Folks with daughters....

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  • DostThouEven
    DostThouEven Posts: 148
    Three things my daughter will know

    How to be strong

    Never trust a boy

    How to punch people in the face. Hard.
  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
    to. However, there are those out there that will cause harm.
    Do you understand that there are nine times as many kids abused by people know to them?


    They are nine times more likely to be abused by people who YOU trust.
    What part of that fact is hard to understand?




    The danger isn’t out there; it’s within their family circle, the people they know, the brothers and fathers of their friends, their teacher their coach, someone that they know and like.
    Danger is all about them and NOT “out there”.
    Don’t fear some random and ultimately harmless guy at the gym or the Y, vigilantly is an ugly and dangerous mind set. Keep an eye on your kids and an eye on the REAL danger.
  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    Great post! I think a lot of young women get flustered and confused in these types of situations because they have been trained from day one to listen to adults and don't know how to refuse without feeling guilty. Not only that but kids that age are so desperate for attention and to be grown up already, and he was totally exploiting those feelings.

    I'm very glad you were there as that could definitely have turned ugly otherwise. I'm sure in a couple of years she'll look back and realize the severity of the situation and be super grateful you were there, if she isn't already.
  • FGVC1188
    FGVC1188 Posts: 122 Member
    Teenage girls are probably the dumbest people on the face of the planet, so good job looking out.
  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
    to. However, there are those out there that will cause harm.
    Do you understand that there are nine times as many kids abused by people know to them?


    They are nine times more likely to be abused by people who YOU trust.
    What part of that fact is hard to understand?




    The danger isn’t out there; it’s within their family circle, the people they know, the brothers and fathers of their friends, their teacher their coach, someone that they know and like.
    Danger is all about them and NOT “out there”.
    Don’t fear some random and ultimately harmless guy at the gym or the Y, vigilantly is an ugly and dangerous mind set. Keep an eye on your kids and an eye on the REAL danger.

    ok you win, I don't find the fact hard to understand although you think I do. Sorry for the "poor choice of terms" yes I agree danger is all about them. Sounds like you just want to fight for the sake of fighting and not the issue itself. Take Care !!
  • PBsMommy
    PBsMommy Posts: 1,166 Member
    Thanks for stepping in.

    3 daughters, 5 hand guns. I got this covered.

    I'm with you...

    1 daughter, 2 hand guns and a crap ton of 12gs.

    OP I am glad you were there to step in. I remember when I was 16, a man in his 30s/40s tried something similar at the lake.... I just looked at him and said "I'm 16 buddy. I'll get ya 60 in the house... if my dad don't kill you first... " He took the hint.
  • guzzlingil
    guzzlingil Posts: 60
    I have two daughters....11 and 8...and one of the reasons I try to stay healthy and in good/decent shape....is to protect them ...a lot of sick guys out there.....
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    That's crazy and sick.

    I'm very glad that my gym has separate steam rooms/saunas for men/women.
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    Thank you so much for stepping in. I have a 14 yr old daughter and this really bothers me.
  • dovetail22uk
    dovetail22uk Posts: 339 Member
    Someone started a thread recently saying how a young girl had been sent into a hot tub by her coach where there were 2 men, the poster was concerned so followed the girl in there.

    She was then blasted by pages and pages of posts saying she was wrong to jump to conclusions etc etc and some men felt insulted.

    This post goes to show her concerns were more than justified.

    No it does not. I completely agree with this OP, but the objection many of us had to the previous post was that the woman was worried because men were simply there. Men can be either good or bad. Just like women. Clearly the OP in this situation did the right thing.

    You have no idea what it is like to be a a teenage girl, so really you haven't the first clue what you're talking about.

    Blimey, you're rude. Maybe everyone on the internet should end what they post with "in my opinion". Would that satisfy you? I was a teenage girl once and IN MY OPINION the OP did exactly the right thing. No need to get your knickers in a twist.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I probably would've thought it was weird that he was talking to the girl and not said anything to her UNTIL he touched her. That is a complete over the line move and good for him for stepping in.
  • GurleyGirl524
    GurleyGirl524 Posts: 578 Member
    Way to go! We have to teach our daughters to be cautious of creeps, but also we have to teach our sons to respect girls so maybe they won't turn into creeps. In reality we have to teach our sons to be on the look out for creeps as well.
  • kappyblu
    kappyblu Posts: 654 Member
    So glad you were there. I'm a mom with two sons and two daughters and I thank you sir for watching out for these girls. We have talked about these situations as a family, too. So scary out there.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,417 Member
    There is too much creepy in the world. It's a problem.

    ...and teenage girls need to be given huge amounts of self-esteem. Stop preparing them for marrige, and start preparing them for confidence and boundaries.
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
    I think too many people are splitting hairs over the statistic rates and etc....
    The guy's behavior was totally creepy - there was a time not long ago I was a 14girl who was fully developed and grown physically. Some people would guess my age dead on but there were plenty of men, that were on the shady side, who figured I was young but close enough to legal.
    Maybe he wouldn't have done anything but ya never know and there is still that percentage of women who are assaulted by someone they don't know

    Not to be a prude but I know I wouldn't let my daughter wear just any kind of bikini either and will be teaching her to be on the offensive

    I think it's awesome you stepped in

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