[quote=svelte]This thread comes across as if all accusations made against adults supervising kids are false.
While it is wise that you all protect yourself from false claims (look at Dale Akiki for proof on why that is necessary), I would like to point out that it really does happen.
I can tell you from being on the receiving end from my jr high counselor. I was able to stop him before it became physical, but from what I learned later others weren’t as fortunate. From my experience with his actions behind closed doors, I can tell you their claims are true.[/quote]
I don’t think anyone is disagreeing that real things do happen, and unfortunately it happens more often than we as parents would like…. But it’s just that if you do volunteer, you don’t want to be the one that puts in your time and effort volunteering in something and end up being one the rare cases that you are falsely accused of something you didn’t do.. Because if you ever end up in that situation, I’d say most parents would be biased and think something did happen, even if it didn’t. I admit I would be biased and give more weight to the accuser. Also, even if you didn’t do anything, and though accusations were proven false, you would be stuck with that reputation for a long long time…Which reminds me…Taking a GoPro camera wherever you go isn’t such a bad idea these days….
