Poor Parenting

[Juniper]

In reference to lookout's post, "over-sociable" kids bug the snot out of me. I like kids, in theory. I have two of my own, and this fact seems to make other people think I'll like theirs too, which is usually not the case.

But the point is, when a child does like the one in lookout's post, tries to talk to strangers, touches them, tries to climb into their laps, asks them for stuff...it really creeps me out. Makes me wonder what kind of life they've had up to that point that eliminates their natural shyness and wariness. Been cared for, in the absence of mom or dad, by too many total strangers? Don't people teach their kids not to talk to strangers anymore? Are they taking Hillary's statement "It takes a village to raise a child" far too literally?