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Laws governing age of consent are different in different states. One of the problems is that teens don't always know the law before 'attraction" takes over. How do we protect children from child predators and keep kids who fall into the system by mistake off the sex register lists?
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Thanks for sharing this.
Clearly, there are two different issues in this arena, with laws that fail to differentiate.
Young, dating couples are not sex offenders.
Even though I think it's harmful to encourage dating/sex before eighteen, not everyone believes it's possible to avoid (though somehow I did).
On a related note, I also think it's harmful to blend families and expect the unrelated opposite-sex children to now, all of a sudden, view each other as blood siblings. They're not. Which can naturally create unfair sexual shame and confusion.
Gosh, I wish I sounded more positive when posting here! :o)
Posted by: Isle Dance | September 23, 2008 at 01:27 PM
Hi,
I am a Social Work student and as part of a social policy class my group has created a blog looking at age of consent laws in Canada. As Canada has recently changed the age of consent from 14 to 16, we are looking at some issues that are related to the posted vidoe clip. I hope I can share this blog and please comment or ask any questions you may have:
http://whatsinanage.blogspot.com/
Thank you
Lu
Posted by: Lu | October 23, 2008 at 04:29 PM
It all comes down to prevention and that prevention needs to start in pre-school. By teaching kids that they are in charge and that no one can make them do things that they don't want is the first step. I have found that using this program is an excellent first step in doing so.
Posted by: Nikki | October 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM
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Posted by: Dr. Dan Williams | January 17, 2009 at 03:48 PM