Thoughtful Thursday: I sometimes wonder what other parents perceive...

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At the back of my mind.. when I am out with my kids, I do think 'Oh Lord, what did these people think of me and my children.."

Sometimes when we're on the bus I let my eldest have my phone to watch and my youngest, his tablet.. especially if we're on longer bus journeys.. because they get restless after a while and start to do silly things..
There have been moments where it's time to get off the bus... and one of them will fling themselves on the floor because he wants to continue what he was watching on my phone... then some days he calmly gives me the phone and hops off the bus.

There are moments where I'm taking him to nursery and he wants to take his favourite toy along... and when he starts to act up and I tell him off, he'll throw it across the bus; one time it almost hit someone in the head...

Don't even get me started on the supermarket trips... just recently Matthew thought it would be funny to speed off ahead of me while I was still getting my shopping, and almost ran out of the shop if I didn't scream his name across the place!

Oh Lord....

I can't help but think in my quiet time (or overthink) rather... I wonder what these people think when they just pass by and see my kids doing a madness or me shouting at them?
What they think doesn't matter though.. because they literally see us for a second.. but.. man.

*sigh*

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