I am sorry to hear about your situation Trippruss and Torog. I was raped repeatedly when I was 3 years old and again at 5 years of age, by different people (babysitters). People are quite surprised when I share this information, which I rarely do, because there are no obvious or typical sign that I was a victim of such a horrible, humiliating experience. My mother didn't even know about it until I was 25 years old. I guess at the time, I felt shame. I felt guilty. I felt like somehow, it was my fault that this happened. Now, I am doing everything I can to make sure my kids don't ever experience anything like that and so far, things are going well.

It's sad that so many child molesters go unpunished and if punished, it's like a slap on their wrist and they are released after short amount of time only to do it again and again. It's also difficult to "catch" most of the abusers because victims are in fear of turning them in and sharing (re-living) the experience. Yes, I believe the abusers should be put away for life!

I think the most important thing to do right now is to educate your kids about these sort of things...not to a point where they will grow up fearing the world, but to trust gut instincts and have trusted adults (parents) that they can communicate with comfortably and openly.
Cheery Cherry Reviewed by Cheery Cherry on . WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THESE CHILD M0LETERS/KILLERS I started this thread becuz of the recent issues regarding children in the news being kidnapped/raped/murdered. i'm a 40yr father of 4 boys ages 6-17 & would like to hear from people who are 1.parents 2.victims of sexual abuse either present or past. i spent 7yrs of my life in prison for a drug related offense that opened my eyes to alot of injustice in this soceity. i used to think that rapests & molesters got beat up/killed in prison, this is not so & anyone who has done time please comment, Rating: 5