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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a in village. It’s not family, it’s friends and neighbors with similar age kids. I help them and they help us, it’s rare but we know we are there for each other.
Last week during a storm my kid (11) was at the pool and they closed for thunder. I wasn’t there, a friend of mine brought her home, that’s being a village…. [/quote]

Meh.  That’s not a “village.”   That’s an emergency contact.  Does the friend watch your kid while you work?[/quote]
I’m the PP, the friend  was there with her own kids. Not an emergency contact, just happened to be at the pool. 
This was just a recent example, if her kid was there alone I would have done the same thing. Earlier in the summer a different kid was there and my kid was getting a snack from snack bar. Different kid had no money, I gave her $3 to get an ice cream with my kid…… to me that’s village parenting too. 
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Nope.  That’s nothing special.  Sorry.  I’d give a strange kid $3 for ice cream.  [/quote]

You seem weirdly hostile towards someone who’s just expressing gratitude for families their look out for each other. Please let the rest of us know what it takes to meet your “village” bar.[/quote]

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