daughter 5 1/2 yr old (although looks a lot older, she is in 7/8 yr old clothes and is 122cm tall)
daughter is with ex partner atm for a couple of weeks during summer school holidays.
anyway I phoned ex for the normal "night night" phone call at 6pm and ex answered, sounded a bit disinterested and distant, said "oh, she's outside playing in the street with some kids, I'll just see if I can get her"
... naturally I was shocked as ex lives in a pretty rough innercity area.
I asked concerned "who is she playing with? Who's looking after her? Are you supervising her". Ex said they would search outside and get daughter... at this point I was feeling quite worried actually.
Eventually daughter came on the phone, said she had been playing outside with a couple of other children (one name i recognise from school), said they were playing in the street, then said they were playing in the street area infront of the house. I asked if an adult was with them and she said that XXX's mum was there (but couldn't work out if she was watching through the window/in the general area/within earshot etc)
... am I wrong or over-reacting that ex didn't seem to know or be keeping an eye on daughter when she is in ex's care? At 5 years old I'm really really NOT happy about this. Especially in the area ex lives in , it's well rough, it's back-to-back terrace housing with cars regularly racing down the street, kids running out, there is also a history of knife and gun crime in the area.
I mean ffs a 5 1/2 year old???
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To think a five year old should not be left to play outside...
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