So I was supervising a playdate and the nine year old boy screamed at his eight year old friend, “Shut your fat, f**king, a**hole!”
I jumped so hard that I nearly went through the screen of my phone.
Dear mothers, fathers, guardians (even teachers), parenting is not a part time job; it’s a continuous effort that goes on for a long time.
There are no shortcuts, no days off, no vacations or transfers or retirements.
There’s no end to chasing money so we have to make the time to check what our children are doing.
A parent turns his back for one second and outright evil happens.
Or we don’t take interest in what the little ones are watching because we are so “busy”.
And even when we see news of the fifteen year old who sexually assaulted a neighbour’s child after watching porn, we shrug it off believing it can’t happen to us.
The internet has predators lurking at every corner and uncensored cable television is just a push of a button away.
Who’s going to protect your child but you?