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“Do It For Me”

We dare you to watch this and not feel motivated to help the children in your lives. For more information on preventing child sexual abuse in your community, visit The 5 Steps to Protecting Our ChildrenTM, or take D2L’s award-winning Stewards of Children® prevention training.

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When Kids Are Sold For Sex — They’re Not “Child Prostitutes,” They’re Victims

Excerpt from HuffingtonPost.com When police came upon a 13-year-old girl selling sex in North Hollywood, they promptly handcuffed her, arrested her and hauled her off to detention. As is the case in many states, juvenile prostitution carries a sentence of up to two years in California, according to The Washington Post. While the fallout for …

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Man asks to urinate on young boy in McDonald’s restroom

Excerpt from abc13.com CITY OF MONTGOMERY, TX (KTRK) — Detectives with the City of Montgomery are investigating a bizarre encounter in a McDonald’s bathroom that traumatized a little boy. For the May family, a quick stop for dinner on a busy school night turned into quite the wake up call. “Although I completely believed my …

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Judge: Girl can’t be blamed for her assault

Excerpt from HeraldNet.com ARLINGTON, WA — A lawyer for a private Christian school and one of its teachers won’t be allowed to argue in court that a 14-year-old and her parents bear some responsibility for an inappropriate relationship between the girl and the school’s former principal. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge David Kurtz earlier this …

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