Anonymous

For the past 3 years that I have been doing this blog I have had nothing but a good experience.  I have chosen not to make it private because I didn't see the importance. I thought, "I'm not posting anything provocative or would mind if random people read it." I know lots of people who cruise the blog sites and find interesting blogs to read.

I have just had my first encounter that has made me second guess that. I received a comment on the, Safety Net, post.  It was a post of a serious nature and while I didn't go into details, those closest to me have heard the story. The comment read that at the age of 5 Aiden shouldn't have anything that was difficult or confusing to him. And asked what I had done as a parent to make him feel that way.

My first inclination was to make my blog private. But you know what? F that. I am not going to close myself up because some jackass thinks they have enough knowledge (of what? Childhood development? My life?) to make an assumption. I wish I knew who it was, though find it cowardly that they would sign it "Anonymous" rather then with who they are. I wonder how someone could be so brazen as to make the comment they made without the maturity to take ownership of it. 

So, "Anonymous" let me clue you into something. There are lots of difficult things that happen to children all along the way with differing levels of seriousness.  There are lots of things that Aid finds difficult and confusing at 5. He finds it difficult that he has to brush his teeth before bed. He is confused as to why he isn't going to the same school as preschool friends. Or maybe, just maybe something happened that is a little bit more serious. How could you possibly pretend to know what I was talking about and if it was out of the scope of my control?  Children get cancer, children are abused, children lose parents and loved ones. The possibilities of things that could happen to a 5 year old are endless.

I just ask that anyone reading the blog be thoughtful before they post a response that may be hurtful. I'm a little shocked I have to request that.

You, "Anonymous" crossed a line.