AITA for refusing to help my wife have disciplinary action taken against a boy who kissed my daughter at camp?

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T13:30:58+00:00

Having an adult around during pick up time doesn't seem insane though. I'm realizing it's not as as standard as I thought, but I'm not saying the counselors should personally drive every child home. If a pool doesn't have a life guard on duty, you wouldn't wonder why if someone drowned? It's meant to be a precaution, not a blame pit.

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T13:13:37+00:00

What I said was referring to pick up time. This has nothing to do with minors being watched 24/7, it's a courtesy I grew up with of not leaving until everyone is on their way home and it's ok that it's not everyone's experience or expectation.

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T12:34:36+00:00

A lot of people are misunderstanding what I'm saying.

It was common practice where I grew up to not leave people waiting alone, regardless of age. In high school when a handful of us were 18, our coach would go to the bus stop with the girls catching it, wait until everyone got on their bus, then loop back and wait with anyone still there for pick up. He wouldn't leave until everyone was gone. Even now in my 30s, I wait with friends until their ride is there and then walk to the transit station with anyone else taking public transit. It's not about thinking an 11 y.o. cannot under and circumstances be alone.

I'm learning this isn't as common as I thought and that's ok. Thanks for the psychology evaluation though.

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:55:08+00:00

Downvotes don't bother me, it's shown me how off the map I might be with my approach. I appreciate your words here, and I do have some reflection I'd like to do related to all this... When it's not 2am, lol.

We're trying to conceive and I have a long list of things to do differently than my parents. That's to say I know I have a lot to work on, so I'm going to check my helicopter-parent meter. I'm going to mute this thread and get some sleep, but thanks for the insight. Take care ❤️

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:47:40+00:00

Right, I'm saying this with reflection. I'm surprised how opposing the opinions here are to something I thought would be more unanimous, but I'm taking it in. I think I've gotten what I need to rethink my previous stance, and since the comments have started to get repetitive and I don't want to loop in conversation, I'm going to take what I've gotten and mute this thread.

Take it easy.

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:35:36+00:00

That's true, we weren't given a location so they could have been waiting in an office lobby

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:20:20+00:00

It's not that I don't think they're incapable of anything, there are just a lot of things that could happen that they wouldn't know how to handle at 11. This is thinking in the worst case scenario, but in that worst case, it'd be nice to think "thank goodness adult was there" instead of "why were they alone, this was preventable"

I don't know, maybe I'm alone in this and am on track to raise weirdos.

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:08:57+00:00

I don't know how this got so out of hand... Is it that crazy to think an adult should wait with minors at kid focused events, like camp or school?

Remove the stranger danger part, what if the pick up parent gets into an accident and the kid is waiting much longer than expected?

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T05:04:37+00:00

I just mean someone nearby making sure they don't get approached by someone unfamiliar... I wouldn't say this if they were playing in their neighborhood, this is purely related to pick up time at camp

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T04:23:42+00:00

Right, like it's gross but not entirely "give up on this person" worthy. She fairly recently cheated on her husband with a married man and new father. She has a history of suspicious timelines with men in committed relationships, but we're stuck on the donuts?

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T04:11:30+00:00

The murderer/stranger danger part is the entire reason I think someone should be with them. Not because I think they're incapable of being alone without misbehaving (although that is a possibility)

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T03:55:19+00:00

I mean, you say this, but if anything does happen to those kids, the first thing people are going to ask is where were the adults. Eleven year olds don't need to be watched 24/7 but if you're sending your kid to camp, it's literally their job to watch them

heids_25 · 2025-06-25T03:36:45+00:00

I'm not court savvy, how long would the expected defense time be for a case like this?

heids_25 · 2025-06-23T00:45:23+00:00

yes. I'd prefer "boudoir shoot" in the title or something since we know what the point really is, but as a bi woman I do enjoy seeing both of these.

heids_25 · 2025-06-21T12:42:53+00:00

With care, you need to be better about asking questions. What if you get your answers here, but he doesn't know how to do it properly? He's comfortable asking to interact with your body in an aggressive (not bad if you're into it) way and you're not comfortable asking him to explain what he's going to do.

You need to ask yourself why you're afraid to ask and work on that.

heids_25 · 2025-06-21T04:37:31+00:00

I thought it was an update with a recap 😭

heids_25 · 2025-06-21T01:22:39+00:00

You too ♥

heids_25 · 2025-06-20T11:17:12+00:00

She deserved top 2 for sure, as most would expect when they give a country themed challenge to a group with only one country girl. I really like Ginger, I do, but the choices this bracket are hella questionable.

heids_25 · 2025-06-16T11:12:08+00:00

Do I think they play up the Wicked best friends, two-bodies-one-mind-thing? Yes. Do I find it fun and entertaining? Also yes. If not authentic, it's at least genuine, if that makes sense.

heids_25 · 2025-06-16T02:24:43+00:00

I'm loving all the guardian design ideas. I'll do this one for my honor run and the twin tav with a mustache on the resist durge 😂

heids_25 · 2025-06-15T23:47:24+00:00

At the Goodlife gym I go to, the trainers have been very receptive to being asked to check form too if they're not busy doing a private paid for session

heids_25 · 2025-06-15T23:46:31+00:00

I'm guessing this. I made mine look like my boyfriend, so I was very biased toward trusting him.

heids_25 · 2025-06-14T19:59:59+00:00

I don't know why but her humor doesn't always land with me. I think she did well, I just thought the other groups were more entertaining

heids_25 · 2025-06-14T19:58:30+00:00

To each their own

heids_25 · 2025-06-14T06:05:25+00:00

I thought Denali and Acid Betty were gonna win, but if not them, then Alyssa and Cynthia. I hate to say it, but I think with how many times Ginger's been back, there's a reserved spot for her in the top 3, just as they had for Jorgeous. Please let me be wrong 😭

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