I definitely consider family members to be victims of their relatives, the child *advertiser censored* traders. I think it's a fabulous idea to have a support group. I also agree that each offender should have some sort of assessment concerning his/her danger to society. His/her mental capacity should certainly be taken into account. But that's where I take a left turn. It sounds to me that the members of this group are blaming our highly sexualized society far more than the offender. There's a lot of talk about slippery slopes. There's talk about the difference between viewing and actual sexual abuse. How was that child *advertiser censored* made again? Remind me. They liken the group to AA and yet you would never hear an AA or Al-Anon member bashing the liquor companies or restaurants which serve alcohol. In AA, it's all about taking personal responsibility for what you choose to imbibe. IMO, a support group for family members of those arrested for possession of child *advertiser censored* should be no different. Each human being should be held accountable for what they click on. Some interesting comments.
I wish this group would consider inviting a child *advertiser censored* survivor to be a guest speaker at one of their group meetings.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article610364.ece
Child *advertiser censored*'s often forgotten victims
October 28, 2011
"They are seen as social lepers but still loved by their spouses and parents. What these husbands and sons have done is considered criminal and reprehensible: collecting and viewing pornographic images of children. The illegal behavior is almost unfathomable for their relatives to comprehend. Offenders often end up in federal prison, while their loved ones are left to rebuild shattered families. It is a task, they say, that cannot be done alone.
And that is why Western New York has become home to one of the country's first support groups for relatives of individuals convicted of possessing child *advertiser censored*...."
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I wish this group would consider inviting a child *advertiser censored* survivor to be a guest speaker at one of their group meetings.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article610364.ece
Child *advertiser censored*'s often forgotten victims
October 28, 2011
"They are seen as social lepers but still loved by their spouses and parents. What these husbands and sons have done is considered criminal and reprehensible: collecting and viewing pornographic images of children. The illegal behavior is almost unfathomable for their relatives to comprehend. Offenders often end up in federal prison, while their loved ones are left to rebuild shattered families. It is a task, they say, that cannot be done alone.
And that is why Western New York has become home to one of the country's first support groups for relatives of individuals convicted of possessing child *advertiser censored*...."
more at link (plus comments)