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In reply to the discussion: selfdelete [View all]JonLP24
(29,929 posts)pedophile seems a bit much considering he was minor and the brain changes with pre-frontal cortex -- The father mentioned and brought up his concerns, telling people what his son was doing and I'm not saying what you describe doesn't exist but he'd likely keep it a secret if he wanted this and this relates to his son specifically though whatever unorthodox ways he choose to handle the problem are based on ultra-religious beliefs but if that problems stops and he is 27 now and currently not engaging in the same behavior or practice that matters to me but taking behavior from the pre-frontal cortex developing age ranges and applying pedophile to minors, molestation certainly but not sure it is being made out to be much worse than it really is. -- I grew up in a very dysfunctional problem on all sorts of scales and my uncle & aunt with their several children are very religious probably more fundamentalist conservative then they are following a doctrine that watching TV will send them to hell, much less be the star of one. My aunt is a true believer kool-aid drinking but following the BS because of the "good" and probably less hypocritical to the doctrine than the pastors preaching it, very good person at heart but is a cult follower. Even voted for Ron Paul rather than McCain because she feels Sarah Palin should be at home taking care of her children and Sarah Palin is super religious herself just to give you an idea.
What I'm saying with all this and not familiar with your situation and sorry to hear of that, is at this point several years later I don't understand how to go back to 'fix' the problem or throw the guy in prison now or unless he isn't continuing the same behavior I don't see much else. If he is then they need to be addressed though careful with the prison option unless it is a recurring, unstoppable problem mainly because prison is very dangerous for someone with a sex charge though not as dangerous as a "snitch" (the lowest bottom of the prison totem poll)