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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my younger child strapped in her stroller at the bus stop waiting for her kindergarten brother's bus to arrive.  One of the large dogs got right up in my younger child's face before I could block it.  I said something and the owner was polite but that is just NOT COOL.[/quote]

Dogs get excitable around kids. Then they jump and it can freak kids out. And of course the owner knows he's being playful and says "He's just playing!" but a kid who doesn't know your dog or isn't around dogs a lot (because they're allergic and can't own them or stay at houses with them), doesn't know that. It isn't fair to make kids deal with a dog they don't know when they're just trying to wait for the bus. [/quote]

It's a public space. If kids are going to be in a public space, its completely fair to ask them to learn to deal with other people and animals and things and events that occur in public spaces.  If they don't learn to handle themselves over something that small, they are going to be neurotic messes their entire lives. Stop coddling these kids. It's not good for them. [/quote]

^ THIS[/quote]

Agree, Best post of the thread.[/quote]

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