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@Sarah true I was thinking the same thing I should be teaching not to accept things from strangers. Do you have any advice how to teach a 2 year old that?
Idk, the most I've encountered this is cashiers at the grocery store trying to give him a sucker. I usually take it and say "mommy will hold this til we get to the car" then I give him a different snack at the car. Just in observing this, he usually just looks at me when they try to hand it to him. My son is 2 as well so when he's a little older, I'll try to explain the reason to him but I haven't done that yet
Just say “oh I am so sorry they can’t have anything they have allergies”
@Jolo that’s a good one
Definitely say no. Like point blank to their face no. I remember when my son was 5 months old, I was out and about one day with him in a pram, I stopped at a cafe for a coffee. I left him in the pram and went to the counter to order (the counter was three feet away so not to worry). I had left my blue plastic bottle on the table, and whilst I was ordering a coffee, a lady got up and shoved this bottle in my LOs face going "oh you must drink water". I was fuming. I grabbed the bottle from her hands and said "don't you dare give that to my baby, that could be ANYTHING in that bottle (it was only water but besides the point), or my baby could have allergies!!! Get away from my baby!!" Have to say, it was actually quite a proud mum moment for me. People have NO business giving food/drink to a child they don't know and insisting on having it.
So true. I have been working on my people pleasing trait. First was strangers touching him now this 😩. And I have a hard time with people that I know or older people 🤦🏾♀️
@Luana good for you. Genuinely. I kinda feel that people also need to learn from their mistakes. If this man has persisted you LO to take the food and you politely refuse, he'll likely go do it to someone else. And that next time (sorry to be so harsh, might be fatal to the other person). If you are to the point with him and tell him why you're not happy with the situation, he hopefully will learn...
Do not care about hurting the other persons feelings whatsoever, bearing in mind you have no clue if that’s an absolute weirdo planning something or put something in the food! Absolutely not! It’s something we teach our children not to do, to take food from strangers, so you should be saying no, point blank.
@Luana I’m curious, what was he trying to give him?! X
I’d have done the same. Why are people so weird!!
If it’s in the package I’ve always said yes but no one has offered him something that wasn’t . My son had been offered a popsicle in a wrapper so I said ok. He gets offered suckers a lot at stores and I approve .
I’ve also been in a situation like this before and I said sorry no I can’t accept thank you and just walk away, continue what you were doing. If I wouldn’t take food from a stranger I also wouldn’t give it to my child from a stranger. Persistent or not, you also have to stay persistent and refuse
There are a few places here that will offer kids suckers and I'm okay with that since they're wrapped and it only happens occasionally. My oldest is diabetic so food can be tricky, so beyond that I usually tell people he has a medical condition and can't have it. No one has ever pushed it when I say that but I'd be livid if they did
@Amy it was a biscuit covered in chocolate.
A stranger, i would say absolutely no point blank. I dont take food from strangers so why would I let my kid? You have no idea how unsafe it may be