Child vomiting and I’ve got a huge meeting tomorrow

[MammothyGoodness]

So my youngest has started vomiting. It’s like the exorcist, walls, carpet, bed etc. not the best news but normally I can manage. Except tomorrow I’ve got a huge meeting, massive. I’m Meeting some potential investors, taking them on a tour of our offices, showing them how our product works and then presenting in the afternoon. Others could probably do some of it, but I’m the point of contact, I’ve worked my ass off on this for months, and now I’m stuck. School won’t take her if she’s thrown up. I don’t want to send her in if she’s sick. I’m a single parent. Family are away, I’ve literally got no one who can help me. I can’t leave her, which means I can’t go in. So now my meeting is ruined and I could just cry

It's sad but you don't know who you can trust these days. My neighbours are male and as horrible as it sounds I wouldn't leave my young child with a man.

Sad to say I agree with this completely. My mum was abused as a child by a beloved uncle. She told me long before I had children that you never leave your children with anyone. She hasn't reiterated this since, but I have taken it very seriously. Yes, there used to be a village, but also child abuse was rampant. I read a thing once by a researcher which said that sexual abuse increased with access, so where you had multigenerational households where men could access children easily abuse rocketed just because of sheer ease of access.