Happy to be hanging with Grammy and Grampy!
I know that a fear of strangers is a phase that all babies go through, but it is a little disheartening when the term strangers encompasses everyone other than me. Grant it (or granted, I always mix those up), Braylin really can’t be blamed for being afraid of other adults; she is around me 24/7.
Knowing that we were going to Florida, I was nervous that she was going to hurt my family’s feeling by not wanting anything to do with them. Fortunately, she loves other babies/ children (I think that comes from our weekly outings with Stroller Warriors). So, she …
The author himself spent his childhood in an abusive and dangerous home.
You might have heard of the book called the Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker. It was made famous when Oprah had him on his show, at least that’s when I heard about it. The same author has written a book along the same lines but meant particularly for children. It’s called Protecting the Gift, Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe.
I was at the library one day and happened to come across it, so it was a book that I read by chance, but I’m so glad that I did.
It’s a common sense book intermingled with …
Say No To Strangers
The other day we were all getting ready to go out to dinner. My husband was in the shower and I was getting dressed. Serophina was playing in her room. Suddenly she comes into our room talking about how a man was knocking at the door so she opened it and he asked for her mom or dad. At first I was a little confused because I would never dream that she would ever answer the door to a stranger without coming to us first! But that’s exactly what happened! I followed her to the front door and sure enough there was a man …
Hi, my name is Mamta and I’m a Paranoid Parent. (“Hi Mamta.”)
I live in constant trepidation of child kidnappers and predators; one’s lurking behind the bushes, quietly watching and another disguised themselves as a normal, nice person integrated into regular society.
Thanks to the abundance of horrific, real life stories of children being abducted on their way home from school, while playing in their neighborhood or sometimes even from their own backyards; thanks to television shows like Dateline: To Catch a Predator, and recently watched movies like The Lovely Bones, I have to admit that I, #1 trust NO ONE and #2 NEVER let my children out of my sight.
I sometimes …
