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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Becoming a parent is not necessarily about trauma and anxiety

No. There's a great deal of joy in being a parent, too. But a big part of caring for a child - particularly a toddler or per-adolecent - is having one eye open to the child's safety, constantly. Kids be doing crazy shit. Its normal and healthy, from a development perspective. But terrifying for a caretaker, whenever the kid behaves recklessly (or in any way the caretaker perceives as reckless).

Its an inherent trade-off. Watching a kid walk for the first time or ride a bike for the first time inevitably means watching them fall or crash. The agony and the ecstasy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know very well what you're talking about and I feel pretty competent to say that not everyone reacts with anxiety or even trauma to a reckless child. Not everyone's feelings are on the same level in the same situation.