P.E.A.S Magazine 9th Edition

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Denia It’s Not Just a River In Egypt, And By Pattie Fitzgerald, founder

You’ve heard it a thousand times before, the gut wrenching statistic regardi abuse happens to a child by someone they know… NOT by a stranger

Go to any child safety website… there it is. Talk to any child welfare profe tor, they will tell you the same thing. Parents need to take a good, long loo Middle School Teacher. And unfortunately, time and time again, these are ents look away, denying the truth.

It’s happened again. This week a popular high school teacher at the Red contact with a female student. It’s practically a replay of a similar middle s “beloved” 7th grade teacher was convicted on numerous counts of sexual m was indignant disbelief, with some parents going as far as accusing the vic students rally to the defense of their teacher, with mass emails and Facebo

Let’s get one thing straight here. Mr. “J” may have been a fun teacher, he mean he’s a saint or that he isn’t capable of the despicable acts he perpetr closely we should be paying attention to his actions. Does an adult who in

Enter Parental Denial: “There’s no way, Mr. J. is guilty. He never did anything to my daughter.” “H “Mr. J. was the only teacher who ever volunteered to stay late and tutor my when she needed help.”

Now we’re getting somewhere. All the above statements may be true. ter does not look like “the devil”. They can’t – because if they did, they’d ne

Can we repeat that, please. Child molesters come bearing gifts, smiles, a spend a lot of time grooming their victims and are very careful to select kid come in contact with. They’re cagey 46 enough to know which ones will keep How does a teacher who is also molester do this?


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