On occasions when I had to approach my young relatives while the child was in the care of an adult I'd never met - I said hello to my nephew, neice etc, then immediately introduced myself to and greeted the adult careperson.
Have you been on either end of this? Maybe I have some view of the social protocol that most don't?
@Cece - I've seen something like that too with kids who are pre-school age: Kids who are very young. Once the kid is old enough to start walking away from Mommy or whoever, in my experience, parents go the other way and start erring on the side of caution. I was not admiring when these people walked up to the young human who was way past toddler age without so much as "Hi, I know him/her from ...".
@Cece - I've seen something like that too with kids who are pre-school age: Kids who are very young. Once the kid is old enough to start walking away from Mommy or whoever, in my experience, parents go the other way and start erring on the side of caution. I was not admiring when these people walked up to the young human who was way past toddler age without so much as "Hi, I know him/her from ...".
@Cece - I've seen something like that too with kids who are pre-school age: Kids who are very young. Once the kid is old enough to start walking away from Mommy or whoever, in my experience, parents go the other way and start erring on the side of caution. I was not admiring when these people walked up to the young human who was way past toddler age without so much as "Hi, I know him/her from ...".