I just wondered if anyone else has experienced this? Since I had DD (well, actually, since she was about 8 months old) I find I am affected, to the point of being overwhelmed, if I read anything about bad things happening to children. I'm almost overcome with pre-emptive grief at the prospect of anything happening to DD.
For example, there was something about the Bulger killers in the papers a few weeks ago, which just made me feel very overwhelmed at the idea that something so awful could happen to a toddler (esp. the idea that they might be very frightened before they died). Today I read something about a memorial fund in the name of one of the little girls who died in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Again, I was overcome with grief at the idea of all those terrified little children in that school as the shooter rampaged.
Is this normal? Do all mothers/ parents feel this? I've never been one to feel such strong emotions about situations that don't directly impact me. Now I almost want to avoid social media and the news for fear of hearing about something else terrible happening to small children...
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Overwhelmed by stories of bad things happening to children since I had DC
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CityDweller · 10/07/2014 13:30
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