I was delighted when I heard the news that Jaycee Dugard, kidnapped 18 years ago, had finally been found—alive. I immediately told my wife the great news. The thought of having a child kidnapped is probably every parent’s worst nightmare, and we were very happy that she had been found. Her rescue, even after all those years, should give hope to parents of missing children who still pray every day that their child who disappeared may one day be found.

Wisconsin and Ohio are considering bills that would require serious sex offenders, particularly those who prey on children, to affix neon green license plates to their vehicles. Sponsors say that the goal behind this legislation is not only crime prevention, but also to raise public awareness.

The innocence of childhood fled quickly from Andy’s* life. In the sexually charged environment of home, his mother thought nothing of parading around half-nude, breezing into the bathroom while Andy was using the toilet, touching him in a way no mother should touch her young son. But her unnerving seductiveness could suddenly switch to feral violence over Andy’s childish bloopers, like accidentally breaking a dish. “My brother had to pull her off me,” he says of one such beating.