My seven-year-old daughter, Mia, came back from her father\u2019s house looking completely unlike herself.<\/p>\n
There was glitter tangled through her hair, and angry red patches covered both forearms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
She stared at the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made slime.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was all she would say.<\/p>\n
I immediately texted my ex, Brian.<\/p>\n
He replied that he had been out most of the afternoon and that his girlfriend, Tara, had been supervising the kids.<\/p>\n
He insisted it was probably nothing.<\/p>\n
That night, Mia suddenly woke up screaming.<\/p>\n
When I ran into her room and switched on the light, I saw pink, sticky residue smeared across her sheets.<\/p>\n
Her arms were even more irritated.<\/p>\n
That was when she finally broke down.<\/p>\n
Tara had been hosting a craft afternoon and made homemade slime using strong detergent, glue, fragrance, and glitter.<\/p>\n
Mia said her skin started burning almost immediately.<\/p>\n
But when she complained, Tara told her she was \u201cbeing dramatic\u201d and made her keep playing.<\/p>\n
Some of the mixture had dried into Mia\u2019s sleeves and later transferred onto her bedding.<\/p>\n
I followed medical advice and got her checked. Thankfully, the reaction settled with treatment.<\/p>\n
Brian was furious when he learned what had actually happened.<\/p>\n
But what upset me most wasn\u2019t the slime.<\/p>\n
It was hearing Mia say, \u201cI didn\u2019t tell you because I thought grown-ups would get mad again.\u201d<\/p>\n
That sentence stayed with me much longer than the rash did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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