Few people are as beloved as children's entertainers.

I bet you can think of a couple off the top of your head.

People that are so wholesome that their wholesomeness seems to last far beyond their lifetimes.

One great example is Fred Rogers, of Mr Rogers neighborhood.

He was an integral part of many a childhood,

and his work still inspires heartwarming nostalgic feelings

for millions today.

As adults, we remember how these people were sources of stability and entertainment.

Maybe in circumstances where our home lives were less than ideal.

They offered that little bit of escapism into a world of kind neighbors and fuzzy little

puppets.

This extends to people who weren't perhaps media

figures in and of themselves but nonetheless created worlds that kids could

live in, like Jim Henson of the Muppets and Walt Disney. And if few people are

more beloved than children's entertainers, few people are more

reviled than people who abuse children. And for good reason. It's one of the most deviant,

horrific, and cowardly acts that you can do. To abuse a child, especially a child

is under your care somehow or who you're a trusted adult to, whether it's sexually, physically,

or verbally, child abuse instantly creates a black mark on someone's reputation.

Rightly so, for the rest of their lives.

Beloved child entertainers and producers of beloved children's entertainment to sexual predators.

It's a spectrum from wonderful and beloved to horrible and despised.

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