Comments on: I hire male babysitters

By: Finding Paradise | Susiej

Finding Paradise | Susiej — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:28:26 +0000

[...] just left it here for the school year. As I drive a little further, I see the familiar shape of our favorite babysitter walking his dog. The one who was once our neighbor. I can let my egg crack in front of him, I [...]

By: someone

someone — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:06:11 +0000

What are the the lifetime odds of *surviving* childhood and never being molested by a babysitter. Probably more than 9999 out of 10000.

So what if males are several times more likely than females to molest your kids. Maybe your kid’s odds of surviving unscathed falls from 9999 to 9997 out of 10000. Big deal.

Compare this with the very high risk that they will miss out on many opportunities if you don’t let them spend time alone with positive male role models.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:34:39 +0000

As someone who was sexually abused by my mother throughout my childhood, I’m doubly offended at these ad campaigns about men. Especially considering how GODAMN HARD it was to get anyone to listen to me when I tried to tell them my mother was abusing them. It’s men like JOHN WALSH who make people feel that “a mother would never do that” and I “must have just mistake normal affection for something else. Maybe you need help if you would accuse your mother of such a thing…”

Believe me when I say that women abuse just as often as men – my mother’s inspired me to research these things more in depth and in a more academic setting – they just GET AWAY WITH IT in our society. After all, a woman patting a little child’s butt is looked at as somebody being affectionate. A man doing the same? No way. Women feel incredibly SAFE and SECURE molesting children. It’s so wrong.

-Lex

By: Bill M

Bill M — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:15:09 +0000

I’m shocked that John Walsh would have the nerve to come up with that statement. It was his wife REVE that left Adam in the toy department of sears while she went shopping for a lamp. To leave a 6 year old child unattended in a store is gross parental neglect. I feel sad for Walsh’s, but parents need to be held responsible for their actions.

By: ISTP Dad - Men and the fear of working with children — MomSquawk

ISTP Dad - Men and the fear of working with children — MomSquawk — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:59:20 +0000

[...] Blogger “Susie J” prefers male babysitters and regrets that too much of society thinks a guy can’t want to work with kids unless one of the kids is his own. [...]

By: creative-type dad

creative-type dad — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:19:57 +0000

Well said!

That ad make me so angry.

As to Bill’s comment above, I think it matters more on teaching our kids that in any situation where ANYBODY (male or female) tries to touch them strangely/tries to hurt them to run, scream, hit, whatever and to tell an any adult right away.

By: SusieJ

SusieJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:25:16 +0000

It’s scavenger hunt!! Messages, is the answering machine. Ice Cream is stored — is the freezer, showers is the bathtub.

By: Gift of Green

Gift of Green — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:19:43 +0000

Okay, on a lighter note…I am completely dense: what do those notes mean?!

Signed,

Usually Have A Quicker Wit Than This

By: Jenny R

Jenny R — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:06:02 +0000

Great post Susie. Thought-provoking

By: Zephra

Zephra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:59:12 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. Not all men are sick pigs out to hurt kids.