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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]eh I could totally be that mom and say " it's fine" because really your daughter is 7 and I imagine within hearing range and I would not want to hurt her feelings.  Is a short hello exchange fine, sure.  Do I want to engage another person's child, while I watch my toddler and wonder when it's going to end.  Ha, ha I know that sounds harsh but it's fine usually means it was fine, but maybe time to wrap up shop.  Does anyone want to answer more kid questions from a stranger's child after being quarantined/cooped up with their own kids for months? Tell me I am not alone with wanting a break from all the kid chatter. I say this lovingly OP. [/quote]

This, but also to the question you asked, the impulse is probably innate. My older kid was like this from infancy. Never had any stranger danger crying. Happy to be handed off to anyone. Would walk up to strangers and talk their ear off. Woe betide anyone who got on an elevator with us. Around 4 I started emphasizing social boundaries. It took a while to stick but at 7 he is friendly without being inappropriate. He will happily hold a conversation with adults but doesn’t talk at them incessantly anymore nor generally approach strangers looking for conversation.

My younger kid never did any of this. She usually refuses to respond to a stranger without prompting from me.

DH and I are both introverts and I was painfully shy as a kid. We got one extrovert kid and one introvert, fortunately not cripplingly shy like I was. [/quote]

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