Yes, it is disturbing but can you see the whole picture? Ok, so this girl didn't have a father presense in her home either right? So was her mother dating actively in front of her? There is an example there as well, like mother like daughter sometimes. And who knows maybe the mother was using an online dating service too, so many people do that now.

When I was raising my daughter the students in her class that were in single parent homes were high in numbers. If that IS the case now as well, what ARE these kids seeing at home that we may not even consider?

We all see the age 12, well, what does that really mean now? We think of this age as a child who doesn't know any better but look at the constant messages they are really exposed to.

Honestly? I will never forget bringing my daughter to that middle school and seeing these 12 and 13 year old students that looked like high school students. The makeup, the clothes, the mannerisms, Wow, it was a shock to me. I am serious about the principal too, I went right in and sat down and asked if this was the high school and what the hell is going on? Oh, and the principal kept saying this and that is not allowed so I asked him, ok, so lets go stand in the hall so I can make sure your seeing what I am seeing. And he did and had to call students over in front of me it was rediculous. Don't parents look at their children? Don't you scratch your head and wonder how these kids could go out of their homes looking like this?

Ok, you said that you had people come into the schools to give serious talks about preditors etc. Right? I don't think these student were listening do you?

I honestly hate to say this, but sometimes an incident like this is good when someone actually gets CAUGHT because it forces students and parents to recognize YES BAD THINGS REALLY DO HAPPEN AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR OWN SCHOOL. I am beginning to think that it is the only way people wake up and pay attention. And I think that is awful and very unfortunate.

I don't know Seeker, these kids are not as innocent as we think now a days, and it isn't their fault, it is all the stuff that is presented to them and allowed to be presented to them as well as how they are permitted to present themselves. My daughter is now 28 and that middle school was a while ago, so I cant even imagine what it must be like now.

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