• Jeanne-Paul Marat@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 days ago

    So, honestly I think i might have paedophobia. I don’t hate children (in fact, id really like to be a mom theoretically), logically i get why they do things they do, but everytime I’m around a child or infant i get a nearly paralyzing level of fear. I dont really know why either

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      3 days ago

      I definitely used to feel this way, because interacting with kids is a whole different level of socialization. Plus if a kid is violating a boundary of yours, it’s especially hard to know what to do.

      But then I became a father and honestly it’s way different with your own kid. I can’t explain it other than you either unlock an entirely new set of tools you didn’t know you had or you instantly develop those tools out of necessity