Watch out any time someone...

• Refuses to let a child set his/her own limits
• Insists on hugging, touching, kissing, tickling, wrestling with a child, particularly if the child doesn’t want this affection
• Is overly interested in the sexuality of a child or teen
• Spends a lot of time alone or insists on time alone with a child
• Spends most of his/her spare time with kids
• Has little interest in spending time with people his/her own age
• Regularly offers to babysit for free
• Regularly buys a child gifts, or give them money for no particular reason
• Take a child special places, particularly overnight
• Walks in on kids/teens in the bathroom
• Allows kids/teens to get away with inappropriate or “adult only” activities

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