Sex Slaves In America - Are You Worried About Your Children?

I saw those when I was in Arizona. They were really scary!

We not only need to watch out for our teenaged daughters, but our teenaged SONS too, so that they don't grow up thinking treating women with disrespect.

I have seen these before, yes it is pretty scary to think people can actually do this here in america. I have a 15 year old daughter and she watches these things too like you said knowledge is power. She is very cautious some times to an extreme but I know you can not be too careful these days.

So many things make me paranoid as a parent! I'm one of those parents who worries and freaks out about almost everything! I do the best i can as a parent to teach them everything they need to know to be safe, but I don't think anything can ever be enough! the world is such a scary place with so many sick people in it!

Leah, I could not agree more. I would be horrified to think of any of my boys ever mistreating a woman.

I agree with you Leah.

You aren't being paranoid!!

There are people out there that would LOVE to harm our children.....

I do have a teenage daughter & she is always either with me or her Dad, or she is at a friends house. I don't really let her go anywhere without an adult.

I also agree with you Bridget.

It's all very scary isn't it? The best we can do is teach our children about how to stay safe.

Andrea, I am so happy to hear that you are letting your daughter watch the documentaries. I think it is better to be careful and knowledgeable than to be sheltered and naive.

Bridget, I am like you, and although I try to give my kids space, it is really difficult when we live in the city. When my dad was here, he would let Roshane ride his bike around the block by himself....it made me terrified....and no Roshane has not done so after my dad left. I see these little kids Roshane's age walk home from school by themselves, and I know I could never let my kids do this as long as we live in the city.

Priscilla, I am so glad to hear you say that. The one story that made the most impression on me was the girl, whose friend and pretend dad came to her house to meet the parents in order for the girl to get permission to go on a sleepover. As soon as the mother gave permission the girl was dropped off at a house, where she was sold to I think six men. Crazy!

Melissa, unfortunately I don't think that is enough any more. When I think back on my own teenage years, I sure put myself in danger too many times, and my mother was a leader of a daycare and the president of the school board.

It is very, very scary.....you know, we had two local young boys disappear from our city about 16 years ago.....Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin......they have never been found, and I almost bet anything they're either dead or were taken into something like this....sex slaves, etc.........it's absolutely positively horrible. We also have a number of sex offenders living around here, as well....it's a very, very dangerous world we're living in!

It sure is Nora. When we lived in New Jersey, I remember looking at the map of registered sex offenders. I will admit I am afraid to do the same thing down here, as they were everywhere in New Jersey.

It's a scary world. I'm grateful the light is being shined on the problem in America. Too many believe this only happens somewhere else!

I am sooo thankful my son is grown up now! Now that he's an adult, he can see why I would never let him walk to elementary school (it's only like 4 or 5 blocks away)....we had like around 20 or so sex offenders living in the area......no way would I let him walk.....anywhere!!!!!

I have not watched the series, but I have heard a lot about this issue. Several years ago I had a cousin that was kidnapped in Mexico and held, I know that it took a few months to get her back, but I don't know all the details about what happened as it was all hushhushed and us kids weren't allowed to talk abou it.

It's sad.

There are a few movies I have seen about the issue, foreign and not, and one just came out not to long ago on the big screen.....trade or traffic or something like that.

I haven't seen any of this.

I've seen something about this previously. It's very scary.

What Leah says makes very good sense.

I haven't seen the show, but I know it happens for sure here in San Diego, probably because it's a border town.

No, I have not seen the show

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I haven't seen this. I find it very scary. I'm very protective of my son. He's only 3 so obviously he isn't allowed to go anywhere by himself, but it will probably be a really long time before he's allowed to do so.

I'm amazed at how many people let their small children go places without them, etc. When we first moved here, another person in town asked me to babysit her child for a short amount of time while she ran the older child to the doctor, 25 miles away. I did take care of her child, especially since it was obvious that the other one was really sick, but I was completely shocked that she would even ask someone she had only seen in passing. I didn't know her or her husband AT ALL, and neither does my husband. Can you imagine asking basically a complete stranger to take care of one of your children? All based on just the fact that she had kids of her own? People are crazy.

It's very scary to anyone who has a child.

I don't think I've watched this particular ones, but I've seen similar shows about sex offenders, pretadors and such.

I caught part of a show like that once.

It's always good to know some defense and such; so much scary stuff out there.

I haven't heard of or watched that series. I don't have children, so I don't have anyone to worry about in that way.

I haven't seen the series, but I know that sick and twisted people live EVERYWHERE. I live in a smaller town and I am still very protective of my kids. I have always taken a very active part of their lives from day one. I want them to know they can come to me for anything and when they get older I will want to inform them about anything I can.

I have not seen this series but have seen some in the past. I think it is crazy that we live in a world with so many sick preverts who are such losers that they have to have sex with a child or a teen because no real woman would want them.

I have a daughter who is 6 yrs old and it scares me to death something bad will happen to her. Recently the cops busted a prostitution ring....guess what they found......young girls as sex slaves. Many kidnapped. They were moved around alot in order not to get caught by the cops. They were busted in the area that I moved from......very bad neighborhood.

I meant to say my daughter is 8 years old. i am sorry for the typo