There are some comments about not being able to trust our friends, family, and neighbors ANYMORE with our kids and how this HAS BECOME a huge problem in our society. Nope...this has ALWAYS been a part of our society! What has changed, as a society we no longer tolerate it!

In the past "sex" was a taboo subject. Parents did not talk to their kids about sex, let alone what to do if someone you know touches you in the private area or makes you fell uncomfortable. As parents we have to give our child the tools to protect themselves.

My school has a program about "bad touching" and what to do. The BSA has two DVDs, one for ages 8-10 "It Happened to Me" and one for 11 and up "A Time to Tell". Watch them with your kids and talk to them about it.


I was molested by my Father until I was 15. 20 years later he molested my niece, but she was brave to enough to tell her Mom, "I do not want to go to Grandpa's" Grandpa went to therapy and jail.

Empower your children. Read "Miss America by Day". Google it, link prevention.

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i live in riverton and i have kids that go to rosamond. i have met mr. hall . he is creepy, he pretended to be a wonderful man to help hide his secrets. we r mistaken if we think we will shelter our children by sending them to this school or that institution, perverts r every where and we need to be ever vigilant. if this poor guy had a bad childhood, it seems he also had a good adult life to become a teacher, u would think that some where along the line he would have made the realization that he needed some help long before he abused any children. he allowed his perversion to bring himself to this moment in his life . he now has to face up to the punishment that will be imposed. i hope it will be severe enough for the sake of justice and let mercy be handed out in the next life if possible.

wow commented that it's too bad the world has changed. it hasn't. the difference is now children are taught to protect themselves instead of the perpetrator. it nauseates me to hear the older generation of americans referred to as the "greatest generation." this generation were perhaps the greatest generation of pedophiles to ever live or conveniently looked the other way while knowing what the neighborhood "dirty old man" was doing. i knew pillars of the church and community who would be spending many years behind bars had they been born in a later time.

karleen,

My wife's grandfather would fit that last category. It's sad what happened to her and her cousins, some of whom are very bitter to this day. Now dead, all I can say is I'm glad I'm not in his shoes.

I knew Laine many years ago. This is a very sad situation.