COLLINS: You can’t trust anyone anymore

A story out this week accused border guards of providing preferential treatment and involvement with gangs.

Police everywhere seem to be mistrusted, politicians even more so.

More and more often, charges are being laid against people for hate crimes.

The judicial system seems to be in a mess, the prison system is in a quagmire.

A teacher was just banned for life for having a sexual relationship with a young student.

So who does a person turn to for help?

Young people start talking with someone on the net, get befriended by this person and the sextortion is underway. There are pictures exchanged, threats are made and the trap is set.

Victims panic, but they don’t know where to go. Can they trust their parents not to blow up and shame them, causing more stress? Can they trust their friends? Or will they be shunned as gossip travels from one person to the next?

It’s easy to tell people not to exchange this kind of material over the phone or the internet. It’s hard for parents to monitor everything.

In today’s society, many families are dysfunctional in terms of communicating with each other and children often find themselves alone trying to deal with these issues. They are vulnerable.

It seems to me, more resources and education need to be made available so kids have somewhere to turn. But it’s hard when you see people you should be able to trust becoming part of the problem.

Until kids feel they have a safe haven, these problems will not soon go away.

I’m Doug Collins and that’s One Man’s Opinion.

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by Doug Collins

COLLINS: You can’t trust anyone anymore

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