I have a very happy and social child that I encourage to greet people with a smile, a handshake and an introduction, it's old school courteousness, the amount of stuck up adults who eye ball him and then completely ignore an innocent child being extremely polite as I have taught him kills me. He turns around asks why did that person look so angry

Conversely when an adult sees this and responds its the adult who gets the biggest buzz! "Wow what a polite boy, you dont see that much any more" y boy turns too me and then explains for 15 minutes what that man or lady was doing and why they said hello, the imagination fires big time and kid learns important social skills.

IMO

PLEASE take the time to smile at a little kid, acknowledge their importance and self worth when they are being.............A CHILD!

I also will say hello to anyone eye balling me whilst walking as a gesture of acknowledgement that I have seen you and I will not walk into you, again some smile but most are just too freakin busy with worry about how their choccolattefrappachino is!

Sorry team, respect our kids and each other!!!

Good winds

just cos they're little, doesn't mean kids are any less worthy of a smile/handshake/respect/courtesy.

onya mate....world needs more parents like you.

I always smile back, little kids get a big kick out of it. Same as little kids waving at you when you are driving, I always wave back they love it

pweedas said...

doggie said...

I always smile back, little kids get a big kick out of it. Same as little kids waving at you when you are driving, I always wave bark back they love it

Yeah but it's different for dogs. There's a whole different etiquette and it doesn't apply to people.

Funny pweedie

pweedas said...


Sometimes I also get a smile from their parent/s but sometimes I get a really rude and dismissive look from them as though I was out to molest their child.

If you look anything like your avatar I'd look askance at ya too

pweedas said...

I understand the problem from both sides.
Little kids often smile at me and say hello and I always smile back and give an animated hello in return.
Sometimes I also get a smile from their parent/s but sometimes I get a really rude and dismissive look from them as though I was out to molest their child.
So all up, I somethimes think it would be better to just ignore the first hello and save the agro.
I suppose that's what most people do these days and it's hard to blame them.
It was not like that 60 years ago. It's something which has crept in over the last 30 years.

Stay away from my kids in those dud's too please

My pet hate is when parents with kids come up and push in on lines. What do they think there teaching there kids Normally when this happens i very loudly explain to my kids why its rude to push in but normally they don't give a toss..

Kids are our future and sadly we need to respect them for that. Good onya for teahing your kids the right way

< who wouldn't want me chatting to their kid??

I also gotta say, I have a 2 & a 3 year old. And both are of the very outgoing type - have been brought up to talk to anyone and assume eveyone is a friend.

Was just saying, not everyone knows how to handle a friendly kid. My posts were largely the result of reading a post by a guy on the Whirlpool forums. By his own account he was a big, unapproachable looking dude (I imagine a lot like me in my profile pic) and he had started walking for exercise. He consistently encountered some young, very friendly kid that would chat freely to him on his walks. His post was about the fact that he really didn't feel comfortable being seen to talk to this kid. I can understand his hesitance in today's society, but think it's sad that I do.

smicko said...

pweedas said...


Sometimes I also get a smile from their parent/s but sometimes I get a really rude and dismissive look from them as though I was out to molest their child.

If you look anything like your avatar I'd look askance at ya too

Awww wot? Why?
It's not because of my CJ's is it?
Don't you like fuchsia?
They weren't always that colour. They used to be red but they've faded a bit since I got them,... when I was 14.
And they still fit perfectly. Anyone can see that.

dirtyharry said...

< who wouldn't want me chatting to their kid??

I cant see a problem

Classic dude

Really ?? That sure was not my impression in the eighties something must have changed there