I don't know why they spread the net so far tbh. The beauty of the avengers was them all coming together. We should have seen the new guys meeting Spiderman and co years ago. That's the fun of it. Wild that they just went down some multiverse rabbit hole instead.

Thanks mate. I only worry about it in the sense that I worry about the world my sons are going to grow up in. I don't want that spark knocked out of him by a disengaged and dulled world incapable of human interaction. It's disappearing.

You can tell that they just have no reference point in how to be friendly or talk to people they don't know. I hear him talking to them so politely & it makes my heart swell with pride but he gets nowt back & it destroys me. I worry about him struggling to connect and having his confidence knocked

Strong agree. I see it everywhere. My son is an incredibly sociable already and he's only 2.5 years old. He approaches other children in the park or whatever to try and talk and play with them and they just stare at him blankly (even the older ones) and ignore him. I find it heartbreaking.

Presume the account was bought tbh

Yep. Hate saying this as a City fan...but this is what big successful clubs do. Great sides have numerous great goalscorers. Also, they have to replace Jota sadly. Nunez and Diaz leaving too. Isak and Ekitike doesn't actually seem excessive to me in terms of squad planning tbh.

Sorry. In a bad mood today. Just sick of witnessing all this stuff on a daily basis. Parenting is a sacrifice. It isn't meant to be easy. So what if your kid kicks off? Deal with it. Teach them how to be bored and teach them how to be an active part of society. They learn nothing from disengagement

The beauty of becoming a parent is that you realise how wonderfully simple life actually is...but the other side is that your eyes are opened to how much we are fucking up our kids so willingly with laziness while society laps it up, even encourages it. Stop ignoring your kids man. Just talk to them

Enjoyed that mate and tbh it feels like I'm already doing this instinctively anyway thankfully. Gently showing him fun things, tempting his curiosity, but keeping it gentle. I think a feeling of ownership is really important. If he feels like it's partly his call then he'll be happier/more invested.

slight issue for me is my job is based aorund social media. i try my best to be as present as possible though!

I don't even know if there is a way to get through it other than just accepting it? I don't know. We're truly exhausted and sleep deprived too which doesn't help I guess. Maybe we just need to rest and remember everything was okay and we handled it brilliantly. Dunno.

I usually have the answer for most things. Bit of a smart arse that way - my own personal therapist... but I think this is the first time I've ever gone through something traumatic and been genuinely stricken by it. I think that's scared us too. We can face anything together, and it's frightened us.

We're both trying to process it and I guess this is also a part of me trying to process it too. It's such a surreal and frightening experience to feel so out of control. We handled it perfectly. Might have even saved his life...but man. I just don't know what to say or to do? Never felt like it.

My wife and I are okay but definitely in shock. It's terrifying. Especially given how unpredictable and random the cause is. We've done really well to avoid his allergens and he didn't even eat anything. Think it came from cross contamination of something we ate and him being all over us a toddler.