The Parents Yap About Sex Abuse: What have we learned from the shocking news in Wakefield?
We are just as shaken up as the rest of the town about the recent revelations of child abuse at the hands of a day care provider in Wakefield. This week, we share our thoughts on what we do to keep our kids safe.
Editor's Note: This week's Parent Yap column discusses the sex abuse case against John Burbine of Wakefield. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to 100 counts of child sexual abuse. Along with covering the legal aspects of this case, Wakefield Patch has also spoken with a number of people who met the Burbines. For example, this mother met Burbine a couple of times at an area play group, and this one found nothing when she checked for Burbine on the sex offender registry because he was classified as level 1. Complete coverage of the case can be viewed at this topic page. Melissa Schools You know how, sometimes, when it’s been revealed that a person is a murderer, neighbors react with shock, and say something like, “But he was always so quiet…
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Tricia
12:55 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
As a parent of a son who was abused at age 10, I can tell you that the only thing that could have protected him was more education. If a child is old enough to go away to camp (by the way an elite camp that all my boys attended in Minnesota) they are old enough to be told that these people exist. You have to go beyond good touch bad touch. You have to go into exactly what some people might do and… more ›