May 4, 2026- I watched a video, this evening, in which several grown men and women openly advocated the killing of children who belong to an ethnic group with whom these “adults” are at odds. Their rationale was either, “They’ll just grow up to oppress us” or “Nobody protected me, when I was a child.” I felt nauseated, just as I was sickened by all the venom expressed when Black children were being killed in the 1960s and again in this decade; when Hispanic children have been rounded up, regardless of citizenship status, in the last ten years.

Know who slaughters their young? Scorpions. We humans pride ourselves on the safeguarding of children. By and large, we do a credible job of seeing our young through to adulthood. A growing awareness of, and willingness to confront, pedophile networks and individuals, will gradually bring those twisted criminals to justice-regardless of their social rank. The mindless attacks on children, in areas where civil conflict is being stoked by their countries’ leaders, needs to be called out, openly and without regard for grievances between adults. Children are not responsible, ever, for the differences between those old enough to face the consequences of their actions. Nor are today’s children responsible for what happened in the 1960s or 1970s to those who make them the targets of revenge.

I know, now and as long as I am of sound mind and body, that my grandchild(ren), extended family and any friends who may be with them will not be harmed by any adult (or adolescent, for that matter) without consequence to the perpetrator. Adults are responsible for children, not the other way around. It is time those who don’t understand this, learn it-and internalize it.