My parents let me go too - though I think I maybe wasn't kicking quite as hard to get away - but now that I am a parent I think TOO HARD TOO HARD TOO HARD MY BABY WHAT IF, you know?
I love all the thoughtful comments here. I know I can't MAKE them safe, you know? Horrible things happened to me in some of the safest places, as well as some of the riskier ones, and the times I was truly on my own were hands-down the most rewarding. I was safe despite terrible choices and then others that seemed innocuous bit me in the ass. That's life, but in retrospect it makes me want to bubble-wrap the kids.
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My parents let me go too - though I think I maybe wasn't kicking quite as hard to get away - but now that I am a parent I think TOO HARD TOO HARD TOO HARD MY BABY WHAT IF, you know?
I love all the thoughtful comments here. I know I can't MAKE them safe, you know? Horrible things happened to me in some of the safest places, as well as some of the riskier ones, and the times I was truly on my own were hands-down the most rewarding. I was safe despite terrible choices and then others that seemed innocuous bit me in the ass. That's life, but in retrospect it makes me want to bubble-wrap the kids.