So Your Babysitter is a Sex Offender...

Nearly 50 sex offenders in California were found to be living at addresses listed as child care facilites. An audit done recently found that 49 registered sex offenders were listed at residences of 46 licensed child care centers. The facilites are being inspected and 9 have been confirmed as both child care centers and residences of sex offenders and six more are suspected and two foster children have been removed from a home. Thankfully there have been no reports from children interviewed of any abuse and many of the 49 locations were found to be lacking either sex offenders or children. Although the situation did not turn out as tragically as it could have, it is ridiculous that this even occurred. All of the sex offenders were registered and the child care centers licensed and still this happened. It seems impossible that in one area of one state that that many instances were overlooked. Sex offenders are registered specifically so that they are kept at a safe distance from children, schools, playgrounds, child care centers, etc. And child care centers require licenses and background checks to prevent situations that could result in the neglect or abuse of a child. So whether it is on the end of the child care licensers or those in charge of keeping up with sex offenders, someone is slacking and this is a serious situation.