Sad and disturbing article/video...

Milliechel67 · May 2010

... about child prostitution in Oregon.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-rather/pornland-oregon-child-pro_b_580035.html?ir=Yahoo

I know this stuff happens... I've learned a lot about it in the last year or two... but I let the sting of it lessen when I'm not working on a fundraising or awareness project. This article feels like a punch in the gut... I can't believe how wicked people are.

nicoleabrock · May 2010

Totally sickening- the people that do this have no heart, no conscience...

I wonder if they have their own children- how would they like it if someone abused, raped and exploited their child, niece, sister, etc. like they do on a daily basis.

It's completely horifying.

Cipolla2Be · May 2010

Really sad and disgusting...

KatieintheCity · May 2010

Ew! Gross. What is the MATTER with people?!

I don't get this part: "He becomes her "boyfriend," taking her to dinner, buying her nice things, sometimes meeting her parents. The girl eventually moves in with him."

WTH kind of parents would let a young teenager MOVE IN with a boyfriend? I wasn't even allowed to DATE at the ages they are talking about. These parents are clearly not without fault.

The whole thing is seriously messed up.

munkii · May 2010

It is horrible and, like you said, shows how wicked people really are. The thing that gets me is that they ask, "How do girls get tricked into this?" Hello?! They're craving attention and love and, because of low self-esteem or other issues, they think these pimps are providing it. I'm not saying their parents created this, but I do think society puts so much emphasis on the idea of being wanted/adored that these girls are confusing those ideas with actual love. So, not only do laws need to change, children need to be given a real perspective of relationships and respect through different mediums.

munkii · May 2010

KatieintheCity:

Ew! Gross. What is the MATTER with people?!

I don't get this part: "He becomes her "boyfriend," taking her to dinner, buying her nice things, sometimes meeting her parents. The girl eventually moves in with him."

WTH kind of parents would let a young teenager MOVE IN with a boyfriend? I wasn't even allowed to DATE at the ages they are talking about. These parents are clearly not without fault.

The whole thing is seriously messed up.

I think it's less parents letting their daughters move in with these creeps and more that the girls are basically running away.

Cipolla2Be · May 2010

munkii:
KatieintheCity:

Ew! Gross. What is the MATTER with people?!

I don't get this part: "He becomes her "boyfriend," taking her to dinner, buying her nice things, sometimes meeting her parents. The girl eventually moves in with him."

WTH kind of parents would let a young teenager MOVE IN with a boyfriend? I wasn't even allowed to DATE at the ages they are talking about. These parents are clearly not without fault.

The whole thing is seriously messed up.

I think it's less parents letting their daughters move in with these creeps and more that the girls are basically running away.

This!

Milliechel67 · May 2010

munkii:
It is horrible and, like you said, shows how wicked people really are. The thing that gets me is that they ask, "How do girls get tricked into this?" Hello?! They're craving attention and love and, because of low self-esteem or other issues, they think these pimps are providing it. I'm not saying their parents created this, but I do think society puts so much emphasis on the idea of being wanted/adored that these girls are confusing those ideas with actual love. So, not only do laws need to change, children need to be given a real perspective of relationships and respect through different mediums.

Totally. I know I did things with boyfriends because of love and attention needs and I didn't even have that jacked up of a childhood.

krc18 · May 2010

Ugh makes me sick! A few years ago a man in my town was set up by the police when he thought he was buying a 4 year old little girl from another country for sex. FOUR YEARS OLD! He was busted at the airport with a babydoll and a bottle of lube in his briefcase. He was a really famous wealthy lawyer who happened to be the husband of one of my high school teachers. I went to school with his daughter. They knew nothing about what he had been doing. And this wasn't his first time with a child. It just goes to show that sick people are every where. I mean we lived in a wealthy beach community, not the slums with prostitutes on the corner. You have to be SO careful who you let your children around. Ugh people are disgusting.

wittyschaffy · May 2010

I can't view the video here but I can sort of get the idea based on comments. My sister worked in a group home for mentally ill or challenged young adults. One of her charges who had some serious issues to tackle in addition to having autism was a ward of the state because her parents pimped her out as a young teen. That just makes me irate. I don't know what the resolution was because my sister left her job to start medical school, but her parents were fighting with the state for their parental rights back. I REALLY hope that didn't happen because you know they'd just do it again in a heartbeat. So disgusting.

Cipolla2Be · May 2010

I remember when I was a social worker, one of the girls in my office had a case where the mom (14 year old) was sold by her uncle into the US for prostitution and then when she arrived she was pregnant, had a baby by her uncle, then she tried to sell her baby but got caught so then the state had custody of her baby......it was a mess...then it turned out there was this whole sting going on and they lived in tents in Miami and more girls (children) were being sold for prostitution......sickening....

