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@strawberrychoco I don't think you are seeing the whole picture. She feels bad that a cop came because with a cop responding, the implication is her daughter = criminal, lawbreaker, bad. It's not about the cop (who she explicitly said was nice, though not able to cope particularly helpfully...

@katrina2017 yes, the design honestly feels a little mean to me. Although it is probably just not-thought-through.

@nomalanga I just didn't want you to feel so scared - it seemed like a lot of suffering that probably is not necessary. But I know it can be hard to change how you feel. Good luck and all best wishes to you feeling more on top of stuff soon!

@katrina2017 I feel like if the daycare can only hold a Mother's Day party at 10:30am on a workday, they should not hold it at all. Way to go creating stress and guilt over a thing that is not necessary in the first place. I'm a working parent who could never take off for a thing like that, so...

@nomalanga You're right, they are an alien species. Mysterious, impenetrable, nothing like you and me. None of us have lived for years with husbands, lovers, brothers, fathers, uncles, grandfathers. Not to mention our own sons. And worked closely with men for decades as colleagues. Nope, no way...

@nomalanga Genuinely, no. I can think of situations where I might want to have a police officer with me, or a doctor, or a wildlife trapper, but none of those people have to be men per se. And when pushed to it, e.g. when there was a bat in the house with me and my 2 year old and nobody I called...

@nomalanga From the bottom of my heart, as a single mother to a boy I do not worry about my ability to raise a man, no. I am a person, and I am going to raise a person, a full human being. His gender could be different from mine, but so could his personality, his likes or dislikes, his strengths...

@debbiedee Do it! You could get a truckle bed for your child (a smaller bed that pulls out from underneath the bigger bed) or you could get him one of those small toddler floor beds for showing CPS there is a bed-sharing alternative and also for yourself, in case sometimes you need to change up...

@johnerica I'm so sorry for your and her loss. Sounds like she is grieving in an age-appropriate way. We can't protect them from it, even though I often want to too; it's better for her to feel her pain than to bottle it away. My son will sometimes say things like that even though he has never...

@praisethelordjesuschrist Oh no, you are not overreacting. Dear god. I would consider calling CPS to protect the 4 month old, and I would contact the court for an update of the custody agreement. In addition, I would ask for an increase in child support to cover ALL medical costs related to...

@x902xxipher It's not right for you not to be able to speak to your child in your native tongue - in the way that feels right to you and lets you express yourself fully to your own child. Be careful about always translating/repeating yourself in two languages. I did it for a while, and not only...

@raggedyman No, OPOL is not "the only [method] possible most of the time." I'm a single mom so obviously OPOL would be a mathematical impossibility for me, but am raising a bilingual child just fine. I don't think you meant to exclude people like me but just wanted to point out the full extent...