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| Frontline: Lost Children of Rockdale County |
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A shocking, disturbing and revealing documentary first shown in October, 1999 on PBS stations around the country. |
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most disturbing thing is that most of the parents were in complete
denial and wanted to blame others for their children's behavior.
Conyers, Georgia is the same community that experienced a school
shooting a week or two after the Littleton, Colorado shooting. This
report is recommend for anyone interested in understanding how lost
today's children are and the consequences of promiscuity.
FRONTLINE: LOST CHILDREN OF ROCKDALE COUNTY
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the spring of 1996, as Atlanta prepared to host the summer Olympic
Games, an outbreak of syphilis struck a group of teenagers in the
prosperous bedroom community of Conyers, Georgia. When epidemiologists
interviewed the victims, they were shocked by what they heard: children
as young as fourteen named scores of sexual partners, others told of
all-night orgies and sex parties. Many of the children defied
stereotypes, coming from intact families with economic advantages. In
the words of one medical investigator, "you couldn't tell them apart
from any other teenagers." In a series of intertwining profiles,
Frontline uncovers the roots of the Conyers' syphilis epidemic and
reveals a community struggling with teenage drug use, sex, aimlessness,
and cynicism.
This program contains graphic language and descriptions of teenage sexual activity. Viewer discretion is advised.
Read more about this program at www.pbs.org |
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