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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 are a village parent, you just don’t realize it. [/quote]

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