Pollyanna Santos doesn’t let her 6-year-old son play at a friend’s house unless she knows all of the adults who live in the home — and those who might be visiting. “You don’t know what can happen in the next room,” said Santos, a waitress from East Boston.
In Braintree, Debbie Currie feels anxious when she leaves her 7-year-old daughter at gymnastics class. “There are 20 other kids in there, and we live in a nice town, but you just never know,” said Currie, a customer service supervisor for Comcast.
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As the father of 3 girls I am always vigilant and have tried to instill the your body is yours and no one is allowed. Sad state of affairs when as parents we constantly have to worry about adults. I do believe this has been an issue for years and at one time it was like a hush hush thing. In the information age there is much more access and the predators have adjusted. I had my own experience which took a long time to come to grips with since it was a trusted member of the family. Sad I also believe that the abuse of the predator was perportrated on his own children prior to moving on to the grandchildren. As a family it has been touched upon but never really discussed.
Thank goodness, in most good schools, daycares, churches, a criminal record check is now required - a CORI. Parents must ask if their child's school, organization, church, afterschool program requires this.