[Parenting Diary] What I protected from the ogre.

"An ogre came to daycare."

Is that so? Were you okay?

"I protected myself,"

You've become such a strong boy??
Who did you protect, I wonder?
Did you protect someone smaller than you?
Wait, isn't that a bit too cool??

"I protected me, I protected myself."

I see.

Is this some kind of philosophy or something?
What is that, exactly?
That was unexpected.

"It didn't come to where the baby was."

I see.

So you used your head.
You desperately found a safe place.
In a crisis, you desperately found one, didn't you?

To think you could use such wisdom...

"I didn't cry."

I see, I see.
Well, that was unexpected.

Honestly, I wanted you to be scolded by the ogre
and cry your eyes out saying,
"I'll listen to what Mommy says~" ←

I desperately dragged you to daycare today
because I wanted to ask the ogre
to help Mommy out a little,
but this was unexpected.

And now,
regarding the ogre,
perhaps you're thinking, "It's actually not that bad,"
as you kick off your socks
and commit the evil deed of locking your sister in the tatami room.

Looks like a second round is in order.

Now, my son.
The ogre only comes to daycare
...is not necessarily true, you know??? 👹

Thank you for reading until the end 👹

A moment to chuckle,
a moment to pause,
or a moment to think, "Well, that's okay."

To my future self,
and to someone else working just as hard,
I write this with the hope that it reaches you.