With Web sites that allow you to track where sex offenders live, many of you are now aware some live right in your own neighborhood.

That knowledge is putting a new kind of pressure on people to keep themselves and their kids safe, but what you may not know is how this also affects the offenders and their families.

There are more than a thousand registered sex offenders living in NorthCentral Wisconsin and chances are, you or someone you know lives near one.

Mark and Nicole Kruger of Wausau just found out a registered sex offender lives two doors away from them.

This worries them, considering their 2 young daughters love to play outside.

"We were thinking about putting a fence up this year just to surround the backyard," said Mark Kruger.

"Our daughters are very, very friendly and that concerns us but we can't watch them every minute everyday so we're trying to take extra safety precautions to make sure they're okay," said Nicole Kruger.

The Krugers admit they haven't called the Corrections Department to find out more about their neighbor, such as what type of offense he committed and how likely he is to do it again. The label, "sex offender," is enough for them.

"Especially because we have daughters," said Nicole. "I can't think of it in a rational manner."

About 90 miles away, in the small town of Friendship, another little girl plays in her front yard.

Watching over her is her father, Arlan Meer, a registered sex offender.

At the age of 18, Arlan was convicted of first degree sexual assault of a child after having sex with a 12-year-old girl.

The criminal complaint shows Arlan knew the girl, and doesn't reveal any violence or force were used.

Arlan spent four years behind bars for that offense.

Now, nearly 13 years later, Arlan is still reminded daily of the choice he made that night.

Wisconsin law requires him to register as a sex offender for life.

"We've had condoms on our mailbox, we've had phone calls, we've had reports to social services that we have sex toys laying around, that we parade our daughter around naked in front of men," said Meer.

"I can't even get a job. A real job."

Arlan's long-time companion, Jennifer Hale, says some laws for registered sex offenders aren't fair.

"I want to know when it became our jobs to judge other people," said Hale. "I want to know why there's not a registry for murderers or attempted murderers because I don't want to live next door to them, either."

Arlan is just one of the hundreds of registered sex offenders across the state, but local authorities will be the first to tell you none of them are alike.

In "Labeled for Life, Part II," we'll clear up a lot of misconceptions authorities say people have about sex offenders.

We'll also tell you how likely it is some offenders will act again.