When hiring suppliers, it is really important to depend on referrals or do background checks, especially on the people that will interact directly with the children. This is exemplified by the traumatic experience of Elen Dy and her family. The story goes that they hired Ronald Legaspi a.k.a. Sugus the Clown, a 41-year-old party and theater entertainer, to host their son's birthday party. According to Dy, the clown attempted to molest her 10-year-old daughter during the party and acted innocent when the issue was brought up by Dy's daughter. It is also said that the clown intentionally hurt a little boy for calling him an "old, ugly" monkey. Dy has filed charges and the matter is now taken to court. See the rest of the story here.

It is a very unfortunate fact that there is still a lot of sick people out there that might threaten our children. The Internet enables us to find suppliers conveniently, but the credibility of these suppliers is yet to be proven. It is up to us to build a community that would help protect the safety of our children from these evil minds. While rumors should not be tolerated, threatening stories like these should be taken into consideration, as a way of prevention and to avoid falling into the predator's trap. Like Elen Dy, we must always believe our children when they raise serious issues like these. Stopping people with their bad intentions is out of our control, but we can always be smart enough to avoid these things from happening to us and the people we care about.