'A trip to the playground is Parenting 101 right? To dread it feels quite shameful'
Pushing the swing with one hand, I crane my neck to try and keep an eye on my eldest then shouting 'GENTLE!', 'NO' or 'BE CAREFUL!' across at them for the 56th time. I'm wondering if I should be incorporating some counting into the swing pushing while trying to persuade my tantrum-prone youngest to let the other child to have a go on the swing.
A day earlier, my toddler had wanted to hold my Diet Coke bottle as she walked around. I tried to take it back and she screamed like I'd punched her in the gut. So fine, she held the bottle. Suddenly it felt like parents were looking at me... did I really need to make it clear I wasn't actually letting my 20-month-oldthe caffeinated fizzy drink? 'It's all in your head!' you're thinking. 'People don't pay as much attention to you as you think!' you say.
I won't even get into the panic of trying to keep an eye on two children in a public space near a road when they act like opposing magnets, permanently on the opposite side of the playground from each other. Oh and WHY, genuinely WHY do they build climbing frames with completely open sides? With actual openings way up high for them to jump off of?
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