The Socratic method: Why God sometimes gleans from foreign contexts

I am one to shun all foreign contexts in the Bible, meaning anything not Hebraic in nature. However, God gleans on foreign contexts in the Bible, but only when explicitly stated and confirmed in context. A famous one is Hades, as a comparison for Hell to the Greeks. How one should talk to children is also gleaned from a foreign context, if you will - it existed in Jewish society for a long time before Socrates owned up to the idea. 

Socratic questioning is what we call the type of questioning we have now for children that is biblically-based in context, meaning how children were questioned in the Bible. It says in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, for this is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live along the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and the true meaning of this ancient word speaks in levels, and ultimately refers to teaching, mostly in terms of example, but also in terms of verbal instruction of a certain kind, namely where questions are met with questions, with a plump, open hand allowing children to be not only physically free within certain limitations, but mentally free, but at the same time be taught Scripture from the age of 6 onwards to the age of majority. Children surrendered by simply saying they wanted to be taught, and carry on a family tradition, with fathers obliging, bringing out a library, with the basic questions from children answered first, and the more complex, perhaps stressful concepts of religious instruction, such as Hell. Children were lovingly encouraged, then lovingly encouraged when older in a challenging way. Surrender is denoted by the Greek root word translated "obey" which is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to running to parents for support and encouragement, including running to parents to discuss Scripture and the proper interpretation of such.

Socratic instruction here is where the child learns religious Truth by themselves, first hearing it discusses around them over them, then they push the envelope by asking questions. Then, children, at around age 6 or so, studied the Scriptures and the Law, and discussed and debated with fathers the interpretation of Scripture, like a father/child hangout basically, but one where fathers simply encouraged growth in spirit, often by asking questions leading to a question, and then the child was prompted, by curiosity, to answer the question. A common question to a question was "What do you think X means in Y book? I think it means something else, but you prove me wrong by looking it up yourself" or simply just "I encourage you to keep studying Scripture, and tell me all about it once I get home from work".

The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to setting boundaries, including "no" but also gently reminding the child if the beliefs they are studying, such as "Remember, you are studying to be a Christian, so let your behavior reflect that" . This is weighed by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is παροργιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses in the legal context of the Bible, meaning in this case whatever the child perceives as offensive regarding entitled adult behavior or attitudes. This refers to the various offenses under the Eighth Commandment, including assault and battery laws extending to children in terms of protection, summed up as one general principle - do not offend your neighbor, and do not offend God, with your child being your neighbor. 

Punishment was not a part of teaching, but a way to correct an offender who denies what they were taught, as an adult. Children were not taught with punishment, but with exemplary instruction primarily, and then verbal instruction and encouraging for absorbing religious tenets on their own accord. Punishment was not allowed outside the Law, and children were exempt from all Law, living under the grace of parents, and in the loving and gentle instruction of parents, until attaining majority under the Law, thus being expected to be fully literate in the Law. Under the Hebraic understanding of the Bible, you punish someone who knows right from wrong, and doesn't care, doing what they do anyway and not caring. It says in Proverbs 22:6 KJV:

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

This refers to independent study of Scripture by a child by the Hebrew word חֶנךְ (Latin: chanak) and refers to training a young man, in future context, in the Law, meaning the 613 Laws of Moses, meaning memorizing all of them, and before that occurred, children were exempt from a child. "Child" refers to an adult child in future context, meaning the future-tense Hebrew word נעד (Latin: na'ar) which refers to a young man before marriage...Think training a child in the academic instruction needed to be a young man. This is what child training really is - train them like a teacher or instructor would, not like training a dog.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be tormented in the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death created for Satan and his angels! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

What is love for a child?

Many parents think they love their children, but do they really? We all as adults hate children in some way, some form, including even the parents of children. Few adults love children to God's standard, and the rest will be destroyed on the last day, meaning marked for deletion. True love for a child is not easy. It isn't an emotion or hormone, but acts of kindness or service, just for the sake of such. Giving to children without receiving.

It says in Matthew 25:35-40 KJV:

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy soul, and all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang the law and the prophets.

The Greek root word translated "love" is αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to surrendering to God through your child in this context. You child is considered an extension of God. "Thyself" is translated by the Greek root word σεσυτου (Latin: seastou) and refers implicitly, yet explicitly in context, to the body of mankind being made in the image of God. Christ is using a self-centered example to basically state that mankind, meaning the other person in relation to the self, is an extension of God, thus when you offend your neighbor, you offend God. God usually speaks in the Bible in selfish examples when discussing His presumed existence in all mankind. This was not on an equal plane, meaning children were the most vulnerable.

