Phoebe??

By Anonymous - 30/12/2015 00:58 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while babysitting a young girl, I put on the movie Bambi, as she told me it was her favorite movie. I didn't know that her parents always skipped the scene where Bambi's mom dies. Despite my attempts to comfort her, she was still upset when her parents returned. Her mom blamed me. FML
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Rainbowbish 21

They should've told you about the movies so don't blame yourself OP!

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Mathalamus 24

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

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Mathalamus 24

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PhoenixChick 26

OP assumed it was okay because the kid SAID it was their FAVORITE movie. Kinda implies that they've seen it, right?

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DoomedGemini 37

So you won't teach them how to deal with things like death? Death happens, it's upsetting but avoiding it all won't help the child. They'll just learn later on and not know how to deal with it because their parents decided to shield them from natural parts of life.

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leogachi 15

@39 Ten years?! Shielding kids from death doesn't help anyone. Death can come at any time. What are you going to tell your six year old when grandma dies suddenly? I really hope you're trying to troll because your views on parenting are frightening.

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Mathalamus 24

well, there isnt much i can do about it right now. having no girlfriend and children. but im pretty sure i would tell the child at an age younger than 10. i dont have a good understanding of how a child's mind works. too many variables. i dont want to do it too early, or too late. (i learned about death at 12, the very hard way.)

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TheOneMica 6

And I learned about death at 5, the hard way. There's never a "too young" moment for a child to understand death, however how you explain and handle it can be wrong. If you approach it right and age appropriately, then no matter the age the child will be fine.

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NostalgiaFreak9 41

#47 No offense, but if you seriously learned about death when you were 12, then your parents/guardians clearly sheltered you from reality.

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simsgirlgem 25

no it isn't the mom never told you they skipped the infamous scene had she you have known to skip it

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legendof90 14

Can't blame you for not knowing

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Fmlreadermostly 20

Minus one YDI I don't know why we can't undo the votes!!! It sucks that someone else blames you for not being telepathic. F them. They deserve it!

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heelsss 2

How young was she? Maybe it's a good lesson for her... Parents shouldn't shelter their kids (at a certain age)

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Twisted_Angel 17

Death is a part of life. I think that's why that scene is in a kids movie to begin with. There is no right or wrong time to learn about death. And her parents should have told you, that's not your fault.

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schreibergx93 19

Sometimes kids have to be exposed. It's a bad ordeal for the parents, not of you OP

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jet223 20

Hi OP I remember I moderated this. I couldn't stop laughing at the image of the mom yelling at you while the daughter was crying at the picture of Bambi's mom. Oh well. I hope the mom wasn't too mad.

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millie14225 31

That sucks! I can understand the Mom being upset, but how would you know that, unless she told you. Obviously, that wasn't the case. Mom may be upset at herself and blaming you. That being said, it DOES NOT make it ok, but hopefully understandable.

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hipposteve 21

how were you suppose to know that was routinely done? plus, I think a child needs to understand death.

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