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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s fair to say that most adults - most, not all - don’t want to spend a lot of time talking with a stranger’s kid.  The polite thing for you to do would be to nip this in the bud every time.  Don’t let him do it, even if the adult seems interested.  Just don’t.

Surely there are other avenues for discussing his interests.  Sign him up for clubs.  Explore on line opportunities for interactions (safe ones, of course).  Just don’t tell yourself that he’s different, smarter, more enjoyable, or whatever else you think he might be and that this justifies your allowing him to talk other adults’ ears off.  You may think he’s all of these things, and he very well may be.  But to the vast majority of the stranger adults he deals with, after a minute or two he’s just another annoying kid.  [/quote]

You really think it would be good parenting for OP to tell her kid that adults don’t want him to speak to them? Really? What message does that send? He’d end up with his mom’s crippling anxiety and your lack of social skills. His mom is probably going to listen to your crappy advice because she’s so embarrassed to have a kid who can carry a conversation. That kid sounds great and you guys just want to bring him down to your level. [/quote]

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