My wife spoke up. "That's close to how society operated 40 years ago." I remember my folks going back and forth with their friends. Lots of card playing, laughing and sharing life. As a kid, I often wandered onto my neighbor's porch to visit and pump the porch swing. People said "Hi." to one another with smiles. Kids greeted adults. Family visited each other.
Now we live wary. "How will parents take me talking to their child?" I need to get home to enjoy my stuff. I don't have the time and/or energy to follow up with friends, except on Facebook. Family lives far away.
I see why our team wants to go back.
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I am a kid-magnet. I talk to all children and it pains me sometimes to get that deer-in-the-headlights look from some of them who have no idea how to respond back. I insist that my child address and greet adults in the room. My child has been well-versed in conversational dialogue with adults. I'm a free-range (bad bad parent to my family) mom who doesn't want her child shuttering and failing at times of boundaries: that one conversation that starts with "My puppy is lost, can you get in the van and help me find him?". At age three, my child could identify each parent at preschool by name and identify a stranger entering the building. Teaching children to relate safely to adults is vital.
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