Often, parents are told that they need to “socialize” their babies when a baby is seen reacting negatively to a stranger in public. However, that simply isn’t always the case. Babies are learning, growing, and absorbing everything around them, and as such, their reactions are naturally bound to run the gamut across the spectrum of responses. Therefore, this parent won’t force their child to act a certain way – to do so would be to limit the child’s learning experience and instill behaviors that might hurt them in the future.

Key Takeaways:

• Sometimes, babies will cry when presented to strangers or adults for the first time.
• Many times, people will suggest that these babies need to be “socialized” – basically, that they should be taught that all people are friendly.
• However, the author posits, such training is inappropriate, and can actually set babies up to learn dangerous habits later in life.

“When I met up with a friend who my baby had only met once, and she tried to hold him, he cried.”

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1137907/my-baby-doesnt-like-you