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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not that they're playing with their kids, which is fine. I do it sometimes (play restaurant or whatever) at the playground. It's how they totally avoid eye contact with other parents while narrating everything their kid does in a sing song voice. And this is both mothers and fathers. It's like they are creating a weird family bubble for their kid. It won't kill you to ignore your kid for 60 seconds while you speak to another adult.[/quote]
Those parents are trying to help their kids with speech and vocabulary. They mean well but I do think if they let their kid interact with other kids, the kid would learn more rapidly. Those kinds of tone deaf parents are also more common in dmv for some reason. [b]I think the culture is not so interactive here.[/b][/quote]

I know the type of people you and PP are talking about. They don’t have 30 seconds to say a proper /hello how are you\ to a neighbor because they are busy chasing their kid around going “Henley, do you see that BUG? What COLOR is the bug? Is it GREEN or YELLOW?” I agree they are doing their kid a disservice by failing to model good social interactions.[/quote]

Eh, I think I'd rather be ignored by that parent than engage with people who would judge them. I have very social kids. Who knows what the deal is with theirs, and who cares? Live and let live.
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