Another precaution my parents took was to limit—almost to nothing—our staying overnight with cousins or best friends. Now, as a mother myself, I plan to eliminate that possibility altogether for my children. Even the most conservative friends and cousins of mine had told me things I shouldn’t have heard as a kid.
The statistics of child molestation in America are horrendous. One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys. Our pastor’s wife out here in Gallup, New Mexico, made sure her daughter stayed in the bedroom with them every time they had company. Even if the company was family! She didn’t trust her own brothers and cousins around her daughter. She was wise. Her daughter is now grown and free of any grief of that sort.
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My little Bailey is definitely not a lesbian. Now, at the age of 14, she has given us a beautiful grandchild! It's her third, and we couldn't be more proud of her for not being a lezbo! We kept her away from every single human being on Earth. She will resume full custody of her lovely children when she's released from rehab next year! Parents need to make sure they put the fear of gay, as well as cousins, in their kids before the children reach puberty. Our well-adjusted daughter is living proof of the power of christ!
I've stayed overnight with family members and friends. I've never been molested.
Seriously, what does that say about a family when one sibling doesn't trust the others with something like that?
One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys
[citation seriously fucking needed]
> Even the most conservative friends and cousins of mine had told me things I shouldn’t have heard as a kid.
And will they thank you when they hear the same stuff as an adult?
This is what we in the computer industry call "security through obscurity" - hoping no one notices the huge flaws in your implementations.
Hint: it never f%&#$ing works.
Just ask Apple what they were thinking when they shipped the new iPhones and what Dell was thinking lately. And that's just the stuff that happened within last month...
And when the Pastors wife was busy with her ladies meetings, the good pastor was banging his sexy daughter... Of course she feels no guilt, because pastor daddy forgave her for luring him into her coochie
Child molestation happens among relatives, I can see youre a potential child molester. Also, your child should be with kids their own age, reguardless of how strict you want to be.
baileysmom
My little Bailey is definitely not a lesbian. Now, at the age of 14, she has given us a beautiful grandchild! It's her third, and we couldn't be more proud of her for not being a lezbo! We kept her away from every single human being on Earth. She will resume full custody of her lovely children when she's released from rehab next year! Parents need to make sure they put the fear of gay, as well as cousins, in their kids before the children reach puberty. Our well-adjusted daughter is living proof of the power of christ!
WTF? When did this insane imbecile drop in?
You need to see a shrink, you are batshit insane!
Edit: yeah Ok I agree that is probably just a POE but damn, it sounded just like her, well done whoever was responsible for it!
Edit2: But baileysmom - if you read this, what I wrote holds water - seek professional help!
One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys
I'd invite you to consider the fact that your statistics may be skewed by the fact that your sample consists entirely of your Alabama trailer park.
Paranoia and repression is what you call "no greater joy"?
Another precaution my parents took was to limitalmost to nothingour staying overnight with cousins or best friends. Now, as a mother myself, I plan to eliminate that possibility altogether for my children.
And when your kids turn into sociopaths or socially awkward people don't come crying to the rest of us sane, normal people.
On the upside, your little girl's got to level 80 ten times in World of Warcraft, has submitted to five open-source projects, went on a e-date with the girl she met through Wikipedia, and is an old hand a public radio thanks to spending her formative years locked in her room with nothing but electronics to keep her company.
"One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys."
I find this extremely hard to believe. Out of all the people I know, I don't know of any who were molested. Of course, they probably didn't grow up in fundie Christian households.
Statistically, familial rape is most likely to be done by the parents.
And....Beka never lets her kid see anyone else and keeps her in her own bed...OH GOD.
"The statistics of child molestation in America are horrendous. One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys."
That's an exemple of POOR statistics. As in, Pulled Out Of Rear statistics.
One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys.
The statistics I've read is more along the lines of 1 of 3 girls, and 1 of 6 boys. While this is horrific, it's not as bad as half of girls and a quarter of all boys.
Wow, the level of paranoia and distrust you have for your own family members, friends and fellow man is truly astounding.
I spent the night at tons of different people's homes when I was little (and still do). I've even (gasp!) gone on vacations with other families and somehow I've never been molested.
I guess I'm just special.
Oh, your kids will love you for that. Whenever someone tries to invite them to stay the night, they get to say that they can't because their mom is batshit.
Seriously, some of my best childhood memories come from sleepovers, because we all got to be silly girls together.
I would stay for weeks, sometimes months at a relatives house, without my parents. Never once was I molested. Sleepovers are good for kids. They give children a chance for kids to find who they are without their parents.
Free of grief of any sort? What about the grief of being lonely, paranoid, and friendless with an overpossessive parent?
