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It doesn't have to be cute, aesthetical, and easy. You have every right to get messy and fuss.

You don't need to stay the same as your big age gender when regressing.

You don't have to be a baby or kid only, teenre exists too.

You don't have to buy pacis or sippy cups to be accepted, especially if you don't have easy access.

There is no one 'right' way to regress. At the end of the day, what matters is that you're comfortable and safe.

I've even seen it get to the point where regressors ignore the fact that actual children have lives that are not all sunshine and rainbows. Someone posted a picture of a children's book called 'the night dad went to jail' saying it was gross and the creator was a horrible person for making the book. I actually read the book and it was an incredibly sweet book with many explanations about what jail is, why people go there and had reassurances that it's not at all the kids fault if a parent goes to jail and that the parent still loves them very much.

Children who go through possibly traumatizing events should not be pushed out of children's spaces to 'preserve the innocence' of other children. They are still children and are still deserving of a childhood.

Also children are not these incredibly fragile creatures that cannot handle learning about bad things. Yes you should be very gentle when teaching them but not teaching them can also do a lot of harm. Teaching them about some bad things can make them more prepared to process those events if they do ever happen to them. In cases like abuse the child being taught what abuse looks like can be integral in helping them know when they are being abused and help them to tell an adult