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> I couldn't go into a playground without some thought of having to prove I wasn't a child trafficker. I was my wife's caregiver and dad to 5 young sons over
by WarOnPrivacy 1y ago
> I couldn't go into a playground without some thought of having to prove I wasn't a child trafficker.
I was my wife's caregiver and dad to 5 young sons over 20years. I was the sole parent taking them to playgrounds and other outdoor activities, upwards to 200x a year.
In all those events, I never experienced nor witnessed anything remotely like what you described. Not for me and not for any other solo dad. On rare occasion, I was complimented for spending time with them. That's about all the notice I got.
- blindriver 1y agoThanks for the anecdote.
- WarOnPrivacy 1y agoThanks! This particular one occurred over 1000x. I made my kids sick of every playground within 50 miles.
- octopoc 1y agoI think it's fair to assume things like these are location dependent.
- WarOnPrivacy 1y ago> I think it's fair to assume things like these are location dependent. Well, it certainly puts the notion on the table. Let's run with that. Let's say that qualified folks have evidenced this phenomenon; we've learned there are regions in the US where playground dads are routinely considered to be dangerous to their own kids (and presumably kids in general). And it's not universal. This indicates there's some strong social effect that can be tightly limited to a region - be widespread and pervasive in one region and fully absent in another. What sort of effect could mass-mold minds across an entire region yet still be so geographically limited?