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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an old lady (51) telling you to let your kid keep it as long as she wants.  If you take it, she will just stick something worse in her mouth (fingers, Pennie’s, etc.).  This was super rude of these ladies.  I would say something like “please do not address my child directly.”  And if I was really irritated “I hope you are proud that you have made a little child cry.”   I would then probably buy my kid a candy bar because I felt bad for them.  [/quote]

Fellow old lady (56!) who feels the same way.  You’re fine op, don’t let them get to you.

I remember being in Target with my toddler and someone attempting to helpfully point out that my kid was wearing his shoes on the wrong feet.  Thing was my dad had died the day before and I was just getting some last minute things for our 6 hour drive to my childhood home for the funeral.  I nearly broke down then and there. People who know nothing about a situation have no business sticking their nose in where it doesn’t belong. 
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WTF?  Your grief and the stranger’s comment have absolutely NO relation.  I would bet anything a stranger said would make you nearly break down in that scenario.  So logically, what you are actually advocating for is to never ever speak to a person you don’t know.  We’re headed toward that society now and it’s a frigging nightmare, in case you haven’t looked up from your own navel in awhile.[/quote]

NP. You need to learn the difference between “speaking to a person you don’t know” and “criticizing a person you don’t know.” Ruminate on the difference, because it’s a big one. Do you have the capacity for reflection? [/quote]

“Helpfully pointing out” that a kid’s shoes are on the wrong feet IS NOT criticism.  Should I not let you know the next time I see you walking out of the bathroom with your skirt tucked in your underwear?  Or that piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe?

Maybe reflect on way you’re so absurdly over sensitive.  Seriously.  Grow up.[/quote]

If the kid’s shoes were actually bothering him, he would have spoken up. Find some other way to be relevant. [/quote]

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