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pnwmom

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24. I'm not assuming they're gay, and I'm not assuming they're pedophiles.

Reply to DRoseDARs (Reply #22)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 09:11 PM

Dec 2013

Obviously, if they were gay they would not be a particular risk for this girl. (Why would you think I think they're gay?) But you can't tell who's a pedophile by looking at them. So I don't think any child should be going on an overnight trip alone with unrelated adults.

None of the schools my kids attended would have sent two men on an overnight trip with one 13 year old girl. When my kids went on overnight trips, there were always chaperones of both sexes and multiple children.

All that being said, I don't fault the police for checking on them, since the 13 year old was sleeping in a car with an adult at night. But I DO fault the police for not listening when they were told about the notarized letter. They should have asked to see it and that should have been the end of it.

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Ironic much? rocktivity Dec 2013 #1

As soon as they saw that certified document, they should have released all of them, but then, they appleannie1 Dec 2013 #3

True, but I would've never let my 13 yr. old daughter go anywhere overnight with SharonAnn Dec 2013 #6

Why? fbc Dec 2013 #7

*slow clap* What an utterly repugnant thing to say and so fitting with this article. DRoseDARs Dec 2013 #8

It isn't repugnant. Any time chaperones are used, pnwmom Dec 2013 #13

Who said she did not have her own room? I had 7 kids. When we stayed in hotels some of the kids appleannie1 Dec 2013 #16

Most hotels have policies against children staying alone in their rooms. pnwmom Dec 2013 #18

Up to a certain age. Usually 12. Just like buffet restaurants do not allow kids under 8 to help appleannie1 Dec 2013 #19

Up to 18, actually, the legal age for a contract. pnwmom Dec 2013 #20

Minor booking a room by herself /= minor sleeping in a room by herself. DRoseDARs Dec 2013 #21

No, but most hotels don't want children sleeping in rooms by themselves pnwmom Dec 2013 #23

pnwmom, love you, but now you're being repugnant: Male adult = child rapist is what you're saying. DRoseDARs Dec 2013 #22

I'm not assuming they're gay, and I'm not assuming they're pedophiles. pnwmom Dec 2013 #24

"If these 2 men are gay" IF is the operative word there. I wasn't putting words in your mouth. DRoseDARs Dec 2013 #25

Bump JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #2

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