Catholic comic books educate children about sexual abuse
Via Reuters (also in New York Times, New York Post and Newsweek):
The New York Roman Catholic Archdiocese is using comic and coloring books to warn children about sex predators, drawing critics who say they fail to alert kids that priests may pose a threat.
A page from the coloring book warning children of the ills of Internet predators:
What's your take?
Is this appropriate for elementary children? Is it too much?
posted by Signs of the Times @ 2:49 PM
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My daughter thought it was too much for her 7 year old. When their church school (CCD in my day) had a lesson on this subject she kept her home. My granddaughter is extra-wary of strangers already and she didn't need to become more so (her siblings aren't the same as she is; they might have benefitted from the same lesson).
That's interesting. I wonder how much it depends on the individual child.
I think you raise an interesting point - that parents are arguably the most suited to decide. And they're going to (should?) decide ultimately, whether it's by keeping their child out of school that day or having an extra talk with the child after school.
As for the specific comment on Internet chatting - that raises a whole lot of other concerns. Too often I feel that parents (and the media playing off of their fears) condemn the Internet because they don't understand it. (In full disclosure, I have no children). That said, I often hear (and I forget the study so I won't attempt to pass this off than anything other than my anecdotal recollection of materials I've read) that the vast majority of criminal behavior perpetrated against children occurs at the hands of someone the child knows and trusts. Those instances that occur on MySpace or through Internet chat rooms are tiny - they just command the most attention.
Anyway, I'll get off the tangent now. What do you think?
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