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In reply to the discussion: My family is (most likely) in danger of a known sex offender [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)with my husband and daughter, and in the building next to me, a registered sex offender lives. Yes, it's harrowing and scary to ponder. I handle it by always keeping my eye on my daughter. She's not left alone with strangers.
If I were the parents, my child would not walk to school alone. I would tell the office at the school that a man you don't know has offered to take her/pick her up. Tell them, under no circumstances, is your daughter to be released to anybody but... and make a list of acceptable people.
You don't have to helicopter her, but you can make sure that she is safe when being transported from point A to point B.
Legally, I don't think there is anything else you can do.
And if the man offers to "help" again, just tell him "Thanks, but no thanks. We have it taken care of." Polite but dismissive enough for him to know it's not in the cards.