The Virtual Village - a space for parenting 'stuff'

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@CheerBear wrote:

Hey everyone 👋

There's a topic Tuesday happening on the carer's forum tomorrow night that I thought some people here might be interested in joining in with and may have missed seeing.

The topic is "Parenting: What I wish I knew" and PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) will be special guests.

The link for the discussion is here

@Faith-and-Hope, @frog, @utopia, @K-E-T, @Shaz51, @Former-Member, @Owlunar, @Former-Member, @Teej and all who might be interested 🙂

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Thank you @CheerBear - I hope you all can make it!

I think you guys can relate to this.

My sisters use to do this all the time.

@Former-Member@CheerBear@Faith-and-Hope@utopia@Bunniekins @Teej @Snowie

ha ha yep @outlander

Yesterday I received a text message from my step daughter saying " happy anniversary and I am soo glad that my dad met you " awwwwwww

@CheerBear, @s-jay, @Faith-and-Hope, @utopia, @Bunniekins

That was such a sweet message to you @Shaz51 from your step daughters

yes I was surprised @utopia

I know all my 4 step children like me in their own way but that was soo nice

Think they more than like you @Shaz51. Sounds like they respect you.

Hi everyone recently brought the family fued game and found a question card that every parent could answer.

The question is:

Name something a child might do to get out of eating their veggies.

Anyone wanna guess the eight answers

Hey everyone

It’s been a while since this space has been used!
Just wanted to let everyone know about the Topic Tuesday event happening tomorrow night. The topic is “Let’s Get Real - transitions to parenthood” with guests from PANDA. You definitely don’t have to be a new or expecting parent to get involved. It’s open to everyone to share experiences of what it is/was like to become a parent (or to have a new little one in your life however they have!). It would be great to have everyone along who would like to join in.

You can find the link here

I’ll tag a few who have visited this thread and a few who might not know it’s around but who might be interested in joining this space and/or this event.

@frog @Owlunar @Former-Member @utopia @Shaz51 @outlander @Teej @Faith-and-Hope @Snowie @Angels333 @K-E-T @CrazyTiger @Molliex @saturnzoon @Serenity1 @Jaz5 @asdf @Serenity_13 @AKC2019 @Smacca @Scribbles @Summerxxd

Hi all, I'm a single mum to a 2 year old. His father is not in his life at all (by my choice) because of domestic violence, drugs, no job, and just all round a really bad dude! I've kept him off the birth certificate and he has only met our son once about a year ago when I was considering if he could actually be a father. But he hadn't changed at all.

ANYWAY so my question is... how do I answer / explain to my son about where his dad is? I do think that age-appropriate honesty is the way to go but wanted to reach out for any advice from others?