there’s not really much discussion of child neglect on here so i guess i have to do it
p l e a s e don’t shame neglect survivors for not knowing “basic” things like how to eat a balanced diet, when to go to the doctor, how to drive, etc. you know these things (usually) because a caring adult taught them to you. we didn’t have that. we often enter adulthood knowing jack shit about how to take care of ourselves. we know we’re missing information, and we feel so fucking lost.
it’s okay to, if you have a friend who’s experienced neglect, try and help them learn how to take care of themselves. saying things like “hey, do you think you could try to eat at least one vegetable per day?” or “that infection looks pretty bad, do you want to go to a doctor?” is genuinely helpful. but belittling us for not already knowing these things is completely unproductive and unnecessarily cruel.
don’t be a dick to survivors.
I can barely tie my shoes, can’t ride a bike, know how to set a washig machine or dishwasher or cook anythng because no one taught me. Having to learn all these thngs mot people know yourslf is already embarrassing enough, please help us, don’t make fun of us.
If your friend doesn’t know how to cook invite them over to your house and y’all can both cook together that way they learn in a fun way or even take a cooking class with them
If your friend doesn’t know how to make appointments then be with them or go with them the first couple of times they do so they arnt alone
If they don’t know how much to tip at a restaurant then show them kindly
Anonymous: My cousin and her wife just got 3 kittens named Spoon, Fork, and Knife and when I asked my cousin's wife why. She grinned and said "they're Catlery"
A nurse in Cuba using a goat to suckle a baby, 1903.
……………………..Why.
- the baby’s mother might not be able to produce enough breast milk for the baby - the baby’s mother might not be alive - the baby may have a milk allergy - the baby’s mother may not be able to breastfeed for some other reason
there are many valid reasons for a baby to need goat’s milk
You missed the best part. They weren’t even their sheep. This good pupper gathered up a bunch of random sheep it found somewhere on the countryside and brought them home for its human.
My land lady is a 90lb 88 year old woman with 5 full grown Rottweiler boys. They sit around her when she gardens and watch her like the secret service. If you show up to pay rent they all stand up and stand between you and her.
It’s intimidating to have 5 pony size boys all staring at you until she stands up realizes it’a you and walks to you.
My favorite part is she wades through them like swamp water saying in her cute old voice ‘move’ ‘move please’ and each one she nudges to move wags his whole body at her touch and stumbles out of the way like he’s been knocked over by a truck. It gives me life paying my rent.
i just walked past the apartment beneath mine and through an open window i could hear my downstairs neighbor crying faintly while the song jolene played in the background and im just like… bitch are you okay…?
I actually ended up going back downstairs to check on her and brought some leftover cookies I baked this afternoon. she’s very sweet and going through a Breakup Mood™️ after being cheated on. she’s coming over to my gf and I’s annual bad movie night on Friday and she even let me pet her cat named Clarence
my gf thinks it’s funny but very fitting that our downstairs neighbor was able to summon a concerned lesbian just by playing jolene while crying about being done dirty by a man