Just the other day, two very young girls came to my house (I don’t know who brought them; the car they came in was parked a ways off), and they were asking for money for “sponsoring”, though I didn’t see a sheet in their hand. Parents, please stop this.
I also see children on the streets at times soliciting money for churches. This is how children become victims of abuse. Now what if I was a child predator, etc? Two little girls come walking right up to my door with not an adult within striking distance had I grabbed either of them into my house. Churches meantime that know of and/or encourage this type of thing ought to be ashamed of themselves and should admonish the parents in their congregations to stop this irresponsible and dangerous behavior.
Parents and adults: please stop putting children up to approaching strangers and asking them for money – you are making them open targets for predators and others. Get your minds right and be the protectors rather than the pimps of your children and those of others.
Sharon Turner
