disturbing dream about my daughter

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I had this dream that I was walking down the street in pajama bottoms and bare feet. I was taking her to a daycare. I just simply dropped her off. No contact with the staff at all. All the while walking home, I kept thinking about things that could go wrong the way I dropped her off the way I did. The teachers didn't know her and I don't know if Olivia would have told them her name. She also didn't have lunch or any money to pay for daycare. I started walking back but then I decided to double time it go get there faster.

When I got there, Olivia wasn't inside. I called out for her and asked if anyone's seen her. No one did. I looked outside but it was very dark. It was night and there was a street light out which added to the darkness. I looked around, couldn't find her then I looked down the alley next to the daycare. That's where she was.

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I think more parents should give good thought to the practice of just dropping their children off and assuming a village is going to notice and actually watch out for the child on the parents' behalf. Personally, I did not come even close to meeting my own daughters' need for a parent's watchful eye when they were young, and we have all since suffered because of that.

Dreams like that are always so vivid aren't they, especially because there is the emotional attatchment to the subject of the dream, your daughter. I wouldnt presume to try to give any interpretation to your dream, because I dont know you. But the good thing is, in the dream you went back for her and found her!
I remember dropping my own daughter off at day care, and this feeling of, will they look after her properly, will they notice every little thing about her like I do? When I went to fetch her at five o'clock they were all sitting in little chairs around the television watching Home and Away. I dont think I kept her there very long.

Dreams often express our fears. About ourselves, and about our kids. I think many parents have dreams like that one.

I have had many dreams about losing my son at different places. I think maybe it does tie into my fear of worrying about his future and worrying about whether I am doing a good job at being his parent.

Losing my son is my number one fear. We have a teacher aide with him full time while he's at Kindy, she's excellent and that gives me comfort, it's also fully fenced and has childproof gates. I lost him once for about 1-2 minutes while camping I assumed he was in the river and all sorts, not good, he can't talk, he's like a baby really.