I think the takeaway here is that the world is not a safe place for children, but you should still have children. They are the best. My two know what to look for and know that they have to come to us with anything. That goes double if someone especially an adult tells them to keep something secret. And it works. My boy was 2 points off a higher grade and the teacher apparently gave him the higher grade anyway and said, "we'll just keep that secret!"

Ok, very innocuous and we know the teacher, she's cool. But the fact my boy came and told me straight away means I did something right.

Sadly your parental education has to involve a good level of trust. Your kids look up to you and when they know that you will have their back in all situations, they'll tell you stuff. Of course, if you go off on one, get crazy talking about everyone is a pedo and this and that, they won't know whether they're coming or going. You have to be clever about it.

I am sure my kids will one day have to deal with this far before they are ready. I have a daughter that does occasionally keep me up at night, she is already getting attention from boys at school. She knows her work is the most important thing though.

Whomever said boys are easier to raise was dead on right. During drag week (yep, fucking drag week!) my boy saw through all the propaganda straight away. My daughter began to soften to it. I mean, 24/7 brainwashing, homework that included some ugly fucking manwoman on it (that got torn up, I told the school she wasn't doing it), setting an essay on the history of LGBTQ (again I told the school she wasn't doing it). When it becomes part of a curriculum and enforced by teachers, this is brainwashing. My boy 100% sees it. My daughter, well, girls are easier to influence.

I'll just throw in another anecdote. There is a 19 year old girl who picks up her sister from school every day. What is she dating? A 40+ yr old muslim man. She's there parading him about like he's a prize, he looks like a damned terrorist. And he's openly said to me in a friendly way he likes to get them while they're young. Apparently this isn't his first or only white girl he has converted to islam.

They are out there. I'm told to stop being so controlling or stop worrying about something that isn't there. I see it though. How can I tell myself I didn't see it when it is right there. And having kids doing kids things, everything is amplified and you see this shit far far clearer.