re: Father in Oregon arrested for lacing daughter’s smoothie with benzos

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Meh. I can't imagine letting fear control my life and my kid's life that much. shite like the OP is extremely rare and avoidable with a little responsibility and due diligence. You get to know your kid's friend's parents. You get to know your neighbors. A little due diligence and you don't have to deprive your kid.

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My kids were not deprived I assure you.

And not letting my kids sleep over isn’t “letting fear control my life”

that decision was based out of due diligence on our part as parents due to the increasing number of “oh shite I’d never have expected HIM to do such a thing” occurrences in the world.

And fwiw- my neighbor is a child sex crimes investigator and we have had lengthy discussions about sleepovers for our kids when they were younger and the state of the world - and so it was an easy decision for my husband and I to make.