Agape love is surrender to God through your child, placing your adult and control at the child's footstool, sacrificing for your child just as Christ sacrificed for His children, rendering oneself beneath the child, devaluing oneself as their servant or caregiver, leading to good works committed towards them in terms of needs and benign wants, just for the sake of doing good things and being charitable to children, expecting absolutely nothing in return...This is something to strive for in a child hating society.

It says later in Matthew, in vs. 25:45-46 KJV:

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto the least of these, ye did it not unto me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

This refer implicitly to children. In the verses before, the groups listed were simply example pointing to the ultimate vulnerable group in ancient Jewish society - children. Children were seen as lowly people, yet people nonetheless, that were in the care of their parents, and otherwise were seen as a group of people to complain about, until Christ set everything straight. It says in Matthew 19:14 KJV:

But Jesus said, Suffer Little Children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

The context is that children were running around in the temple, and the high priest forbade the children from jumping on Jesus and climbing all over him, and Christ is saying all is cool, which was rare of any religious leader then. Parents then were very generous then, in a servile way, but were one to caution children not to stray too far, because "the world won't understand". Religious leaders then were high and proud, in a pious way, and usually in a monastic way. No way would they be at a child's level. Christ was at a child's level. Children's rights were basically understood in Christ's Jewish society, but not entirely at a societal level. Parental warmth was very individualistic in nature, meaning nobody understood how one could be patient with a child other than one's own, while singling out those that were either your own or in your extended family.

True child acceptance wasn't perfected until the Early Church came about, which focused heavily, especially in men, on emulating Christ in everything. Christ elevated the status of children by His sacrifice for us as Christians and as a Judaeo-Christian society. We are to sacrifice, and take up the cross, for children as parents and adults, just as Christ did, from beneath children, devaluing yourself as such, surrendering all your power and glory as an adult to their footstool, then from there on out treating children as royalty, just as Christ would treat a child. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to another type of surrender in response to love from parents - running to parents with your emotions and needs, sharing everything with them, using them as a close confidant and seeing them as your best friend, leading to hearing the voice of parents, understanding what they ask for in a developmentally appropriate way, leading to responding to instructions from parents by following their reassuring, gentle voice in a familiar manner, imprinting on a loving parent's voice. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stir up" children, referring, in context, to the offenses under the Eighth Commandment, meaning in the New Testament the slightest of offense perceived by the child concerning entitled adult behavior, meaning sensory gaslighting. The offenses refer to torts and damages under the Mosaic Law, including assault and battery laws against children, which are included in the synopsis of the offenses after Christ. A mother could divorce her husband, meaning the father of the child, in the Early Church if her child was offended by as much as the slightest of touch from a fathers. Spanking was seen as a Greco-Roman pagan concept to purge out, yet the Roman Catholic Church promoted spanking as a form of "shamrock" gaslighting is, meaning pagan societies could keep some of their customs as long as they accepted Christ as Lord.

Attachment parenting was the normative parenting in ancient Israel and adjoining cultures, and children ran to their parents, and were held close to parents as old as age 3 in most cases, sometimes even older, by way of being swaddled next to mothers, using skin-to-skin contact to form a bond with a child, and co-sleeping with mothers later in childhood, with daughters not ever leaving her side until adulthood.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! They will be cast forever into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Pro-social self-diminish - Why parents must be smaller than their children (yet assertive)

What is big? What is small? Most parenting advice calls on parents to be bigger and stronger to children, and be their rock, perhaps. I find children listen when you ask them a favor on their level, meaning you exist on their level.

Every single adult is guilty merely for existing in relation to children, and is to be convicted of God's Law, thereby submitting to God through one's child, leading to parents paying due penance through indentured servitude towards the child, earning their freedoms and rights by way of honoring that of the child. This leads to good works for the child, and gratitude of such, expecting absolutely nothing good in return, and everything hurtful and disrespectful, knowing what an evil wretch of a parent/adult I am...I am to humble myself BENEATH a child, meaning to the lowly level I belong in relation to them.

Love for a child is sacrifice, and is denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to sacrificing oneself, taking up the cross like Christ did for His children, serving children their needs from beneath, devaluing oneself as lowly and depraved in relation to children.

This means be smaller than your child, ministering to your from child, being struck with terror as to their vulnerability and needs, much like one does with an elderly woman in a wheelchair. It is a reverent state where you only feel safe asking children nicely and politely to do something for you, and instead focus on doing things for them. True love never gives up at serving the vulnerable needs of children. 

