In another incident, a 17-year-old was found in the same room as a security guard during a matric dance ceremony. I may be wrong but my expectation is that school grounds are supposed to be the safest especially for children but it seems I was wrong.
These are the guards who are supposed to ensure maximum security in the school but are now found to be responsible for these sex crimes.
I was also concerned that the incidents in the primary school stretched back as far as February and none of the parents or teachers had picked this up.
How did it get to this point without any of the adults, teachers or parents finding out?
I also want to know whether parents speak to their young children about sex and what is appropriate behaviour and what is not.
Some would say because the learners are still young and only in Grade R, they didn’t see it fit to have the sex talk with them.
With all these events unfolding in front of our eyes,when is the time right for ‘the talk’?
When do you actually teach your child that when someone touches you like this it is wrong and you must immediately tell mommy or daddy?
Do your children trust you enough that they won’t be scared to come to you with such information? Do they know you will not blame or punish them?
During this very conversation with a group of friends the other day, one person suggested that some parents fear if they do have the conversation with their children they would be encouraging them to experiment with sex.
Would you rather they experiment with sex armed with the right information, or would you prefer them to experiment blindly?
I feel this has proved that the old way of raising children is no longer working and we need to move with the times.
The reality is: All these people to whom we entrust the safety of our children, are the ones who hurt them. The sooner the child reports them, the better.
