In everyday news world wide, you could hear a child being molested by a Sex offender. Being a parent, you can not imagine your child can be molested by a Sex offender. This kind of news makes you feel worried about your children. Sad to say 99% of the child who survived from sexually abused by Sex offender knows their assailant.

The Department of Justice made some numerous cases studies about the Sex offender behaviors and characteristic. The Sex offender characteristic and behavior are as follow:

- 80% of children are sexually abused by adult male family member. (Grandparent, uncle, father and step-father usually)
- Worker from corporate executive, doctor, judge, lawyer and unskilled laborer and usually married
- They could easy relate to children
- They like children in a specific age level
- Usually bi-sexual
- Usually make volunteer on program which involve children of their age preference
- Collects and photograph their victim whether Sex* and dresses
- They pursues children to make Sex with them
- They treat or even blackmail the victim

It is parents’ responsibility to protect their children from such Sex offender. Sometimes, Sex offender used to be child molestation survivor. They usually seek children with the same age at which they were sexually abused or molested. Pedophiles usually correspond with other pedophile in exchange of children pornography.

To protect your children, incase you suspect a person who was closed to your children; you can make investigation of that person. Internet can provide different websites which can give you detail of that person such as information if that person has been charge in any lawsuit. Free search services can provide you such information. In such cases, you can easy check the person information including his/her cell phone number and residential address by conducting background checks or checking on its Sex offender records.

You cannot be with your children all the time to protect them. The best way is to tell and give them knowledge about this kind of criminal. With this, your children can detect if they are being target by this Sex offender. Once in a while checking your children activities, including friends even somebody who is extremely closed to your kids is necessary.

By: Maella Ayson

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