{"id":30449,"date":"2025-10-28T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30449"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:40:24","slug":"30449","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30449","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The feeling that this wouldn\u2019t be so bad lasted about twenty minutes. As Lucas tried to play with his older cousins, Derek\u2019s boys Jason and Tyler, they immediately targeted him. \u201cWhy do you still have a stuffed animal?\u201d Jason said loudly. \u201cThat\u2019s for babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Bamboo is my friend,\u201d Lucas replied, his voice small.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler snickered. \u201cBabies talk to toys. Are you a baby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I started to move toward them, but Derek intercepted me, a hand firmly on my shoulder. \u201cLet the boys work it out, Virge. That\u2019s how they learn to stand up for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s six, Derek. They\u2019re older and bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly why he needs to toughen up. You\u2019re not doing him any favors babying him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30450\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feeling that this wouldn\u2019t be so bad lasted about twenty minutes. As Lucas tried to play with his older cousins, Derek\u2019s boys Jason and Tyler, they immediately targeted him. \u201cWhy do you still have a stuffed animal?\u201d Jason said loudly. \u201cThat\u2019s for babies.\u201d \u201cMr. Bamboo is my friend,\u201d Lucas replied, his voice small. Tyler&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30449\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30461,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30449\/revisions\/30461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}