Little Children
Want to take a walk with me?
...continue to protest the presence
of a convicted sex offender
in their neighborhood.
Michelle Betler reports.
Thanks, Rick. I'm standing here
on Woodward Court,
the quiet residential
street
that has become
the focus of controversy
ever since 48-year-old
Ronald James McGorvey returned here
after serving a two-year
prison sentence
for indecent exposure
to a minor.
In the past few days
an organization
known as the Committee
of Concerned Parents
began distributing these notices
throughout the community
warning neighbors
of what they call a quote,
"Dangerous predator
in our midst."
I don't really like having
him that close to my family.
I think it's outrageous.
This block has too many children
for a sex offender to, uh, be
moving in the neighborhood.
I-- I don't think
it's a good idea.
Makes me very nervous.
Makes me a little enraged.
Um, I'd have a problem
if I see him on the street.
It's like having an
alcoholic work in a bar.
They don't mix.
They shouldn't be together.
The conditions of his parole
expressly forbid McGorvey
to be within 100 yards
of any playground,
school or recreation area
where children normally gather.
These conditions seem
to be of little comfort
to the many parents whose
children play and go to school
in this formerly
tranquil community,
and who in the coming days and weeks
will be hoping for the best
but preparing for the worst.
Rick, back to you.
My husband and I had an
actual spiritual experience.
We did this intense
spa treatment--
- Oh, come on.
- No, listen to me.
It was on our vacation in Cabo
and there were eight other couples
and this Mayan woman.
A goddess,
just a goddess.
- She had--
- She's due in September.
She thinks she's gonna
then it's Christmas, then she'll be back
to work the first of the year.
Please.
Six months from now she'll be right here
on this bench with us.
My friend Beth said
that the way she did it
was to just take him with her every time
she went to the bathroom.
- I find that strange.
- Yeah, that's what I said to Beth.
It's Oedipal.
What's the rush?
Although I will say, when I was trying
to potty-train Christian,
I opened the diaper
and it was huge!
Like a grown man.
Smiling politely to mask a
familiar feeling of desperation
Sarah reminded herself to think
like an anthropologist.
She was a researcher studying the
behavior of typical suburban women.
They weren't organic?
She was not a typical
suburban woman herself.
Troy, stop that!
Paul and I were having
sex the other night
and I drifted off
right in the middle of it.
It happens.
Yeah, I guess.
But when I woke up and apologized
he said he hadn't
even noticed.
You know what
you should do?
Set aside a specific
block of time for it.
That's what Louis and I do--
"Whether you want to or not"
Sarah thought,
her eyes straying over
to the play area.
Even at such a tiny
playground as this
Lucy didn't interact much
with the other children.
Sarah didn't really know why
they even bothered coming here,
except that she'd
probably go crazy
trapped in the house
all day
with this unknowable
little person.
Morning snack time
was 10:
30 on the dot...Snack time!
...a regimen established
and maintained by Mary Ann,
who believed that rigid
adherence to a timetable
was not only the key
to a healthy marriage,
but to effective
parenting as well.
- I'll take this one!
- I want that one!
- Can I do it?
- Yeah. Ready?
Mommy...
where's my snack?
I'm sorry, honey,
Mommy can't find it.
- I forgot the rice cakes.
- Poor thing.
- I'm sure it's in here somewhere.
- Second time this week.
Well, who's going to keep
track of everything?
- Bad mommy. Bad mommy.
- Just calm down, please.
No calm down!
I want my snack!
All right, you know what?
It's--
it's just not here, okay?
See for yourself.
Wait!
Troy, honey,
give Lucy your goldfish.
No!
Troy Jonathan,
give me those goldfish!
But, Mama, they're mine.
No back talk.
You can share with your sister.
Troy has goldfish for you.
Go sit down.
That's much more than 10.
- That's great.
- Look how big I made my lawn.
Thank you, Mary Ann,
you're a life saver.
It's nothing.
I just hate to see her suffer like that.
Maybe you should make
a checklist and tape it to the door
so it's the last thing you
That's what I do.
Yeah, thank you. That's-- that's
You're welcome.
Drink your juice.
Are you the plane again?
Look.
Now you have to act like me.
The prom king.
Oh my God,
he's back.
Sarah followed
the other women's gazes
over to the entrance
of the playground,
eager to finally get a glimpse
of the prom king,
the handsome and mysterious
young father
who had been a regular
at the Walker Street playground
for several weeks
this past spring
before abruptly
dropping out of sight.
I don't need a rest.
I need an airplane ride.
His departure had left a gaping
hole in the emotional lives
of Cheryl, Theresa
and Mary Ann.
Barely a day went by without one
of them speculating wistfully
about the reason for his absence
and the likelihood of his return.
Here I come.
There's no room for two of us, diesel.
You've done it again.
I hate steam engines.
When I come back I will
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