Tree Jumpers in Da Hood

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Thought about just putting this in "What's bumming my stone" or one of them there threads, but maybe it's worth a parenting discussion.

We just got a letter that a Registered Sex Offender moved into the neighborhood, about 10 blocks away. Around here those ten blocks are maybe 3/4 of a mile, and not on a route my kids would walk.

And it's a small town where nearly everyone knows them. The walk to school is in the opposite direction and the route they take goes through a fairly populated neighborhood. Up until recently the kids walked with their mom to school, but the inch is now wanting to walk alone, so he leaves 5 or 10 minutes before mom and the mm.

It's probably not a big deal, but it's the kind of shit I'd rather not have to worry about. You can go online and read up on their rap sheets, find out their favorite type of victim, whether it was someone they knew or just a random. In some ways it is comforting to know if their victims were adults and not children, unfortunately in this case, the guy likes kids.

The good news is this town is where cops train and the police presence is insane and highly active. It just sucks to have to think of parts of town or people as being dangerous.

We and the school have done all the usual talk about safety, etc. So it's more of a "Oh crap. Not another thing." kind of feeling.


I've restrained myself from opening the "What they should do..." can of worms, but my mind does go there...