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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strange that your kids would point this out and make fun [/quote]
I guarantee that the kid has seen adults "walk funny" on purpose, and did not realize that the woman was not doing it intentionally.  She likely had no idea that the woman had any kind of disability.  Kids walk like animals, hop like bunnies, take teeny steps or giant steps, etc.  She's FOUR and thought the woman was pretending to be a penguin and thought it was funny.  [/quote]

I don’t agree. There is a mom at our preschool that wears leg braces and used a cane and therefore walks differently. I have literally never seen a child laugh at her, after hundreds of times picking up at the same time. I have heard children ask to borrow her cane or tell her they know someone else who has a cane (my child did that). That’s it. I really think this is not as normal as people are pretending. I’m sure your child is a good kid but I would take this very seriously- I think the message is you don’t laugh at people ever when they are just going about their normal life. You don’t assume people are performing for you. [/quote]

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