I realize laws vary a lot both in numbers (AoC) as well as what wording defines a law that can be interpreted. So it's a very generic question to ask... but what are the limits of what you can do before there are legal repercussions?

Can you compliment? Hold hands? What can you or can you not express verbally? Is kissing sex? Sometimes I wonder, really.

Obviously, what parents approve of and vigilante law are quite different. If you just get seen staring more than a millisecond or spending time then there is suspicion, and even if no laws are broken most parents will drag the kid away. But really, since there's no risk to either party from that, it could be worth risking... possibly. I'm not sure.

The thing is, I'm worried not only about people crusading on their own, but about entrapment. For example, the stories you hear about girls who have sex but are pressured by their parents into saying they were raped (either directly or indirectly) or about hearing of these custody cases like on Dr. Phil where mothers might be telling their children to tell judges and psychiatrists that their fathers are touching them inappropriately to win custody disputes.

That sort of thing... do you think there could be a parent so reprehensible that even if you did nothing illegal, if she was trying to punish you to either protect her daughter in advance, or out of jealousy (if she found you attractive) then could she make the kid say you did more than you did?

That, and much as I hate to admit it, not all LGs would be saints either, and it's possible even if you were carrying on innocently, that if they were used to getting gifts or wanted one or something and then were denied, they could threaten to lie about things to get you in trouble. Obviously even an ethical parent would go along with them out of trust and fear.

It's these two sorts of entrapment that motivate me not to just behave within the law, but to be in general very pedophobic and avoid children. When I must deal with them I try to minimize it, I almost have to seem brash and hateful and it kind of hurts not just to me, but to know that it probably hurts them. I know it's probably excessively paranoid but I guess I just don't like risks like that, because legal systems and society are just too interpretable and person-based, while personal testimonies are so flawed. To live in peace you basically have to isolate yourself and be sad.