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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD used to be painfully shy and would never respond when other kids said hello to her. I didn't scold her for this, but I would reply, so as to model polite behavior for her in a way she could emulate when she felt ready.

I learned the names of the other kids in her class, whether she was friends with them or not, and would say hi to them by name before and after school or if we ran into them in the neighborhood.

So in the situation OP is describing, if her DD said hello to my DD and my DD didn't respond, I would turn and say "Oh hi Larla, good to see you." That way Larla is acknowledged and my DD could see how not scary it is to just respond to someone's greeting. We don't have to have a whole conversation and I wouldn't suddenly be best friends with Larla. But I'd say hi in response to her greeting. I'd probably also turn to Larla's mom and say hello and ask how they are doing. It is not hard and makes life a lot more pleasant when you can have these sorts of low stakes interactions with people you see frequently.

So I'm with OP on this one. It is really rude to just leave a child who is trying to be friendly and neighborly hanging, and while it's forgivable in a child, it's weird for the mom to be so checked out as to not say anything. Oh, and before you yell at me, I'd say the exact same thing if it was a dad. People generally have become so rude and self-absorbed. It's weird. Just say hi, it's not hard.[/quote]

The only problem with your idea is that the OP doesn't say that the mom is nearby in the morning. So we don't know if she's witnessing this at all.

I agree This is what I'd do.[/quote][/quote]

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