Comments on: Momversation: Talking to Strangers http://coolmom.com/2009/11/06/momver-talk-to-strangers/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Anonymous http://coolmom.com/2009/11/06/momver-talk-to-strangers/#comment-14265 Anonymous Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:41 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=4256#comment-14265 I don't get this . . . Aren't "toddlers" supervised? I don't see how a stranger could have an unmonitored conversation with a supervised toddler. The fears of stranger molestation seem uninformed. I bet research would show that molesters are by in large not strangers but people who would be welcome at the parents' dinner table. I don't get this . . . Aren't "toddlers" supervised? I don't see how a stranger could have an unmonitored conversation with a supervised toddler. The fears of stranger molestation seem uninformed. I bet research would show that molesters are by in large not strangers but people who would be welcome at the parents' dinner table.

]]> By: Fa http://coolmom.com/2009/11/06/momver-talk-to-strangers/#comment-13966 Fa Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:43:42 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=4256#comment-13966 I think a lot of us were a little confused about this momversation. Maybe she meant 'talk back' as in 'respond'? My kids don't really like talking to strangers, especially when we're out shopping--and they're vocal about it. Many times people have been right up on my son's face telling him how cute he is and he tells them to stop and I don't correct him for this. I just don't want them to feel that strangers have the right to invade their personal space and they have to put up with it because they're kids and they have to 'respect their elders'. I know many don't agree with this but I just do not feel comfortable forcing my children to be 'nice' to strangers... I think there are other ways to teach them to be polite. If they feel like engaging in conversation with a stranger I don't stop them though. I think a lot of us were a little confused about this momversation. Maybe she meant 'talk back' as in 'respond'?

My kids don't really like talking to strangers, especially when we're out shopping–and they're vocal about it. Many times people have been right up on my son's face telling him how cute he is and he tells them to stop and I don't correct him for this.

I just don't want them to feel that strangers have the right to invade their personal space and they have to put up with it because they're kids and they have to 'respect their elders'. I know many don't agree with this but I just do not feel comfortable forcing my children to be 'nice' to strangers… I think there are other ways to teach them to be polite.

If they feel like engaging in conversation with a stranger I don't stop them though.

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