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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn't as easy as some people are making it out to be. Some parents don't mind you asking questions about the child, others think you are a mean, rude, intrusive awful person if you even notice let alone dare to ask a question about the child. Some people accept help, other people think an offer to help means you think they aren't competent or capable. Some people like others talking to them, others hate it and just want some peace and quiet and time with their child. Some people like x, other people like y.

Anytime you are in an unfamiliar situation (for you), it can be hard to be sure how to navigate especially when there are landmines and some parents will explode at you for x, while the next parent will think you doing x is sweet. [/quote]

I am the PP who wrote that you should speak to the mom and child as you would any other person.  Why on earth would you approach them and ask questions about the child?  That would be "mean, awful, intrusive, rude."  This isn't rocket science.  When you greet people you say hello.  If you;ve never met them before, you introduce yourself, "hi, I've seen you around.  My name is ...." Its not as if someone in a wheelchair is somehow exempt from basic human decency. Would you walk up to someone and say "you have a lot of freckles.  Can you tell me how you got that way and why?"

Honestly, I don't get why this is so difficult.[/quote]

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