something that feels like a very post-covid societal change, but I can’t actually track because we moved states a few times while raising our kids, is that adults DO NOT REPLY when my sweet af 5yo says hello to them!! These are other kid parents! Mostly non replies with some disgruntled “hi’s” (worse than the non reply imho). Friendly replies are the absolute outlier. She’s out here getting her Sagittarius feelings hurt on the daily

In NYC and the east bay (pre-covid), people nearly always replied to our little kids’ hellos with a friendly hi

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@jenlowe NYC hellos still happen! Though most of the time when I experience this children are saying hello to Kitty

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