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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm from a working-class, white, Irish American family. Honestly, if I invite a friend to come over I don't expect my kid to chat with them unless we are all having a meal or doing an activity together. If my friend and I are sitting in the backyard having iced tea, I'm fine with my kid continuing to do their own thing. I don't like hugging friends and neither does my child. I think other ways of interacting are lovely, but that's not us.[/quote] Agree with this. It is your friend, not theirs. If they walk by, then yes, they should greet your friend politely. But I don’t think the kid needs to stop what they are doing, seek out mom’s friend to come and say hi. [/quote] The point is that a child also in the backyard, say swinging on a set, doesn't need to come over and say hi before returning to their play all because the adult being visited needs line-of-sight on the child.[/quote]
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