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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve said things like “Please step back, we need space and quiet.”

I have also asked if I can help, since many times parents have bags, other kids etc that can be gathered and carried to wherever they are trying to regroup.

I will never forget the amazing woman in a full burka at Tysons who stopped when my 3yo son was having a full-on meltdown because he had a bloody nose for the first time. I also had my 5yo daughter with me and just a small bag since we weren’t going to be there long.

I was on the floor with him trying to handle that situation while keeping my daughter by me but out of the way.  The woman sent her husband to help by handing me tissues. But then she realized he didn’t know what to do. So she came over and  spoke quietly to my daughter while handing me wet wipes and tissue from her own diaper bag.

She never spoke to me, but I will never forget her kindness. [/quote]

I always felt like all the parents around me were judging and there were too many times when there were rude comments. I cling to the moments like this. I was in a fast food restaurant sitting next to the perfect family. Mom, dad, 2 kids - everyone looked perfect and kids were perfectly behaved. Next to them was a mom with a child who had sns. Mom was working with the child on behavior and the child was a bit loud. The dad got up and approached the mom. I was expecting him to chastise her for annoying them instead he told the mom he worked with sns kids and what a great job she was doing. I've never forgotten this moment. He had no idea what he did for me as well.[/quote]

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