re: Dan Schneider Perplexed By Allegations That Child Actors Were Sexualized On His Shows

I’ve always said the same about him.

I think these defenses by him are so weak they make me more likely to believe the rumors, but from what I’ve heard there are plenty of girls now out of the industry where it seems the leverage for silence would be low, and still nothing concrete.

Every couple of years there is some tell all that is supposed to blow the lid off, and the accusations come far closer to mundane hostile work environment stuff than widespread grooming or sex abuse.

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But what does a pedo look like?

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Serious thought, have you thought about doing a podcast on this topic? I know you did your book but this amy be something good for parents as well

Found a better picture

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Something clearly happened to this girl

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Something may or may not have happened to her. But she has bipolar 1 disorder and that alone can cause this kind of shift

It's a ROUGH subject for a podcast as well. Hard to sustain that. There's not really any room for levity or humor in a podcast about children getting abused.

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I have considered it and have not ruled it out. I have done a lot of Podcast so they are out there. But never have I been the host.

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I think you should try it out.

I listen to a lot (probably an unhealthy amount) of true crime podcasts. Some of them involve people telling stories of their own trauma or telling those stories about others. I think that people are more likely to open up to and are willing to be interviewed by someone who has experienced similiar life events (as opposed to a random journalist). I also think there can be healing and learning from interviews and discussions about traumatic life events. Your perspective would be unique and your openness about what you went through may encourage others to open up.

As a listener of these types of stories and interviews, they are interesting, informative and I always find myself learning something from them. I feel like they make me a more aware parent. In addition, I have a crazy BPD mom that jacked up my childhood and hearing other people's stories about their own crazy childhoods makes me feel less alone.

The fat kid in Head of the Class for me...