Sex Offenders in the Hood

So a registered sex offender (child molester) moved into our neighborhood, about 5 doors down. We’re right near a park, there’s a daycare within 1 block and my son’s elementary school within 4 blocks. This really makes me tense. I’m trying not to worry excessively but I am very angry. My son is 9, my daughter 5. They play in the yard and we’ve let them start going to the park for a little bit together (it’s about 2 houses down from us and is an incredibly small park, in the opposite direction from Chester Molester). Now I feel torn between letting my son have some expanding boundaries and posting this guy’s photo on our fridge, arming my kids with tasers and erecting a 5 foot brick wall around our yard.

Sigh.