Offer Parents Steps to Take in Protecting Their Children. In the wake of the infamous nanny case verdict, two crime experts would like to educate parents about threats to their children by babysitters and family members. When you look at all violent crime you find that the majority of it happens in suburban and rural areas and between friends, neighbors and relatives. Americans think of violent as a 'city' problem, but U.S. Justice Department studies prove that attacks by acquaintances in the home make up the majority of the violence that occurs in America on a daily basis. The tapes were made at two hospitals and showed deliberate physical abuse by parents in examination rooms.
Children are at greater risk with people that they know than by the proverbial stranger.
Society must not turn it's back on this problem, we must become proactive an a personal as well as societal basis. Professionals within the 'nanny' industry are also concerned. Hiring should be done with the utmost research and stingent interviews. Unfortunately, au pairs are not not thoroughly screened when they come to the States. It's a very risky business.