Oops, You Raped Kids? Here’s 5 Years to Think About It
Justice System Bends Over and Takes It While Victims Watch
The Ian Cheetham story is just the tip of the iceberg of a reality we prefer to sweep under the rug, while our children navigate through an ocean infested with sharks.
We are all silent accomplices. Yes, you read that right. Every time we hand a tablet to a child without supervision, every time we ignore the warning signs, every time we say “that doesn’t happen in my family,” we’re opening the door to predators.
We live in an era where technological convenience overrides parental common sense. We give smartphones to 10-year-olds because “all their friends have them,” we install games without checking privacy settings, and then act surprised when cases like Cheetham’s surface.
What’s scarier? The ease with which these predators infiltrate our children’s world. A 39-year-old man managed, for months, to pose as a teenager and manipulate multiple children.
This wasn’t a one-day isolated case; these were months of calculated and methodical predation. And you know what unsettles me the most? The certainty that, at this very moment, dozens of other “Cheethams” are looking for their next victims.
