05/29/2026
Wasn’t sure how to handle this one…
Story
My youngest daughter turned 5 a couple of months ago and has been coming home from school, playing significantly more role play games, which has been a lot of fun.
Though recently, her favourite game to play is “abandoned child”
She tells us her parents abandoned her and we are supposed to come up and ask if she’s okay and she decides she wants to come and live with us. Bit of a weird one, but whatever, she seems to enjoy it an we play along.
Except last night on our walk home this game took a dark twist.
She hung back randomly while we were on our walk, put this look on her face that says “I’m now a kid and I am lost and alone”. Okay all good, we’ve done this plenty
I walk up to her
“Oh hello, are you okay? What’s your name? Where are your parents?”
“I DONT KNOW YOU, YOU ARE A STRANGER, GET AWAY FROM ME!”
I’m shook, I look around awkwardly at the other people walking past, I try again.
“Are you lost? Do you need some help?”
Then she runs down the path screaming “GET AWAY FROM ME”
I look at my wife who is pi***ng herself laughing as I struggle with the next best steps trying to work out how not to have the cops called on me.
“Let me give this a go” my wife says., and picks up the game like normal.
Ffs kid, you’re gonna get me in trouble. And I think she’s getting a kick out of knowing this.
