Maybe we should think before we talk....

I'm really not sure how to even talk about this, but I just had to put it on paper because I really don't have anyone else to tell.

I just spent the evening with a group of women from church. We talked about just about everything. I have similar views to them on just about everything. Then we started talking about parenting. Then then they started talking about watching over your kids...understandable, but they were talking about how they wouldn't really let their kids go over to a single mom's house because "you simply never know who they might have over, around the kids." Wow. Did we just forget that I'm a single mom? Does that mean that you would never let your kids hang out at my house? I find the whole thing simply hilarious. I was/am really strict about who I let my kids hang out with. I have to meet the parents at every house they visit. As a matter of fact, I always preferred my kids to hang out at our house, that way I could monitor everything that went on. Our house was always the place to hang out. I guess it's a good thing that my kids aren't friends with any of these other kids. And, I guess I should be happy that the parents of my kids' friends aren't as close minded.

I'm not exactly sure what they are afraid of. I know just as many married people who have lifestyles that don't fit with mine. I know just as many married people who don't monitor their kids. I'm probably one of the most conservative people around. My kids and I have an amazingly close relationship. We have strong beliefs, God is the center of our household, we attend church regularly, and, more importantly, we strive to live our beliefs. What do these women think their kids will learn from hanging out at my house? What are they afraid of?

I don't know. I'm just kind of offended.