The idea is that you, by default, do what your child asks of you. Get them a glass of milk. Drive them to the park. Take them to their favorite restaurant. THEN, and only then, do you get to ask a favor of a child, off to the side in terms of positioning. This is how I relate to children. Focus more on service towards them, then ask them to do a favor for you, knowing that if you are truly friends with them, and have given them so much, it isn't an issue.

Let the depraved and entitled parents BURN! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Expectations versus requests: Why not to expect things from children

Many parents expect things from children. Many gentle parents may say that they have expectations, yet not by my definition. Expectations are a form of entitlement on the part of a parent, meaning adult power and control.

The Tenth Commandment says in Exodus 20:17 KJV:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neigbour's.

The Hebrew word translated "covet" is לחמוד (Latin: lachmod) and refers not merely to wanting something from a child, but wanting something, or wanting children to do things for you, in a way that leads to said want being imposed on the child, leading to child abuse in the form of a child taking offense. 

The Greek root word cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to the entitled attitude of "I am the parent here, and I want my child to meet expectations" leading to defensive, punitive, or controlling behavior when they don't, which counts as a temper tantrum. If you are asking a child of something that you'll blow out over when they don't listen, don't ask, period. Do it for them and bite the pride that you need to shed.  

It is okay to ask a child to do something, but what if they don't listen? Whose fault is that? It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable trust in the love and grace of parents, being able to be oneself in relation to parents and confide in them about anything, owing parents nothing in return, but nonetheless with children showing gratitude hearing the voice of parents, knowing as a fact what is expected of them taking into account immature development, leading to children imprinting on the voice of their father or mother, and listening in the security and shelter of parents and their reassuring voice. A parent's voice should not be threatening, but reassuring in a familiar way, in a way that gains on you and pulls you in the right direction. This is denoted by the concept of Christian love, as denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to conviction from God, leading to submission to the every vulnerable need of a child as their enemy, seeking to be their friend, guilty for existing in relation to children, paying due penance for one's wretched ignorance and capacity to harm in relation to children, sacrificing oneself just like Christ sacrificed for His children, rendering oneself beneath a child, devaluing oneself as a servant and caregiver of children, leading to good works for children, expecting absolutely nothing in return. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offense system, meaning torts and damages under Jewish law, including assault and battery laws that were extended to children too in terms of protection. In the context of the New Testament, it is summed up after Christ as the slightest of offense taken by a child towards entitled adult behavior.

The underlined text in the paragraph above is the core of why Christian parents of the attachment variety shouldn't expect things from children, but should prefer children do certain things by asking, and them listening out of instinctive courtesy, with children trusting that parents mean well and won't punish or lash out at them either way. I don't expect anything from a child, since I am wicked by my very nature and deserve non-compliance and even defiance merely for existing as their tormentor and oppressor as an adult...This means asking a child to do a favor like you'd ask a friend to go buy you a sandwich at the corner deli. If you have a good relationship with your child, your child will listen or else provide a good reason why they can't, in words or in behavior.

Children in biblical times had no expectations, but were simply infantilized in a good way, meaning children's needs and cries out of nowhere were seen as cries for something. If it was attention-seeking behavior, the child was lavished with attention from parents, with the child allowed to express emotion to parents as safe people. Children, however, could be asked to do something for mom or dad, and they'd do it without questioning or minimal questioning to clarify what was asked of them. Asking things of a child is perfectly acceptable, but expect contention if they don't like what is being asked, in which case gently reasoning in a reassuring and convincing manner would be necessary. Sometimes, you just need to do it for them, because they are that oblivious of why they need to do something due to immature emotional and/or cognitive development.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn! Let them be tormented and languish forever in the lake of burning fire and brimstone, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his angels! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Respect for children: Why adults are deserving of none

 Many parents think they deserve respect from children, meaning they feel entitled to respect for themselves as parents. This is our entitlement problem, meaning parents feel entitled to things from children, namely respect, honor, and glory, from children and everyone else, just because they popped out a baby. The fact of the matter is that you are not entitled to anything from a child or others around you just for having a glorified title.

