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[MM27]

I had the same question. Regardless of the age of the child I would show all the adults in the neighborhood his photo so you from a neighborhood watch...not only for your child/children put for all the neighborhood kids.

I would also bring it to the principal in the local school~

In NJ we get that information in our schools as soon as a sex offender moves into the area or gets a job in close proximity to the school. Every staff member in the school needs to view the picture and sign off that we have viewed it. They don't provide parents with the information though. I work in an urban area and we usually have at least 10 per year that we have to view.

I'd make copies of the info from the police dept and then I'd hang them everywhere-telephone poles,stores and pass out to all neighbors.

I would harass, harass,harass. I think those people should be put on an island somewhere.
I would make it so uncomfortable that they would move-or I would.

You have to be really careful about what you do because there are actually rules/laws to protect the sex offenders, believe it or not. This is from the NJ sex registry:
Any person who uses the information contained herein to threaten, intimidate, or harass another, or who otherwise misuses this information may be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability.

 

[kilee]

We get a publication quarterly w/ our little local paper that has photos and addresses of local sex offenders. Including the info on any vehicles registered to them.

Anyhow, I'd show my kids the photos and use it as an opportunity to talk about "stranger danger". Especially w/ the little one. I have a 16 yr old son, and I don't know how much I'd have to talk to him. He's taller and bigger than the average adult male, so I don't really think of him as being someone's "prey" anymore. However, I'd still make him aware.

 

[Kim&Chris]

I would show both children the photo asap, and explain (in greater detail to the older child) exactly what this person is guilty of. I would really make sure they were terrified to go anywhere near this house.

I agree with previous posters about the desire to harass, hang photos, etc, but unfortunately these animals get to have some rights (more rights than their victims had).

 

[babycakes01]

I really have to say-let "them" prosecute me-if it helps protect 1 child so much the better.
And 3 years old? That is so beyond disgusting If that was my kid that slimeball wouldn't have even made it into the courthouse/policestation.

Those people can not be rehabilitated-it's not like it was an 18 yo boy/w a 16 yo girlfriend; totally different category-but 3 years old? Unbelievable-and the sentences these offenders receive are so light-it just makes me ill.

After initially reading this topic I went and checked the registry here and searched all the knowns here in my local zip codes.
After that murder of the pretty little Florida girl last week it just gives me the shivers thinking about 1 being so close.

 

[Imzadi]

Absolutely show them the photo and tell them to stay away, and give another round of discussion about strangers in general. For a long time we had a picture, sent by the police, of a sex offender on our refrigerator, till my DS was 16. And this guy lived about 3 or 4 miles away, not several houses.

I would show both children the photo asap, and explain (in greater detail to the older child) exactly what this person is guilty of. I would really make sure they were terrified to go anywhere near this house.

Absolutely show them a picture. And point him out to them when you see him around. This is NOT a time to be vague or for them tho be fuzzy about who you are talking about. It takes just one time of them forgetting or being off their guard and that could be it.

Halloween is coming up, the days are getting shorter, darker and colder. Bad weather is on the way. This guy could use any number of ways to lure kids who don't know or forget. If you haven't pointed him out directly, they may think, "Oh yeah, I see that guy in out neighborhood all the time. It will be okay to take a ride out of the rain, take the candy (with the date rape drug,) etc. Mom didn't mean him.

Remember these guys think and obsess day & night how to outfoil people so they can get to kids.

 

[barkley]

We get a publication quarterly w/ our little local paper that has photos and addresses of local sex offenders. Including the info on any vehicles registered to them.

Anyhow, I'd show my kids the photos and use it as an opportunity to talk about "stranger danger". Especially w/ the little one. I have a 16 yr old son, and I don't know how much I'd have to talk to him. He's taller and bigger than the average adult male, so I don't really think of him as being someone's "prey" anymore. However, I'd still make him aware.

our local news stations announce when one has moved. they show the photo, tell the name of the street and the block number. they say what level the offense is and remind people of the website they can go to for more detailed info. the local (to the city we live near) newspaper prints the photos and website info. on the front page whenever one moves into the area or changes their address within the area.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I would (and have) show them the photo. I would be totally honest with the 16 year old about what the guy did (and also be sure she knows she cannot harrass him--which is not legal and might provoke a problem--tell her jsut to stay away and maybe wanr her friends) and I would be fairly honest with the 6 year old as well (this man hurt a very little child, REALLY hurt him--and he cannot be trusted not to hurt a child again so you MUST stay away, and the nasnwer any questions, even is they are uncomfortable). I would show them the photo, point out the hosue and give them a reminder about once every 2-3 months so they do not forget.

I would also use this a good time to go over safetey rules again. I never talk about "strangers" or "stranger danger" with my kids. There may be a time when the safest thing they can do is run to the nearest stranger for help--and it could happen that someone we all know and trust tries to harm them (statistically that is the most likley). So, we talk about appropriate and innappropriate behaviour from adults and how to get away and that we will trust them and they can tell us anything and what not.

 

[mamamary]

There was an article in my local paper during the spring saying that a 17 year old was arrested on charges of raping a 5 year old girl while babysitting her. Apparently this was over a few months time period. This persons address was just a few doors away. Honestly I don't think it's his full time address because I don't know this person. I think he has some sort of shared custody and it was the grandparents house but now someone else in the family is living there so it's hard to tell if he is really resides there or not. He was in jail for months. I tried to follow the case as much as I could but now it seems he is being moved to a juvenile court and I can't find any info any more about it. It's very frustrating and I'm not sure what to do either.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

That HAS happened to me. A convicted child molester lived in my mother's neighborhood and she watched my kids. One day that guy pulled up to my son and another boy (9 yrs old at the time) and gave them a baseball cap.

