Introduction

Hello, my name is Cindy Sorensen. The children of America are my passion.

I am a professional who may be able to help you to understand some of the things going on in your life, that have eluded you and your abilities to comprehend the ways that people respond, and the reasons they do such crazy things. I hope to be able to help you with the various difficult tasks of parenthood, from infancy to grade school and beyond.

I have made a life-long study of the human behavioral traits, and have taken innumerable courses in forensic behavioral analysis and behavioral psychology that allow me to accomplish more than most therapists. What I offer is a basic understanding of the goals and objectives that should be a part of every parent's daily routine. Meeting those goals and objectives is not an easy thing, considering the contemporary environmental obstructions created by many, many considerations that even our own parents could never have anticipated. It's a really tough world out there, and getting a grip on the realities is an awakening exercise beyond most people's comprehension. Some of those realities take you into unpleasantries and others are downright fearsome. Handling them with a better level of skill is rewarding, beyond compare; and may even be somewhat addictive. Stay with me, and you'll see.

First, allow me to present a little background on my own life experience. I grew up in a lower-middle income family in the Midwest, and was raised with very conservative values. I married way too young, and worked as a housewife for the vast majority of my life. I gave birth to two children, both girls, and did my very best at raising them into upstanding, responsible adult citizens. I now have two wonderful grandchildren who are being raised in the same mold.

Somewhat late in life, I took it upon myself to help a few acquaintences to understand the behaviors, (and subsequently, the likely causes of those behaviors), by their spouses and children. I worked on cases where the spouses were unfaithful and I worked on cases where the children were incorrigible. I never failed to find a causational event. It's nothing more than an understanding of basic human behavior -- psych 101, if you will. Anyone who has ever had a basic class in psychology will understand the premise.

The problems encountered by most in the practical application of those basic principles are almost always attributable to the ways in which our society has become accustomed to looking toward any medical professional as though they were offering a cure for the common cold -- one of the most basic human malladies, (and one that has never been successfully accomplished by the millions who have attempted). You see, the modern medical profession is one governed by "professional ethics" above all else. Those "professional ethics" involve boards and commissions comprised of some pretty impressive people with curricum viteas beyond compare. They make professional determinations about what can and cannot happen within certain recognized, licensed, and certified professions. You may have heard the old addage, "The American Medical Association does not allow any member to offer a 'cure' for any particular medical condition." It's true!

Allow me to digress a bit. I haven't mentioned that I am also a licensed private investigator, as well as an accredited criminal profiler. In my experience in these two, closely related professions, I have noted that our system of justice operates in a somewhat parallel universe to that of the medical professions. When a person is charged with a crime, they are given the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of proper jurisdiction. That's the way our county is supposed to work. During the defense of someone accused of a criminal offense against another person, sometimes a medical professional is called upon to testify as an expert. The experts are almost universally members of a professional organization, not dissimilar to the AMA. When it comes time to testify about certain behaviors, the more complexity that can be introduced into the questioned behavior, the better for everyone involved in the understanding of that behavior. Theoretically, when a pedophile is tried for crimes against children, in his own defense, he is allowed to call rebuttal experts to counter the claims that he has a condition that cannot be cured or treated successfully, and in the end, the jury is so confused. Those non-professional juries are usually relying upon one or more of the jurors' personal anecdotal experiences with "Uncle Jack," or "Cousin Mike," or even "Aunt Mary's gardener/boyfriend/neighbor/etc," then cannot reach a proper consensus and a lessor included offense is the only finding they can offer, and the perpetrator walks away, essentially unscathed.
(Needless to say, I am a huge proponent of a change to our system of justice, whereby people of recognized sound judgement, who have been selected by their fellow citizens, can be appointed to special lists from which jurors are selected; instead of the current policy of selection from lists of registered voters.)
I hope that my positon as one of a very small number of professionals in the area of providing services to people with legal issues will help parents to produce children who are cultivated into responsible, productive, caring adults, inside safe home and educational environments, where the dangers are easily identified and neutralized. I tell parents on a daily basis, "Providing a quality parenthood is a balancing act beyond that of the Flying Walendas!"  You will often hear me tell you just how proken the system you've become accustomed to is completely broken and should never be depended upon, for anything.  I cannot solve the problems of that system, but I can advise you on raising a responsible adult in a safe environment.

I am nearing completion of a book on the rearing of such quality citizens, written from a perspective that allows the reader to understand human behavioral traits and uses the kinds of examples we have come to know through news reports and events that helped shape the history of our modern world.

I am NOT a proponent of the idea of "child-day-care," or any other institutionalized child care system. I wrote the book, based upon my desire to assist parents in understanding their children, their behaviors, and what causes them, as well as the mistaken idea that some things are "just a part of modern day life," as we've been told by the mainstream media and our mental healthcare system for decades.

During the discussions here on "Criminal Profiling," I will be presenting some news articles from past and present that have some very contemporary useage, if one can simply understand the likelihood of various behavioral traits, their causes, their effects, and the ramifications of the ways in which our "system" deals with each of them. We'll be talking about the famous cases of the recent past, as well as some you may not have been familiar with, as well as the news of the day, and maybe even a prediction or two, based upon my observations of the ways the system deals with these kinds of individuals. Although I don't propose to offer solutions to systematic issues, I can offer individual advise on dealing with the behaviors, and the causes for such behaviors in practical application to real life. My Prayer is that anyone reading along, might be able to correlate the subject matter, whether it's old or new, into something useful in their own lives.

I recently spoke to a group of mothers of pre-schoolers on the subject of "Parenthood: You are Your Child's First Line of Defense." There were about 55 mothers present for the event. Afterward, the audience swarmed me, mostly with questions about their own situations. It was hailed as "one of the most informative presentations we've ever had!" But one mother felt that is wasn't appliable to her situation, as she felt that since her child was an infant, knowing the methodolgy of keeping her child safe from pedophiles was "something too far into the future," for her to be concerned with at this point. So, I learned that sometimes you simply cannot save people from themelves. I hope that you will understand the perspective of this blog, and the intent with which is is presented. Take from it, what ever you can, and ignore the portions you feel don't apply. I will predict, however, that you will likely have second thoughts, somewhere in the future, should you commit these missives to memory. Climb onto this effort for the ride, by bookmarking this blog.

Watch for my book, and be ready to enjoy some massive satisfaction by being a better parent, through an understanding of the dangers of parenthood on the way to raising an adult, (we're never to refer to "raising a child" -- we only work on "raising adults"). I'm not one for candy-coating things, so please understand that what you read here is presented without the trappings of political correctness, and should be served with proper consideration to anyone to whom PC might be of paramount concern, (as I said, I already know I cannot save everyone), . . . . Here we go, . . . .