Is the Penn State story making anyone else feel horrible?
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Anonymous
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In the interests of full disclosure, I'm a PSU alum and because of my work, I am in frequent contact with administrators there. So I've been totally obsessed with following the horrific details of the news story.
But as a fairly new mom (my little boy is just over one), I am feeling so sick with outrage and disgust at the whole thing. Reading the grand jury report made me just want to hug my son and never leave him with another adult ever again. Following so closely on the heels of that awful story in China where the toddler was run over and no one helped her... I just don't understand how anyone could hurt a child or not help a child who was being hurt. I guess all we can do is keep our babies as safe as we can when they're with us and hope and pray that all the safeguards we put in place keep them from monsters like Sandusky when they're not with us. But I can't stop thinking about those poor little boys... Ugh. 
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Anonymous
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YES. after reading the grand jury report i feel like *i* saw it.
i already have very little trust in unrelated men around my child. this does not help. |
Anonymous
I feel of you, OP. It is a terrible world we live in. I also feel very upset about it. I also can't understand people who could hurt a child or an animal (anyone who is vulnerable really). These kinds of things do make me paranoid and very upset. It also makes me want to hug my baby girl and never let go too 
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Anonymous
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I'm in higher ed and I'd thought that I'd seen the good and bad of university administration and disciplinary processes. I guess it's just crazy to me that an adult would see what he perceived to be a sexual assault by an adult on a child in a public place and he wouldn't think yell for help and then call 911.
I want to keep my kid safe, but this whole situation has me thinking about how much I also want to train her to be a person who does the right thing as an adult. |
Anonymous
| Yes, it's in my head a lot too. I can't get beyond thinking that these supportive people, these people focused on the effect the news might have on a sporting event or on a bunch of adults, they need to consider what if it were THEIR child (or their child plus 7 of his friends) that this happened to? Would there be any ambiguity then? Where would the concern and focus be then? |
Anonymous
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There was a great editorial about how the students who are all rioting in outrage over the firings would some day be parents and then they would understand the shock and rage felt by so many people over what happened:
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/133630478.html |
Anonymous
| I'm bothered by this story on so many levels - parent, rape victim, football fan, human. The whole thing makes me really sick to my stomach. But you can't let one very bad egg and several very weak, cowardly eggs destroy your faith in mankind. Most people are good. (For the record, I think McQueary needs to resign and call a press conference to basically say, "I acted like a coward and a pussy. I was freaked out by the horrifying actions of someone I respected, and ended up not doing more in order to keep my job. I apologize for my part in all of this, and hope that the victims will someday forgive me.") |
Anonymous
It's called ethics training that most organization have. It may help people to identify and report those incidents. Which they clearly did not do. However, the perpetrators will always be out there. It is up to us to keep our children safe.. BTW, some of these boys were in some sort of program for at-risk-children. That just makes me so mad. I am glad they fired Paterno. |
Anonymous
| Me too, op. |
Anonymous
Yes, sick to my stomach and I feel tears welling up if I think about it too closely. |
Anonymous
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/penn-state-scandal-rumors-sandusky-pimping_n_1086099.html "I can give you a rumor and I can give you something I think might happen," Madden said on the radio. "I hear there's a rumor that there will be a more shocking development from the Second Mile Foundation -- and hold on to your stomachs, boys, this is gross, I will use the only language I can -- that Jerry Sandusky and Second Mile were pimping out young boys to rich donors. That was being investigated by two prominent columnists even as I speak." |
Anonymous
| I feel alternately sick, angry, CRAZILY ANGY, then sick and so on. Yes, the feeling is intrusive and disturbing. I think it probably should be. I have 2 boys, shy handsome and 10 and 11 years old. I'm pretty sure I would murder anyone who would even try to do such a thing to them. At the very least I would never rest until they were placed into a violent prison population where they would be victimized the same way for as long as possible. |
Anonymous
I agree. Something I think I would never have understood until I had a DS of my own. |
Anonymous
| Yep, it's a horrible, horrible story. And as a mom I am definitely more sensitive to these kinds of stories than pre-kids. |
Anonymous
Yeah, this, especially when you read this story about one of the victim's sisters who is currently a PSU student who has to deal with other students joking about being "Sanduskied"?!? Geez, what is wrong with these kids? (Although if I was the victim's parents, I'm not sure I would allow my other kid to go to Penn State) http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/sister_of_sandusky_victim_talk.html |