It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest and trust in the love and grace of parents, with children being able to be themselves and confide anything into parents, with children owing nothing in return to parents, yet nonetheless with children listening to parents out of gratitude for Christian love leading to a secure bond with parents. Christian love for parents is denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to being convicted of one's wicked depraved sin nature inherent of all adults, leading to submission from a parent to God through one's child, leading to bondservice and indentured servitude towards a child, blissfully paying due penance for one's wretched and entitled existence in relation to children, sacrificing for children just as Christ sacrificed for His children, rendering oneself beneath children, devaluing oneself as their caregiver and servant from that vantage point, leading to good works and being grateful for all acts of kindness and service towards children, but in secret and without bragging, expecting absolutely nothing in return, giving to children without receiving. I am deserving of everything bad and "nasty" from children, and nothing good and respectful, for I am a sinful, depraved, and wicked adult. No adult truly means well around children, and should be struck with reverent terror about their sin nature in relation to children and their power and control over children. I deserve the hatred from children merely for existing in relation to them, and am grateful when children do trust me, as I don't deserve even that. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses in the Bible, meaning the torts and damages imposed by the Eighth Commandment, including assault and battery laws which treated punishing a child as kidnapping, meaning hostage taking of any kind (i.e. "in his own hand"). Child punishment would have been seen as taking one's child hostage, thus falsely imprisoning or kidnapping them. All of this is summed up in the New Testament as the slightest of offense taken by a child in relation to entitled adult behavior, meaning anything that offends a child is objectively a form of child abuse, regardless of the secular laws, aa God's Law is the law of the land, and parents must respect children first. Children first, parents last.

The mothers and fathers alike in ancient Israel were convicted adults, meaning they did not demand respect from their children, but earned it. The attitude is that you deserve, as an an adult, everything bad, mischevious, and disrespectful from your child just for existing, and the only way to remedy this was to give to children without receiving anything in return. Giving without receiving is the central tenet of attachment parenting, which was the normative parenting in ancient Israel.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn and rot in the ever burning lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Why co-regulation is a biblical concept (pro-social pedophilia, pro-social siphon)

 Many parents demand respect from their children, feeling entitled to respect and even honor from their children. This is what parental entitlement is at the core - wanting things from children to the point of seeking to impose said want onto a child, by their perception and their own perception alone.

There are two principles of co-regulation - pro-social pedophilia, pro-social siphon. Pro-social pedophilia does not refer at all to any sexual connotations. One would have to be a pedophile to naturally understand the concept. It is turning the child's exuberant energy inwards as you turn your anger inwards away from the child, chastening oneself up in the Lord, with children becoming friends with you. A pedophile befriends an abused child by directing their attention away from distant, punitive parents. What attachment parenting does is reverses that so that the safe person for a child is right at home.

It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, for this is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to the chastening of the Lord, meaning parents chastening themselves up and disciplining themselves in the Lord, turning aggressive instincts inward, in a way that allows for a child to confide into you, with parents being there to listen to a child's every feeling, thought, and upset, calmly as the child is in the middle of a tantrum. A warm, caring kind of calm that listens and doesn't dismiss the child's emotions. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the admonition of the Lord, meaning setting boundaries, either through encouragement or through the word "no" or its various variants, with favor towards encouragement, especially in the case of fathers. This involves positive encouragement to children to perhaps study Scripture, do their best in school, or treat others with respect. This is weighed by the Greek root word παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and referring to the offenses in the Bible, meaning the slightest of momentary offense at the very least from adult attitudes and behavior, stemming from parental entitlement in the adult. This refers to the offenses system imposed by the Eighth Commandment, which included assault and battery torts which extended their protection to children, with these laws summed up, taken further, and simplified by Christ's death and resurrection. Punishing a child for any reason in ancient Israel or adjoining churches was a violation of the Law, as children live under the grace of parents, and were seen as too young for punishment - they needed to be taught. Punishment was when someone knew better, was literate in the Law, and offended God or another person anyway. The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest where children can show their true selves to parents and not fear punishment, saying what they want, not matter how harsh, with this security leading to parents hearing the voice of their parents, understanding what parents want based on developmental maturity, and then heeding instruction while following the warm, gentle, reassuring voice of parents, out of voice imprint and not fear of punishment or controlling behavior.

In ancient Israel and adjoining churches, the accepted norm in terms of parenting was attachment parenting, meaning mothers swaddled their children next to them until age 3, and after that, parents treated childhood tantrums as cries from an infant, meaning diagnosing what is upsetting or overstimulating the child, and listening to and reassuring their children, by way of calm, reflective listening to model self-control to children. Children center themselves in the warmth and grace of parents. Society pressured parents, including with legal pressure, to turn their aggressive instincts inward by knowing their place in relation to child, and that children come first. Children first, parents last...Children in the Early Church especially were seen as extensions of God, extended by Him for their care, safety, and protection (Matt. 25:31-46).

