Patty Wetterling

And she said, would you like to meet my son? And I was not sure if I was strong enough to do that, but we were right across the street from the hospital. So I did, I went in and he was in a coma, but she knew that he knew she was there. He would squeeze her hand and, and she knew where he was and it gave her, you know, strength to, to visit. And, you know, we could support one another.

And she said, would you like to meet my son? And I was not sure if I was strong enough to do that, but we were right across the street from the hospital. So I did, I went in and he was in a coma, but she knew that he knew she was there. He would squeeze her hand and, and she knew where he was and it gave her, you know, strength to, to visit. And, you know, we could support one another.

She was somewhat, I, it's, it's a, there's crazy dynamics when you have extreme situations, but often though, you might have somebody who had lost a child to cancer and, But they would say to me, but it's not as bad as, you know, and I don't think that's fair to any of us to compare because the loss of a child is that deep, deep, raw, horrible thing. We're not supposed to outlive our children.

She was somewhat, I, it's, it's a, there's crazy dynamics when you have extreme situations, but often though, you might have somebody who had lost a child to cancer and, But they would say to me, but it's not as bad as, you know, and I don't think that's fair to any of us to compare because the loss of a child is that deep, deep, raw, horrible thing. We're not supposed to outlive our children.

And so I think acknowledging the wrongness in the scheme of what we thought life was going to be is it's healthy. It's healthy to acknowledge. Yeah.

And so I think acknowledging the wrongness in the scheme of what we thought life was going to be is it's healthy. It's healthy to acknowledge. Yeah.

And there's a... There's a sense of, you know, you're supposed to protect your children. And then there are situations that we can't protect our kids from.

And there's a... There's a sense of, you know, you're supposed to protect your children. And then there are situations that we can't protect our kids from.

One second. I keep choking here. What happened with me was that, you know, my being a stay-at-home person, mom, I, kids were my world. And I believe that children have the right to grow up safe and follow their dreams. And I began, that was a big part of my message. We need to build a world where that protects that.

One second. I keep choking here. What happened with me was that, you know, my being a stay-at-home person, mom, I, kids were my world. And I believe that children have the right to grow up safe and follow their dreams. And I began, that was a big part of my message. We need to build a world where that protects that.

And as you alluded to earlier, child abduction is related to, it's on the, the long line of child victimization and, you know, pornography, uh, Grooming, sex trafficking, child sexual assault. I mean, they're all along this line of child victimization. If we want to stop this, we've got to stop sexual exploitation of children. And to do that, we need to raise kids who would never think twice.

And as you alluded to earlier, child abduction is related to, it's on the, the long line of child victimization and, you know, pornography, uh, Grooming, sex trafficking, child sexual assault. I mean, they're all along this line of child victimization. If we want to stop this, we've got to stop sexual exploitation of children. And to do that, we need to raise kids who would never think twice.

to sexually harm another person. We have to raise healthy children with respectful relationship training. And when some go astray, the good news is children who've been charged with sexual assaulting somebody else, when given treatment, they have the highest rate of Of success and never repeating the lowest rate of recidivism, like 97% in one study don't reoffend sexually.

to sexually harm another person. We have to raise healthy children with respectful relationship training. And when some go astray, the good news is children who've been charged with sexual assaulting somebody else, when given treatment, they have the highest rate of Of success and never repeating the lowest rate of recidivism, like 97% in one study don't reoffend sexually.

It's really rewarding to know that if a child acts out that they can get some help. And they're not on a trajectory to be forever causing harm. And so we need to be really cognizant of the big problem. I think this is where public health comes in. We can't wait till it's this. We've got to go upstream and work towards that world. And it is a world that Jacob Nguyen believed in. He

It's really rewarding to know that if a child acts out that they can get some help. And they're not on a trajectory to be forever causing harm. And so we need to be really cognizant of the big problem. I think this is where public health comes in. We can't wait till it's this. We've got to go upstream and work towards that world. And it is a world that Jacob Nguyen believed in. He

He was an advocate. We had a lot of great friends and he would come home from school and scream if something wasn't fair. You know, it might not have had anything to do with him, but it mattered. when something wasn't fair. And he would stick up for his friends. And I think that that's a big part of it. The other piece, which kept me sane, was the way our community rallied.

He was an advocate. We had a lot of great friends and he would come home from school and scream if something wasn't fair. You know, it might not have had anything to do with him, but it mattered. when something wasn't fair. And he would stick up for his friends. And I think that that's a big part of it. The other piece, which kept me sane, was the way our community rallied.

Everybody came together and kids were jumping rope for Jacob. And when I met with some... homeless kids and they were trying to give me their lunch money for the reward and search fund um teachers sent notes from children and the notes were so you know never give up stay there for jacob if my parents quit hoping for me i wouldn't want to go home you know it's like

Everybody came together and kids were jumping rope for Jacob. And when I met with some... homeless kids and they were trying to give me their lunch money for the reward and search fund um teachers sent notes from children and the notes were so you know never give up stay there for jacob if my parents quit hoping for me i wouldn't want to go home you know it's like