A Parents Worst Nightmare! Whos Coaching Your Kid?

Let me tell you a quick story. Janet was a single mom of
Alan, age 9. She worked hard at her job and made a pretty
nice life for the two of them. She was a sizeably good mother who made
sure that Alan had plenty of after school activities,
including youth baseball.

Janet was thrilled that Steve, Alans baseball coach had
taken such a personal interest in him. There was no male
figure in Alans life and Steve seemed like such a great role
model for him.

Unfortunately, Steve had a criminal history of child
molestation under a different title in another state. Alans
baseball league didnt bother to do fingerprint-based national
criminal background checks of their coaches through the FBI
because they thought it cost too much.

Janet had no idea about Steves criminal record and that 46%
of child molesters are persons outside the family who are
known and trusted by the child. Steve, unfortunately, became
a little too interested in Alan.

This is a representative story that has been happening for
many years in one form or another to children all across the
country.

According to Jody Gorran, founder of the National
Foundation to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, "retrospective
studies of adults suggest that 1 of 3 girls and 1 of 6 boys
will be subjected to some form of sexual abuse by age 18.
The saddest part of the problem is that most children do not
tell."

Gorran is the originator of the Volunteers for Children Act
which was signed into law by President Clinton in 1998 and
gave child-serving organizations such as the Boy Scouts,
Little League, and other local youth-serving organizations,
the ability to request fingerprint checks of their volunteers
and employees through the FBI to make certain that someone
with a relevant criminal history does not have access to
children through that organization.

The National Foundation to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse will
send any parent, grandparent, organization, potential donor
or other interested party a FREE copy of the report entitled
"Six Tips to Protect Children Involved in Youth Sports and
Other Activities" by visiting http://www.MrBackgroundCheck.org.

You need to understand whos coaching your kids!