Your children have been taught not to talk to strangers, right? They go to school, to church, to Scouts and/or Little League. You know their friends, you live in a nice neighborhood and the neighbors watch out for the children, too.

So what have you, or they, to fear? Plenty...more than you probably know! Child molestation has grown to epidemic proportions, but is too seldom recognized, even less reported, and seldom prosecuted. The few that are prosecuted, which you can find out about, are barely the tip of this chilling iceberg.

Children are most often hurt by someone they know and trust–somebody you also know and trust. That is why this is such a scary part of being a good parent. How can you tell? What can you do? You need to be thoroughly educated in the various ways pedophiles operate, victim responses, and more. Only then can you have any chance of learning what can be done to help protect your children from such life changing crimes that a parent may be the last to learn about.

Pedophiles most often make friends of the family, if they aren't already in the family, and make special friends of their victims before the first questionable activity. They are often pillars of the community. Although most people are not child molesters, pedophiles can be found as scout leaders, teachers, ministers, Sunday school teachers, etc. The molester can also be a father, step-father, grandfather, uncle, brother or cousin, baby-sitter, occasionally even the mother.

Statistics of reported sexual abuse show that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be molested before the age of 18. In a home where there is chemical dependency such as alcoholism, 1 out of 2 girls and 1 out of 4 boys will be molested before the age of 18. It happens at all income levels, even in the best of neighborhoods.

These crimes may start at a very early age, often by the age of five...before they understand what is going on. They are taught by the perpetrator that the child is the guilty one and not to tell, often threatened with dire consequences if they do tell. So they seldom do tell, even if asked. A parent is often the last to know, sometimes finding out many years later. As children, they usually believe that the parent(s) already know about it without being told.

Are you concerned about your own children, yet? Ready to learn from an adult survivor? Read Barbra Liberté's autobiography, "Am I Guilty?" for a real eye-opener... even to therapists and social workers...of what can and does happen in North America. Then, after reading this book, you will be able to make much better sense of help that is available here on the Internet and elsewhere to protect your own children and family.

This book may be special ordered from any book store using the ISBN 0-931563-18-6, but why wait?