Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Background Checks

[T G (triciamill9]

Wow, this all sounds like a huge invasion of privacy. Let's post everyone's
> medications, what they are for, and what happens if they go off them?  Does
> being a part of a cohousing community mean your privacy is gone? AND like
> someone else stated, most people are abused by someone they trust who
> hasn't been caught yet. I would be warry of some of the cohousing marketing
> talking about how great a place it is to raise children because they can
> trust all of their neighbors. I have seen some of that and it is
> worriesome. Just because you know everyone, doesn't mean you should give
> your children a false sense of security that they can blindly trust (priest
> abuse is a good example given here). It might be a great place to raise
> children for many other reasons, but be cautious of this as an example.
> Everyone has skeleton's in their closet. You can't know them all and most
> likely a background check won't find them. How many women have been abused
> by a spouse only to have people say "we had no idea he was abusive!"? I
> have known people in my life that I would never have guessed were abusive
> to their loved ones or others.
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