Children then and now are to be listened to entirely. This means not saying "ask nicely", and instead assuming that perhaps your child can't ask nicely due to lack of emotional regulation, so they hop up and down. They may revert to immature ways of dealing with their emotions in your presence even when they are older and maybe even adults, but not with the boss, the police officer, or teachers. The idea is that the child trusts you over everyone else in their life, with any topic that may concern them, including topics that may be taboo and/or misunderstood to others.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them suffer in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Why pedophiles are NOT the one's raping children (rapists are)

Many people say pedophiles abuse children, oftentimes minimizing the damage to a few slight touches that somehow scar a child forever. Rapists are seen as control freaks towards women, and pedophiles inappropriate "flirts" towards children. Most child sexual abuse does not go that way. 

A pedophile is a "flirt" towards a child, usually in an alternate fantasy world of theirs that has nothing to the real world. Pedophilia is daydreams about sex and romance with a child that can never be realized as a fact, due to the sensory preferences of children in terms of perception of sexual arousal that instinctively makes adults threatening no matter what.

Who are the rapists of children? The same scum that rape adults. Most child rape occurs against preteen and teen girls, starting at puberty and possibly lasting into adulthood, whereas a pedophile is drawn to prepubescent children and children under age 14. With most children, it is the same adult males that are raping women. Marital rape is the most common form of rape, with even that being prohibited by the Bible (1 Cor. 7:1-5), with the man submitting to the woman's needs in the biblical context, and then maybe accommodating that of man as a reward. Marital rape is when it is assumed that the wife wants sex without any contractual consent that is informed in nature (i.e. not while drunk or high). Many times, he's raping his teenage daughter as well, as is the case with about 80% of child sexual abuse cases...They're parents, and they're rapists. 

Most child rapes are singular in nature, even if multiple in count. Usually, they happen in authoritarian homes where the parent has an attraction to the child, which they use to dissociate from the pain and harm they cause their child to feel from corporal punishment, and then try to "make up" with them by way of rape, which only makes things worse. Ordinary trauma bonding such as "lovingly explaining afterwards" serve the same function, are the same level of abuse to me.

Repetitive child rape that perhaps happens every night is from a preferential offender, and perhaps a pedophile, usually those attracted to incest. Pedophilic abuse is linked to autistic parents who are permissive and negligent in nature, and cannot relate and bond with their children any other way. However, only 1 out of 4 pedophiles in North America today rape or sexually assault/harass children, and 90% of sex offenders are not pedophiles by the clinical understanding. A pedophile is a specific case of arrested sexual development linked to developmental disabilities such as autism, where hormones cause age-oriented sexual preferences to be arrested, usually at puberty. My peak age is 11-12, and that's when I stopped being attracted to adults as a child, whereabouts, with puberty switching things up.

Most sexual assaults and rapes of children are due to attraction, but not preferential attraction. We're talking secondary attraction that builds, and builds, where the perpetrator is grossly irresponsible with the attraction, refusing to find an alternate outlet other than the child herself, using false religious doctrine as an excuse. It then explodes in the child's face, exposing a narcissist. If they just left the room where it happened, and took care of business elsewhere, the abuse wouldn't have happened. That's what I'd do if I had a lovely and attractive daughter - leave the room when she's getting changed, and have someone else give her a bath, or even co-sleep when in the wrong mood. They didn't do that, so they are solely responsible for the abuse they committed. The days of blaming whole institutions should be over. Blame the individual, and yes, get rid of those statute of limitation laws.

Anyone with any level of attraction needs to be non-entitled in the "admit" fashion. The pressure to "hide" such a fact about you is the most dangerous thing for anyone with an attraction to children. It is being able to admit it as a self-interest, at least to yourself, and working on it so it doesn't come out the other end against a real child, I myself, under my Christian faith, believe a child owes me nothing, and that I am to be grateful for everything good and favorable towards a child, and nothing good or nice towards them. You get to the point where it only "comes out" when you want it to, and even then, usually towards oneself.

Pedophiles like me want to distance ourselves from the main sexual abusers of children. Every single adult has abused a child at some point in their lives, and is capable of such under the correct set of conditions. I am a pedophile, and I choose not to abuse children, even if you don't by way of lawful abuse such as spanking and corporal punishment. I'm stressed too, and I'd love to tune the world out by being your daughter's best friend, and then start flirting with her. But, I choose not to "flirt" with or sexually harass children...Yes, it all comes from the same entitled place, parental entitlement - meaning the excuse of "stress" and venting on your child due to such. Pedophiles do present a risk to children, but no more than any other adult towards children, and maybe even less than most adults.