is perfect, and don't discuss problems in public EVER! My uncle was molsested by a neighbor. She never told anyone about it, or got him any help because it was "private" and she didn't want anyone to know. My mother is mentally unstable and has been since she was a child, and even though she was told by all of my mother's teachers to get her help, she didn't, because it was "private" and no one's business. That blew up in her face in a  HUGE way. So, I'm not surprised. There were, are and and always will be pedos out there. The fact that your grandmother knows one and wouldn't say anything about him being at a public pool, and even asking him to mow your lawn, and know where you live, with your kids around, is beyond SICK.

[celestegood]

 Uh, child molesters have always been around.  Back in 1212 as much as they are here in 2012.  It's simply a more aware age as our media makes us aware of every single thing that happens that is bad.

I'm sure the amount of children being molested is not any more now than it ever was; we're just more aware of the risk of it happening and its more ok to talk about it.

[cherrywaves21]

Ummm child molesters have been around waaaaaay longer than 2012. Comments like its " 2012 of course we have to protect our children!" comes across as silly and uneducated. Children were being raped, molested and sold well before 2012. The difference is now it not being swept under the rug.

I would never leave my son somewhere I had to drive the car. I wouldn't allow at a public pool by himself either there are tons of bratty kids there.

[TimeEnough4Love]

I'd never drop an 8 year old off at the pool for the day. Who is watching those kids? Parents could have a child snatched, molested, hurt, drowned. I mean, come on parents, just because your kid is 8 doesnt mean you have to stop putting in effort. When i was growing up, i couldnt leave our yard to go ride bikes with another kid down the block unless there was a parent there. And bad things still happened to me. What is with this free-range parenting crap these days? Molesters can and will be anywhere. Drunk drivers will not set up a schedule with you. Bullies wont send out a memo.... gah!

[Ashley0523]

your right ! and a children that age shouldnt even be left alone at a pool by themselves it amazes me how some parents feel right with doing that so many things could happen

[lildensmom]

I would never leave 7-8-9 yr olds at the pool by themselves, period.

[Kmary]

I probably wouldn't leave a 7 year old at the local pool, either.  But my reasoning has absolutely nothing to do child molesters.  After all, they are far more rare than the media portrays and we can't shield our children from being viewed by strangers all the time.  They have to live in the world and interact with people.  I'd be concerned about drowning, even if they could swim.  Drowning actually happens to kids all the time, even with adults nearby.  Children being molested by a stranger at a public place, on the other hand, is shockingly rare.