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June 16, 2002
compliments
When you run into an exceptional child do you compliment the parents? I feel conflicted about this. Today at the pool there was a boy about 7 or 8, he approached me and began a conversation about the water slides. At the end of the ride he waited for me, extended his hand and introduced himself, showed me where his dad was sitting. He was a polite, respectful and talkative child. Very different from what I normally see - children who ignore adults, don't engage adults unless they have to and generally are self-absorbed. When we were leaving I approached the father and told him how delightful his son was. I thought about it after... should I have made a big deal about it? I should consider that normal behaviour and yet it made an impact on me because it wasn't normal behaviour.
Posted by shanti at 3:49 PM | Comments (3)