In a bit of not-so-surprising, but disturbing news, one of our Neighbors was arrested last week for producing child porn in his home using some of the neighborhood boys.
The reason I'm saying it isn't a shock is that more than two years ago I called the police on this man because his lawn was littered day and night with the bicycles of neighborhood kids and he was rumored to be giving away expensive gifts in exchange for the boys mowing his lawn and carrying in his groceries.
I caught wind of this when my Son came home one day telling me about the "cool old guy" down the street who gave him and his friend a can of pop, and then telling me about the X-Box games he was giving away to boys who would mow his lawn. The thought of someone giving a teen or pre-teen boy a 40.00 game for mowing the lawn seemed just a bit surreal to me, so I warned my Son not to go down there, even if his friends were hanging out there.
The police did check out his house after I called about the kids playing in the street and blocking traffic in front of this guys house. They didn't find anything, but did tell him they didn't think it looked right for him to have all these kids hanging around. My "Dad's Intuition" told me something was going on...I didn't know what for certain, but was sure it wasn't good.
When the news broke last week that BEST BUY had alerted the police that his broken computer had kiddie porn on it, I was relieved, sickened, happy that he was caught, and mad...all at once.
So when your kid asks if Monsters are real, it's okay to lie and tell them no, but make sure you're still keeping an eye out for them.
-David
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