Released on = November 2, 2006, 6:07 am

Press Release Author = David Johnson / Strategi Vision, LLC

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = St. Rose-Rein Says Child Predators Target Single Mothers

Press Release Body = Columbia, MD/November 2, 2006 - Noted child advocate, Carla St.
Rose-Rein, author of LAND OF BROKEN TOYS, issued a warning list for parents of top
signs that an adult predator might be targeting a child. St. Rose-Rein says that in
the United States, child predators often integrate themselves with single mothers as
a way to get close to children. She says that this often happens more in middle
class families than would be expected.

The top warning signs that St. Rose-Rein wants single parents to be aware of and
that should cause alarm when they are dating are:

1. The need to meet & interact with children
2. Adults who refer to child as a \"friend\"
3. Adults who give gifts and money to the child and tells the child to keep it a secret
4. Inappropriate contact, playing, wrestling, tickling, of the child for long
periods of time
5. Phone calls or emails that are directed to the child
6. Invitations to events where parents are not welcomed
7. Unusual amounts of personal attention being directed to the child
8. Wanting \"alone time\" with the child

"In society today, the number of families led by a single mother is on the rise and
child predators target these families," said St. Rose-Rein. "Child predators seek
out single mothers on dating websites and other places for singles as a way to get
close to a child. That is why it is so important to check a person's background out
before bringing them home to meet your children."

St. Rose-Rein has documented her own years of abuse as a child in a single parent
family, in her critically acclaimed book, LAND OF BROKEN TOYS. She points out that
a troubling statistic with child abuse is that often a single mother will not
believe her child when they report the abuse for fear of losing the person that they
are dating. Sexual predators prey upon the vulnerabilities of single mothers, she
says and have become sophisticated in their ways of targeting single mothers.

"Sexual abuse of children is on the rise," said St. Rose-Rein. "We must all work
together to prevent it. By using common sense in introducing strangers to children
and being on the lookout for warning signs, we can prevent it."

Additional information on LAND OF BROKEN TOYS and Carla St. Rose-Rein may be
obtained at www.landofbrokentoys.com.

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