How to Protect Your Child From Molestation
http://www.ehow.com/how_5830257_protect-child-molestation.html

"Molestation is a very serious issue that has become a growing epidemic in our society. It is a surreptitious abuse that is usually not disclosed until a child is well into their adulthood. With a growing society of gross immorality, sexual explicitness, child pornography and addiction, our children are preyed upon by people who are complacent with the idea of sexually abusing children. Molesters often repeat the cycle of abuse to satisfy their own sexual urges. Sexual abuse is an unrecognized sickness and many times an uncontrollable illness that leaves mental and emotional scars on the victims - scars that often times are beyond repair. If you are a parent, it is imperative that you be aware of the many predators that are exposed to your child everyday. These steps will help to prevent your child from being a victim, give your child the awareness and courage needed if ever put into an abusive situation and overall improve the relationship that you have with your young child."
Instructions and Tips & Warnings:
Read more: How to Protect Your Child From Molestation eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5830257_protect-child-molestation.html#ixzz0xeKSIdKf

There are those who say that today's children are over-protected and are being brought up to live in fear, yet we are only too aware that there are enough reasons to be afraid for the safety of our children. What parents need to do, instead of raising children to be fearful, is to empower them with knowledge and to make every effort to safeguard their safety. If a child can't trust his parents to protect him, how will he ever learn to protect himself? There are acceptable solutions to every situation.
In this case, we're dealing with children whose innocence have been destroyed while they were on sleepovers --sleepovers where another parent should have been someone they could trust.

There are many sleepover alternatives. With a little bit of creativity, all of the parents involved can come up with suitable ideas and/or substitutes for sleepovers. Not only is this a great way to meet the other parents, together they can become a strong force of involved, concerned parents bringing up their children safely and wisely.
Many museums, aquariums, planetariums and other such places offer sleepovers at reasonable rates where the parents can participate.
Another great idea is the "almost" sleepover, as described in the article below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No sleepovers! Many parents ban tween ritual http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32288857 With fears of molestation and lax values, moms and dads shuttle kids home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guilty Verdict In Vermont Sleepover Molestation Case Man Convicted Of Drugging Smoothie, Molesting Girl
www.wptz.com/news/22988489/detail.html
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A jury found a Vermont man guilty on all charges for drugging and then molesting a 13-year-old girl during a sleepover.
Fifty-one-year-old Robert J. Kolibas, of Williston, was found guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and two counts of aggravated assault
Police Say Man Who Drugged, Fondled Teen Has More Victims December 1, 2009
...Police now say Kolibas may have drugged as many as six other girls who were sleeping at his home. -- www.wptz.com/news/23067976/detail.html Vermont child molester faces new porn charge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St. John's court told of sleepover molestation – May 25, 2010 http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=24357677
...mother told a St. John's courtroom on Friday how her 10-year-old daughter phoned her one morning to report that she had been sexually assaulted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/05/25/sleepover-sexual-assault.html



http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3277&wit_id=7116

http://www.wesh.com/r/24758616/detail.html
Man Charged With Sleepover Molestation Pleads Guilty Edward Cintron Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison August 25, 2010 ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.
-- A man charged with molesting at least four young girls in the Conway Oaks subdivision pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning.... The mother of one victim said Citron robbed her child of her innocence and gave her a lifetime of emotional scars. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://cbs4.com/local/john.swiers.girl.2.1878791.html
Coral Springs Man Accused Of Fondling 8-Y/O Girl According to the arrest affidavit, at one point during the evening Swier laid down next to the girl and put his hand on her genital area above her clothing. The girl told police he also put his hand on her genital area under her clothing. … ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012484540_sevenkids30m.html
Seattle man convicted of molesting two girls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Former Day Care Co-Owner Testifies At Molestation Trial Man Denies Molesting 9-Year-Old Girl August 2, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/08/norton_shores_gymnastics_coach .html