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How do you interact with children? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by yokonzo to c/[email protected]

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I'm starting to reconnect with some of my old friends from high school but they have a 5-year-old now and I want to make a good impression but I don't really know how to interact with children. Do I just like ask them what their favorite Disney movie is or something?

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[–] shalafi 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I roll with it, give 'em short, punchy and factual answers. If you bumble and act uncertain, they get that and keep drilling.

Another tack is to get technical with 'em. Bores them right out.

"Why is the sky blue?"

"Because sunlight is actually ALL colors, but because blue light is more energetic, higher frequency, shorter wavelengths, right?, it bounces around more than other colors." LOL, and keep going.

Baffle them with technicalities (but don't make shit up, keep it real!) and they'll wander off to think about it.

[–] Entropywins 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] Nfamwap 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because he fucking said so, that's why!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is the equivalent of a verbal break; statement