Are you more emotional regarding stories about kids in the news than you

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Seafoam Green

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were before you had kids of your own? Since you've had children of your own, have you become more sensitive toward stories on the news involving violence towards babies and children?

Before I had kids, of course I saw stories that were horrendous and awful, but it never really hit home like it does now. Do you remember that story about Baby Grace? I'm not sure if that was National news, or if that was just where I live. It was a HUGE story here, though. I managed to get through it all without ever knowing what happened. I know it was awful, but I told my co-workers and my husband that I didn't want to know. You can't un-hear those things and it brings me to tears to hear it. When i'm reading a magazine, I can tell pretty quickly if the story is about a child being hurt, and I flip past the pages. My heart is with those children, but I'd rather not sit there and cry about something out of my control.

If this is just hormones, then i've been hormonal for the last 4 years.
 
I do! When I hear such stories all I can envision is the same thing happening to my child, how my child would have felt and how I would feel if I lost him in such a way. I cried this morning when I heard about the 2 year old in GA. His father couldn't keep a hold of him and he was swept away in the water. I just can't fathom how painful it must be. :(
 
Yes, I always thought it was horrible...Actually recently a mother killed her 3month old by smothering him, I have an 8wk old and I was devastated...I just looked at how helpless my daughter was, and thought about that precious baby boy......It just makes me think now that I have a child, how could anyone even think to hurt a child or baby!
 
I hate those stories.

For 4 years now I've been trying to figure out if more bad things are happening to children or if those stories just catch my attention more now than they did before.
 
A Child Called It made me cry and A brother's Journey and A Teenager's Journey. I have no kids.

Child abuse upsets lot of people. I can't watch the videos on youtube about it because it puts me to tears.
 
A Child Called It made me cry and A brother's Journey and A Teenager's Journey. I have no kids.

Child abuse upsets lot of people. I can't watch the videos on youtube about it because it puts me to tears.
 
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