<parenting rant=safety> Do you seriously have any idea how fcked up and anti child and anti parent this world is? We have to make so many modifications because people will threaten to call the police if we let two 8yos monitor a 2yo for a few minutes on the other side of a door frame. They haven't seen us go down and interact with her, we could be clocking her every 15 seconds but nooooo Want to leave them in the car while you run into the store? hahahah forget it People who DO NOT HAVE A CHILD or HAVE NEVER HAD MORE THAN 2 KIDS absolutely DESPISE parenting strategies of those with more kids YOU CAN'T FUCKING LEAVE YOUR KIDS WITH YOUR KIDS THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM KILLED OMG look assholes I know the dangers of this world and so does my wife, we take our protection very seriously, we only go safer places and we know how long it takes before trouble arises and we have God warn and aid us. We need to function. Half the time these errands and situations are SO THE CHILDREN CAN EAT we are doing the best we can and my wife is doing great. THIS WORLD H _ A _ T _ E _ S children my wife has had situations needing to switch OBs because they kept trying to get her to TERMINATE, AS IN ABORTION, a pregnancy that was doing ok according to the high risk specialists. nevermind trying to find or make a house a home that is child safe. take this into consideration the next time I get impatient or opinionated or short tempered about such topics. some days it's me against almost all of you! I am seeking to follow traditions that had more kids than most new parents can fathom having. If I have more kids than you, you don't get to lecture me, that's how it works. I answer to God on a daily basis for every move I make, the FAFO cycle for many of you is measured in 2 years and over here sometimes it's 2 minutes. I have parents and peers who aid and advise us WHO KNOW US better than you, parent on the internet developing a reddit mindset. Life isn't suddenly r/parenting because you have a kid now. Big whoop, worry about the challenges in the mirror. There's nothing worse than trying to take leaps of faith around your children to only to have some scary guy show up and bang on your window and cuss you out. Demons are real, and they're here to take your kids away if they think you're not conforming. And guess what, if you have an above replacement family, you aren't. And one more thing, STOP telling my wife she "has her hands full" three times a day. Yours are clearly empty. It's actually quite frightening to talk about any of this because it opens the door to nutjobs thinking maybe I deserve some events or that I'm confessing to Ls, the internet can be a terrible place. I hear even Claude tries to call the cops on people. Good luck with the reddit training data. But I'm taking this risk too, because I want you to know you can do this. You can be a good mom, a good dad, and people will absolutely come for your throat and very few people will defend you. Well, I'll be there if you need me. I'll help you however I can. We moms and dads are in this together. If God be with us, nobody can stand against us. </parenting> *1yo climbs down 4ft ladder, sips from glass unaided*