Oh, you don’t think that’s grief, do you?
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Please tell me someone knows how to call Child Protective Services on this maniac.
Sure, Beka, ruin the childhood of your children! - You can not keep them save from everything, it is impossible. Kids have to take risks and they have to have social contacts. Keeping them in a bubble will just make them grow up scared of the world and socially awkward...
Now, there are dangers, but your statistic is over the top and also not taking in account that very many of those kids where raped by close relatives aka a parent or grandparent, those relatives you would trust...
Now, if that happens to a child it is bad, horribly, but your fear of it can not predict every move you let your children do!
@ Doubting Thomas: If you realy do not know anybody who had this happen to them, you are lucky. - chances are they do not talk about it, though. It is not something you want to remeber or dwell on if it happend to you, after all...
You are making up those child molestation statistics.
Love the baileysmom parody in the comments, btw.
"Our pastor’s wife out here in Gallup, New Mexico, made sure her daughter stayed in the bedroom with them every time they had company. Even if the company was family! She didn’t trust her own brothers and cousins around her daughter. "
I would too,If I lived in Gallup, New Mexico
You do realize that the majority of molested girls are molested by their own fathers, don't you?
Maybe the reason she didn't trust her daughter around her relatives is she was abused by one or more of them, or didn't that cross you single celled brain?
*Beka's daughters first day in the outside world*
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! There's no ceiling, NO CEILING!!!!"
*rushes back inside, hides under the bed*
This well adjusted?
Although I am a stranger to you good folks, allow me to recommend Beka's sensible ideas for bringing up girls.
I am a thirty year old lady living quietly by myself in a large room in an isolated bungalow in the country. I am a robust 20 stones and live a pure life in devotion to my God.
I order to maintain my purity, and to avoid distraction from my life's work, I see nobody and nobody sees me. My very own room is the same one I slept in as a pleasantly plump child. Then the room was known as my parents bedroom and they had me in bed with them in case my brother and sister were sorely tempted by my voluptuousness. My parents have been dead for many years now but their precious memories live on, as does the dust of their crumbling bones in the sheets. But, with the aid of a strong faith in God, you soon get used to it. Lucky too that I'm naturally so heavily padded.
The question of sex never reared its ugly head when I was a child. My parents just went ahead and did it. No questioning was involved. So far I remain isolated and pure in body and spirit, dedicating my life to Our Lord. Perhaps one day, if God so wills it, I might find Mr. Right. Until then, thank you for listening.
You people have issues a lifetime of the most intensive psychotherapy and antipsychotic drugs couldn't treat.
Her daughter is now grown and free of any grief of that sort.
Perhaps. But I'd lay odds she feels as if she 'has to' dress in something that covers her from neck to ankle and has an extreme terror regarding what it may be like when her parents finally allow her to marry and she 'has to' have sex.
Sounds like a wacked-out family, if the mom couldn't trust any one of her relatives not to molest her daughter. Or maybe she was just really paranoid. Either way, it's not a healthy environment for kids. Her daughter may be fine now, but being so sheltered has its consequences, even if they don't emerge until years later.
I like how her first paragraph is psychotically wrong, and her second is psychotically correct. Most molestations happen in the kid's home, and they're usually done by a family member. If she wanted to be a more logical sociopath, she should send her kids to their friends' house for a sleep over when family would come to visit their house.
Oh my GAWD. More lies from 'no greater joy' which REALLY means 'No Greater Joy than whipping children for every transgression & denying them a normal childhood'. What a sick twat Beka is.
I feel sorry for your children, Beka. Most likely they will grow up hating you & distancing themselves from you for life. You don't deserve to know them or any grandchildren they might have.
@ Sally Tweed:
I see you're as mentally fucked up as Beka is. You're obviously so screwed up I doubt you will ever find a Mr. Right - most men would RUN, not walk, away from you.
Pure life? More like NO LIFE. And Beka shouldn't be allowed to ruin her children's lives like that. These aren't 'sensible' ideas; encasing children in a bubble as you advocate will only SCREW THEM UP more when the time comes to enter the real world. You're quite obviously proof of that.
If that statistic about half of all girls being "messed with" is right, then the New Mexican pastor's daughter is simply part of the 50% who haven't been "messed with". The chances that 50% of the population of parents decided to be that ridiculously extremist regarding their children is slim...
Good old number games: Good for shooting down opponents with their own arguments.
"One out of every two girls is messed with, and one out of every four boys."
Do you mean in the Fundie community? That I could believe. Otherwise I think you are just pulling 'facts' from out of your ass.
Why do these people bother to have children in the first place?
Oh, right, now I see. They need victims.
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