Ugliness
When does this start? I’m thinking maybe around the age of 8 or 9. I admit to sheltering my little girl. She spent the night last night with a friend, and the calls started about 10 this morning. I could tell something was wrong, but I wasn’t sure what was up. Finally on the last call (the 5th one), I just asked her if she was ready to come home. When she hesitated, I told her it was ok, and it didn’t matter what anyone else said. She quietly said, “yes” so I went and picked her up.
On the way home, I discover that she had been told stories – repeatedly I guess – to scare her about hitchhikers and Bloody Mary. She’s 8…barely 8. *sigh* So we chatted for a while and I know there is some danger to some hitchhikers, and I would never pick one up, I figured there wasn’t really any need to tell her the gory details. She won’t be off by herself in a position to pick up a hitchhiker for 8 more years so we talked about that they are just people that needed a ride. That if our car broke down and we needed a ride, we’d be hitchhikers. Then we talked about that Bloody Mary was just a drink. She’s better now, but I have to admit to actually being a little upset right now that her “friend” pushed and pushed and pushed until Cameron was totally freaked out!! UGH!! I’m aggravated right now.
Tags: parenting, Parenting Issues
