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Rhiannon12866

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2. Thank you! Certainly traumatizing for a child that young

Reply to cliffside (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:57 AM

Feb 24

I still remember when I was about the same age when I came home from school to an empty house and I freaked out, turns out my mother and pre-school brother were just at a neighbor's...

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She was home by herself for two hours before she went outside to look for help ... cliffside Feb 24 #1

Thank you! Certainly traumatizing for a child that young Rhiannon12866 Feb 24 #2

Definitely traumatizing ... cliffside Feb 24 #3

I sure do, I immediately panicked and I certainly had less reason than this little girl Rhiannon12866 Feb 24 #4

There's going to be an entire generation of traumatized kids Bayard Feb 24 #5

I certainly agree, and didn't we hold mass protests during his last term against "kids in cages??" Rhiannon12866 Feb 24 #6