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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for the feedback everyone. Wow, so sad that this is the way many of you think social interaction should be. At least, sad for me. This is not how I grew up and this is not what I experience back in my old country. Adults are more involved with kids there. I had no idea that talking to my kids' friends is such a crime. So sad. [/quote]

How long have you been here?  I know plenty of immigrants, but have never seen any engage in the behavior you're defending.  Instead of a "friendly chat" it likely comes off as lecturing.[/quote]

I'm not an immigrant. I was born in the Nation's capitol, and I don't hesitate to talk to other people's children. How absurd to claim others don't have a right to interact with your children. Home school them if that's how you feel, and don't take them out in public either.[/quote]

You mention "old country" which is why I assumed you're an immigrant, but okay, whatever.

I'm not sure what your limitations are, but you're completing misinterpreting what other PPs and I are telling you.  Lecturing other kids about their behavior can be viewed as pushy, helicoptering behavior, especially when you don't know the whole story re: what has transpired between children.  If you can't understand that this is how others are viewing your behavior, I don't know what else to tell you.

You can either continue your current MO and continue to get negative reactions from other parents, or you can consider what people are saying here.[/quote]

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