LA abuse charges prompt awkward talks for parents
Updated Feb 09, 04:22 AM
From Associated Press/AP Online
LOS ANGELES - Sinister allegations of abuse by at least two teachers in a Los Angeles school have forced awkward discussions as parents warn youngsters that people they trust - pastors, teachers, even relatives - might do things that could hurt them.
Sergio Vasquez, 30, said he talked with his daughter for 45 minutes after she watched a news report about the disturbing cases that prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District to replace every employee at Miramonte Elementary School, located in a poor neighborhood about 8 miles from downtown.
"We told her her body is private and nobody has the right to touch her," said Vasquez, as he stood outside an elementary school near downtown.
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