Being a parent is so nerve wracking.
J is now 11 and wanting to have more independence.
Just recently he has started to regularly play outside with other local kids around his age.
They don't go far: either the green or the field at the end of the road.
With a little time i've felt able to relax enough to let him do so without checking up every 15 minutes.
This evening he ventured further afield and helped some of his friends with their paper round.
Again he was no more than a few streets away.
It's these small but very necessary steps towards independence which are the source of my parental angst.
You wouldn't be blamed for thinking what an over protective Mother...
What can I say...?
It's true.
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3 comments:
Just put a tracking device on him! They make some really nifty ones you can attach to someone's ankle. It doesn't come off or anything... ;-)
Y: I will! ;0)
ms wiz: Oh yes, that old chestnut.
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