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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just posted about people being insane here and want to say something else. In OP's defense, [b]her original question was whether to say something to the mom about the mom being hypocritical[/b]. Some of the responses have addressed that, but most of you are muddying the whole conversation by hyper focusing on whether or not op should be annoyed that the other kid won't say hi.

Of course anyone can do anything. But yes, generally when a basic nicety is ignored, you might be displeased  in some way or another. Stop trying to act like op should not even have a feeling about it. That's dishonest and disingenuous. Yes, we should accept that people are rude and have their reasons. But nobody is expected to embrace the rudeness as a-ok behavior. That's never how the world works.

Op, to address your question, yes, next time the mom says kids are mean, absolutely point out that her child doesn't respond when yours says hello. I would try something like "now that you mention it, when my dd says hi to yours, she doesn't ever respond. I wonder if your dd just isn't noticing that other kids are trying to be nice? In fact I told my dd to stop bothering her!"

And then tell your kid to stop trying. [/quote]

Um, people are saying the mom isn't being hypocritical! Or at least that's one (very good) possibility.

OP is assuming an awful lot of things (this kid is mean, her daughter has never done anything wrong, etc.).

Also, she's the one who is hyper-focused on the fact that the kid won't say hi. [/quote]

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