What would you do? Role play not real You are in the grocery store and your adorable baby/toddler says “hey” to someone random and they ignore them

Little highlights of my day include people’s babies and dogs saying hi to me

Say “well done for being so kind and saying hello” - and teach them not to have their feelings dependent on other people’s reactions to them (or lack of).

I usually say to my sons something along the lines of “looks like they don’t want to say hi today” and we keep going.

I mean this happens a lot and people might not know my child said that. So I usually just talk back to them saying hi too. Or like oh yeah you saying hi to the people or that person. Something like that

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My little one is 18 months old and she will continue to say hello until the person acknowledges her 🤣🤣

I would do nothing

I wouldn't care, no one is entitled to engaging with a stranger's kid. I personally ignore people's dogs but I do wave back/say hi to kids if they do

My kids say hi, and literally yell at people “hey!” To turn around to say hi I’m at the point of saying “stop talking to strangers”😭 I usually say they didn’t hear you baby it’s okay and skrrrt off in the huge 2 kid seater cart🤣

If they turn thier nose up I always tell my Lg that they are clearly having a grumpy day and that’s ok everyone is entitled to be grumpy. She moves on very quickly. I always acknowledge a child if they say hi and I hear them but some people may not cause they may be going though something at that moment and my child is not important to them

My kid would just keep saying hey 😂😂 but I tell my kid that they are either having a bad day or they are too busy thinking about their life.

This happens to my son a lot. I just say maybe they didn’t hear you but well done for being friendly.

I don’t say anything. If anything someone looks at my son or tries to say hello and then he gives them an angry look. Then goes “mom that lady is starring at me” in the loudest voice ever. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Tbh you don’t know what that persons going through that day, I wouldn’t care if they responded or not. I’m not going to make a dig at them about it

I used to not respond to kids saying hi bc I thought it made the parent uncomfortable if their kid talks to strangers. Now I smile and say hi buddy. Idk why I thought that before

My focus would be on acknowledging my son's efforts, so something like, "You said hello, that was a nice thing to do!" I definitely wouldn't take a dig at a stranger who may not have even heard us, and certainly doesn't owe us anything.

I haven’t had this yet everyone’s normally really lovely and will stop and chat to her. But even when they do I say “oh you’re such a good girl was you saying hello” so I’d probably still just say the same. I don’t think she cares much for them responding more that I recognise that she’s done it x

This happens a lot and honestly it depends on the vibe of the person. I have said things anywhere from; maybe they didn’t know you were talking to them but I will say hi to you, to, ooo looks like they didn’t want to say hi back 😳. I am currently trying to get him to respect other people’s boundaries so my response is the latter and letting him know that it’s okay for other people to not want to talk.

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I tell my kids “some people don’t like to say hi” or “some people are really busy but it was very sweet of you to say hi to them”

You never know what people are dealing with so I don’t think this is a reason to say they are rude. Some people are also special needs and have a hard time with interacting with others, including small children. I say “that was nice of you” to my child when this has happened and we continue on with our day. It’s not a big deal.

i acknowledge my kid saying “aw are you saying hello?” and give him smiles xx

I tell my child, it's okay if a person doesn't speak back, I guess they not in a good mood or whatever. And we move about our day

I suppose it depends if they didn’t know if the baby was talking to them. If they did I would acknowledge my child and talk to them. Some people, not all are rude but it’s okay. I suppose tell them no talking to strangers??

Do nothing. If I did any of this with every person my step son tried to talk to at one point I would never have got further than 50 yards down the street. Also, depending on my mood. Sometimes I'll wave back to kids or say hi back but sometimes I'm just rushed and struggling. People are not obligated to talk to and make a fuss of your kid.

My Lo does this all the time. I repeat what she says and wave and get her to keep repeating it until she gets a response from people lol

It isn’t that people are obligated, but people should be obligated to return friendliness when someone is being friendly.

Absolutely nothing, no one is obliged to humour your child and I wouldn’t want my child to think everyone has to give them a favourable response every time. My Dad is a great guy but he is not a child person at all, guaranteed if a baby said hi to him he would say nothing back, and he’s not ‘grumpy’ or ‘rude’ or ‘having a bad day’.