Anyone else feel like the doom and gloom are here?

I'm not saying all I've used anxieties are unfounded, but I hope you're channeling them in a healthy way

It's terrifying too because most family and friends of those kind of shitty people don't ever know they are those kind of people

@Ciara the world really can be horrible 💔💔💔 kangaroo mum all day every day 😅😅

@Kylie that is the most terrifying thing!!! There are so many parents convinced they've got a good support network of family and friends,and then years down the line when their children can share their story, they find out the truth, when the damage's already been done.. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Wish they came with a sign stuck to their foreheads 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

@Raqi what would a healthy way be here?

I’m sorry other children were being mean to your child, that always hurts to witness. I don’t think this world is any worse than it usually is. Be the goodness and kindness. Me and my kids have really had the best summer, we went all over the place and met tons of nice people. When you get down, you start to look for the bad first and it blocks out the good. Always look for the good first, I’m not saying trust everyone and wear rose colored glasses, be smart but don’t miss out on enjoying life because of anxiety and fear or a few bad experiences.

I’ve had bad experiences too, so I just kept trying out new parks in different neighborhoods and that seemed to make more of a difference. Sometimes it’s just a bad area with a lot of poorly behaved kids & adults. But yeah, I agree with you on everything else you mentioned. I will never allow my child to be alone with anyone ever as long as I have control over it, not even children. All play has to be supervised because like you said you never know what’s going on at home.

It is terrible but there’s also good things in the world.. think about it this way we were bullied and I’m sure everyone has experiences with getting into a bad group of friends or getting into drugs or whatever but we’re all grown up now having kids and our bad experiences make us who we are. It is terrifying I’m not going to discount that 😂 I don’t even want to send my kid to school (we’re only at 9months so don’t need to worry about that yet) but if I decided no school at all, I’d be taking away the good experiences too - the school trips, the friends and happy memories that my daughter would be making. So I think a healthy way to channel this is to focus on the good moments and anything bad use as a teaching moment. Hope this helps but I know it is a double edged sword 😂 we just have to make the best out of it xx

@Dana 🦅♥️🤍💙 that's normally my approach to life when it comes to my own life. I just wish he didn't have to experience that too. Wish we could screen the playgroups and people there before we went there but obviously you never know what's going to happen and how they'll treat you LO until you see it unfold 🥲

@Raven I really appreciate your comment because it did remind me of a place in a nicer neighborhood where children were also a lot more friendly and seemed kinder overall. I guess I'll just stick to playgroups and everything really in that area 🙏🏽🙏🏽

@Krupha I totally understand where you're coming from and that was my thinking before I actually became a mum. Since then I just want to protect and protect and protect my baby first, and only once he's safe I care about the good experiences etc outside of our trusted family and friends. I was also groped throughout school since I entered puberty, so I would much rather avoid, or at least delay the bad for as long as possible. I would also hate to allow my boy to go through that phase and know he's left a bad imprint on someone's life