Michael Jackson

Who would let their children sleep over with an adult?
It would be different if your having a sleep over with his kids.

Exactly......I have more serious doubts about the parents, than Michael Jackson.

For the sake of argument: Let's say your son has been molested over an extended perior. The evidence is serious enough that charges are soon to be filed. But, hold it, your son is refusing to give whatever evidence is necessary to convict. The prosecution can't go forward without his testimony and the case dies.

But, the molester says, here, I'll give you a bunch of money and you just keep your mouth shut and go away. You say you got a deal. You take the money and run. What kind of parent are you?

If you take the money, you're more of a money-grabber than a justice-seeker-for-your-child.
If anyone molested my children, I wouldn't want money, I'd want blood......
......but I wouldn't repeatedly send them to some man's home on their own, in the first place.

It becomes so complicated when you consider the child and whether or not it is the best thing for he/she to testify. Certainly, that would be the brave thing to do. But does not doing it make a child not brave? It is so difficult being a child without such situations, but something like this, even if it wasn't such a high profile event, could create a world of hell for a young person. Children are so cruel to each other, especially anyone different, and having been the victimized witness of a molestation trial would make a child extremely different. Imagine all of the stares and whispers...and the stigma that would follow you. LOL...I guess I've started another topic! I'm looking at this more as a type of situation that doesn't involve a wealthy star. What do you guys think? If it were a more normal situation, could you subject your child to such a turbulent and wrenching emotional experience? I'm not so certain that I could unless my child was determined to do it.