"I've only done this vice-squad job for three years. I've been a cop
for 29. If you had told me three years ago that a 14-year-old girl would
go to a food court, meet a guy, and three hours later be selling
herself, I'd a said, no frigging way. It happens every single day,
every day."
This was a quote I read today in this article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-rather/pornland-oregon-child-pro_b_580035.html
As I read about trafficking and prostitution I feel so sad. Why are these young girls falling for these tricks? But it all comes down to wanting to be loved (in my opinion). Then I think of the girls we have in our aftercare home and see the same thing happening with them. This deep desire to be loved. So when someone shows you attention, you are drawn to them. They are the band-aid on your wound.
Malls seem to be a pick-up place for a lot of girls in America. I wonder if there needs to be more awareness done in malls. Signs could be hung in food courts, or even on the paper that is put on the trays of food. The mall security people could be trained in trafficking awareness. Who knows how many girls could be saved before they enter into this horrendous trap.
Here is a youtube skit on Human Trafficking that I thought was good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3hU7fJzvg
This was a quote I read today in this article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-rather/pornland-oregon-child-pro_b_580035.html
As I read about trafficking and prostitution I feel so sad. Why are these young girls falling for these tricks? But it all comes down to wanting to be loved (in my opinion). Then I think of the girls we have in our aftercare home and see the same thing happening with them. This deep desire to be loved. So when someone shows you attention, you are drawn to them. They are the band-aid on your wound.
Malls seem to be a pick-up place for a lot of girls in America. I wonder if there needs to be more awareness done in malls. Signs could be hung in food courts, or even on the paper that is put on the trays of food. The mall security people could be trained in trafficking awareness. Who knows how many girls could be saved before they enter into this horrendous trap.
Here is a youtube skit on Human Trafficking that I thought was good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3hU7fJzvg
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