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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am have a toddler that I am planning on sending to MCPS when she is of age. Is it possible to request all female teachers? This happens way too frequently. Of course, crazy things could happen with female teachers as well but chances are 1 million times less.[/quote]

Well for one thing, don't visit the White House as a tourist. The president is male, you know. Just looking out for you![/quote]

9/10 men in these fields are probably 100% innocent and well intentioned, it is the 1/10 that I would rather avoid working closely with my child. You cannot deny the facts that this kind of stuff is in the news all of time, and most often, we never know these things happen. This guy was doing this for 13 years without anyone having an inkling of what he was doing.
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Citation needed. Please back your claim that 10% of men are child-molesters. Please use U.S. statistics.

I am a male ES teacher and your attitude and prejudice disgust me. I hope you DO request all female teachers because as a parent, you would be a nightmare to deal with.[/quote]

To the scared PP: My son LOVES make teachers and really connects with them. He was lucky to have the same guy for two years in preschool. Sadly, there are nine in his elementary school. And I lived having male teachers as a kid, too. There is often a very different energy and dynamic.

I would hope if my son chose to be a teacher, he wouldn't face such paranoia about his sex

. There are many ways to teach your kid to be safe. Be proactive like that instead of condemning men just because they are men. "Protecting the Gift" is a great book if you are interested.[/quote]

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My mom was very paranoid as was her mom before her.  There is a part of me that thought my mom was overprotective until you start meeting people that have a friend or relative that has had something like this happen.  In one case, it was the niece's coach and the coach's daughter was on the team and friends with the niece.  It was heartbreaking hearing about the story and the impact on the young life.  It was also unsettling to find out how little jail time the person served that at the time had to do with hoe light MD sentencing was for that type of crime.

There has to be an element of not being completely trusting and assuming it would never happen but not so paranoid that you trust no one ever and never leave your home.  I won't be around my kids all the time and so they have to develop judgement about things and feel open to coming to me if something feels uncomfortable or off.  So I agree with PP about taking proactive steps to teach your kid ways to be safe.  Also if your adult child will work around kids they also need to learn what could be interpreted as inappropriate and not cross that line.[/quote]

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