NOT COOL!

I went straight to the police. He'd gotten out of prison before Megan's Law, so there was technically nothing anyone could do, but the chief of police went to his house and laid down the law with him. I warned other parents on the street (hey, it was all public knowledge, and IMO there is no punishment harsh enough for raping a 5 year old boy).

I also told my son what the guy was and was pretty specific without being vulgar. Warned my daughter too when she was old enough.

I think kids can handle knowing the truth.

A sex offender moved in across the street from my mom and dad and they watched my kids, too. We never saw him, but I had absolutely no problem at all telling my boys (4 and 6) that this was a really bad man that did terrible things to another child and they were never ever to go near him. I showed them his picture. My mom never let them outside in the front yard anyway, and never alone in the back yard. I agree, sex offenders of children lose all rights of respect and privacy in my eyes.

 

[Kies99]

Just a head's up to the OP. While I agree with those who've posted about making flyers and such, please be aware that if you were to do this, you could be prosecuted.

This is the warning on the Pennsylvania Megan's Law Webpage:

ANY PERSON WHO USES THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE, OR HARASS THE REGISTRANT OR THEIR FAMILY, OR WHO OTHERWISE MISUSES THIS INFORMATION, MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OR CIVIL LIABILITY.

 

[Green Tea]

I'd make copies of the info from the police dept and then I'd hang them everywhere-telephone poles,stores and pass out to all neighbors.

I think this is illegal to do.

OP: Yes, I would show my children the photo and point him out if you see him in the neighborhood. I would also point out the house and make sure they understand the seriousness of staying away.

 

[twinmomplus2new]

Showed my children the house, where a man in thier nana's neighborhod lived. he had 4 convictions out of NY state for rape of a child under 4 years of age.
I did Show them the hose and the kind of car he drove. In very simple terms.

YOU are never to go near this house, person car, he is a bad man who hurts little children period.
i started telling my twins that when they were 2. 2 this day they still say does that gy still live there when we go by? A little fear coupled with knowladge is not a bad thing. IMHOP

 

[Kim&Chris]

Showed my children the house, where a man in thier nana's neighborhod lived. he had 4 convictions out of NY state for rape of a child under 4 years of age.
I did Show them the hose and the kind of car he drove. In very simple terms.

YOU are never to go near this house, person car, he is a bad man who hurts little children period.
i started telling my twins that when they were 2. 2 this day they still say does that gy still live there when we go by? A little fear coupled with knowladge is not a bad thing. IMHOP

I could not agree more. No need to sugar coat things to kids these days.

 

[grumpeeduck]

Tell your kids everything you know! You never want a situation where you wish you would have done something differently. Kids need constant supervision now with these monsters on the loose. Bus stops must be supervised as well as play time. It's time to say "no more".

 

[kinntj]

Tell your kids everything you know! You never want a situation where you wish you would have done something differently. Kids need constant supervision now with these monsters on the loose. Bus stops must be supervised as well as play time. It's time to say "no more".

Agree! We try to cover the bus stops here well. Our bus stop is huge with a lot of kids. They come from 2 different directions, so we try to cover those. I live south of the bus stop, so I walk to the corner of our street and stand there and watch the kids make their way down. I also do that when the bus drops them off.

Since the incident with a white van seen in another sub watching kids, I stay outside with my kids when they play out there. My kids are 5 and 7, so they are still young enough to make mistakes and forget the rules. I'm here to remind them often. Our backyard is fenced and locked, so that's when they get a little more freedom.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

I don't know how things are in Kentucky, but here you can get put on the sex offenders list for streaking at a college sports game and other minor, stupid offenses. I'd probably ignore the fact and move on with my life.

 

[Kim&Chris]

I don't know how things are in Kentucky, but here you can get put on the sex offenders list for streaking at a college sports game and other minor, stupid offenses. I'd probably ignore the fact and move on with my life.

Ignore what fact?

 

[ZephyrHawk]

That a sex offender lived near me.

 

[DVC Sadie]

I would harass, harass,harass. I think those people should be put on an island somewhere.
I would make it so uncomfortable that they would move-or I would.

Where would you move? They're sex offenders everywhere. You may be the one who has to buy an island to live. Sad but true.


OP, I would definitely show the photos to my children so they can stay away or report to you if/when they see him.

 

[adkkev]

That said, if I know or strongly suspect that someone is a child sex offender, I go to the police about any possible violations such as hanging around playgrounds. I speak up about them within their hearing expressly to make them uncomfortable, hopefully uncomfortable enough to leave town. I tell others what I know, whether they have children or not. I notify everyone who has a legitimate reason to be around children (librarians, park workers, teachers, nannies, ice cream parlor workers, bus drivers, and the rest). Basically anything to prevent a tragedy, within the letter of the law, without rising to legal harassment or driving myself crazy. I don't go out of my way, I simply tell the people that ought to know when we happen to be meeting up for something else.

If you strongly suspect? And how do you determine this? What happens if you go to the police and ask about possible violations of someone you "suspect", and then there's nothing on their records about this person being an offender? Do you continue on with what you've stated (make them uncomfortable, etc.), even though you have no proof, only your suspicions?

So you meet up with someone "for something else", and you tell that person, well, I suspect that "so and so" is a sex offender, but I don't have any proof, but I really think that they are, so ... etc., etc., etc.. REALLY?