Milliechel67 · May 2010

Cipolla2Be:
I remember when I was a social worker, one of the girls in my office had a case where the mom (14 year old) was sold by her uncle into the US for prostitution and then when she arrived she was pregnant, had a baby by her uncle, then she tried to sell her baby but got caught so then the state had custody of her baby......it was a mess...then it turned out there was this whole sting going on and they lived in tents in Miami and more girls (children) were being sold for prostitution......sickening....

Just one of the many reasons I don't think I could handle being a social worker. Sad

Karen2905 · May 2010

Milliechel67:
Cipolla2Be:
I remember when I was a social worker, one of the girls in my office had a case where the mom (14 year old) was sold by her uncle into the US for prostitution and then when she arrived she was pregnant, had a baby by her uncle, then she tried to sell her baby but got caught so then the state had custody of her baby......it was a mess...then it turned out there was this whole sting going on and they lived in tents in Miami and more girls (children) were being sold for prostitution......sickening....

Just one of the many reasons I don't think I could handle being a social worker.

Agreed. One of the toughest jobs in the world.

Milliechel67 · May 2010

wittyschaffy:
I can't view the video here but I can sort of get the idea based on comments. My sister worked in a group home for mentally ill or challenged young adults. One of her charges who had some serious issues to tackle in addition to having autism was a ward of the state because her parents pimped her out as a young teen. That just makes me irate. I don't know what the resolution was because my sister left her job to start medical school, but her parents were fighting with the state for their parental rights back. I REALLY hope that didn't happen because you know they'd just do it again in a heartbeat. So disgusting.

The video doesn't say much more than the article really.

I think parents that either sell their kids into prostitution or pimp them out make me the angriest. Obviously a lot of the kids that get involved have wack home lives as well, but doing that to your own child is just horrible. I can't imagine.

Cipolla2Be · May 2010

Karen2905:
Milliechel67:

Cipolla2Be:
I remember when I was a social worker, one of the girls in my office had a case where the mom (14 year old) was sold by her uncle into the US for prostitution and then when she arrived she was pregnant, had a baby by her uncle, then she tried to sell her baby but got caught so then the state had custody of her baby......it was a mess...then it turned out there was this whole sting going on and they lived in tents in Miami and more girls (children) were being sold for prostitution......sickening....

Just one of the many reasons I don't think I could handle being a social worker.

Agreed. One of the toughest jobs in the world.

I honestly cried almost every single day and I was so stressed out I would break into hives. I don't regret the experience because it REALLY opened my eyes to the real world/people and made me A LOT stronger, and I met/worked with some AMAZING people.... It also made me SO appreciative of what I had/have in life. But I only did it for a year....then I couldn't take it anymore. I know people who have done it for years and they have become so numb to everything. I did not want to be that person.

KatieintheCity · May 2010

Milliechel67:

munkii:
It is horrible and, like you said, shows how wicked people really are. The thing that gets me is that they ask, "How do girls get tricked into this?" Hello?! They're craving attention and love and, because of low self-esteem or other issues, they think these pimps are providing it. I'm not saying their parents created this, but I do think society puts so much emphasis on the idea of being wanted/adored that these girls are confusing those ideas with actual love. So, not only do laws need to change, children need to be given a real perspective of relationships and respect through different mediums.

Totally. I know I did things with boyfriends because of love and attention needs and I didn't even have that jacked up of a childhood.

Completely agree. And particularly the idea of being wanted/adored BY A MAN. The whole prince on a white horse thing. Girls think that if they don't have a "boyfriend" it means there is something wrong with them. In addition to the fact that they are not taught to value themselves and the emphasis placed on being thin/pretty... it's actually no wonder so many young girls have horrible self-esteem. It's actually surprising so many of them turn out as well as they do.

juangela · May 2010

I think you all have covered everything (low self-esteem, parents needing to accept responsibility for their children and shaping their self-images, etc.). This sort of things just makes me sick and I think that, as Americans, we all look at these things going on in other countries and pity them...how quickly we forget that there are terrible things going on here as well. We are not immune to the evils of the world, that is for sure.

mikesboo23 · May 2010

KatieintheCity:

WTH kind of parents would let a young teenager MOVE IN with a boyfriend? I wasn't even allowed to DATE at the ages they are talking about. These parents are clearly not without fault.

I was wondering that too but if you read the comments under the article they say that in that state the parents are not allowed to go after their children if they run away after the age of 14 and even if someone finds them they cannot make them go home. They're not allowed to do much of anything to control their kids but they're still legally and financially responsible for them. Is that really true? Cause that's messed up.

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