You must live in a strange utopian world, LF, Jeri and Ebbie.

In my view it's a parent's responsibility to protect their children, and I don't see how dressing a 6-year-old as an adult, plastering her with make-up and parading her around gives her any sort of protection. It's unnatural, and if you can't see a danger in doing that sort of thing, you must have led very sheltered lives.

We can't give our kids 100% protection 100% of the time, and there will always be paedos. But for God's sake, let's not deliberately invite their attention.

Ebbie, I wasn't being snide - LF wrote as though she knows something which I don't. And being well-off doesn't stop avaricious people from trying to make more - I remember a case a few years ago of a multi-billionaire who was jailed for not paying two- or -three million dollars tax. A drop in the ocean, you'd think, to a guy like him, but there was no way he'd pay up without a long and expensive fight. Greed does funny things to people.

And BTW, anything I say, I believe (unless, of course I follow it with a smiley!).

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree (which I suppose is what Mudcat's all about really) - it's too sad a subject for us to get arsy about. I blame the guy who did for her of course, but I can't get away from the feeling that this sad little girl was failed by her parents, and some blame has to go their way too.

Pax
S:0)