Rec | BABIES = SCARY, KIDS = FUN

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Rec'd on 🤷‍♀️ ARE YOU SCARED OF CHILDREN AND/OR BABIES?

I’m afraid of doing something wrong and making a baby cry. Kids, however, are endlessly* amusing. *within the span of a family gathering

@bee1000

5d ago

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@eatgraeps

@HUMBLR I feel pretty much the same here! Not scared of kids, actually love kids but taking care of babies makes me scared I’m accidentally gonna hurt them and piss off the parents. I never spent time around babies until I was like 10 bc I’m the youngest of all my siblings and cousins haha

5d ago

@humblr

Thank you @EATGRAEPS for your perspective! <3 I'm the youngest of my sisters and babies didn't come into my life until my 20's and that was quite a transition.

4d ago

@humblr

Thank you! Are you close with the parents of the children? Are there a lot of kiddos in your family and what are their age ranges?

5d ago

@bee1000

@HUMBLR I think most of my adult life there's been at least one younger cousin or 2nd cousin around. These days there are 5 little ones under 5 or 6, and there's another bunch around college age, and some in their 30s. (alphas, zoomers, millenials, I guess?) My family lives pretty close together so I've seen them grow up, but generally I see them on holidays a couple times a year. And I'd rather play or talk to them than their parents!

5d ago

@humblr

@BEE1000 That's so nice you are locationally close with them! Lots of generations you've seen unfold. I'm so grateful my relationship with my older sisters has evolved like it has. Mainly because cousins and extended family stopped being a thing after a move when I was 11. I very often end up with the kids at nearly every mixed event, so very much same :D

4d ago

@humblr

omg thank you for your reply ☺️ Can I ask follow up questions?

5d ago

@bee1000

@HUMBLR Sure!

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