• RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a man (I know starting a sentence that way can also be a red flag), I’m always nervous when kids interact with me.

    It feels like I’m being judged harshly for just wanting to be friendly and that I could so quickly be accused of being a pervert or worse.

    So I just don’t interact with them.

    My policy as a recently new father will also probably be that I won’t have my daughter’s friends over when I’m the only adult present.

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      1 year ago

      Get this: my friend is “not allowed” to be left alone with his daughter. His own daughter. If wife needs to go out without baby, baby gets dropped off at grandparents (wife’s parents) instead of just staying home with dad. What’s even more ridiculous is his profession is early childhood educator. He’s more qualified than most other parents out there, male or female. I don’t know how he puts up with being insulted like that.

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        1 year ago

        Of course it makes little sense that he would go along with this. But why in god’s name would she want to stay married to someone she doesn’t trust with his own children?