It doesn't bother me because I honestly don't believe that they mean any harm.
My children have blond hair and blue eyes, which makes them particularly interesting to those from darker-haired/eyed countries. When we visited Sri Lanka last year, strangers were politely taking our daughter from us so they could snap photos of themselves holding her. People on the street would take photos of her as we drove by. It was like the paparazzi! We just went with the flow and had fun with it. . .our children will never be so special to the general public as they are now :o)
Even here in Qatar, strangers (women) will pick up my daughter for photos. . .doesn't bother me, but I'm a very low-worry parent and I know I'm a bit of an anomaly.
It doesn't bother me because I honestly don't believe that they mean any harm.
My children have blond hair and blue eyes, which makes them particularly interesting to those from darker-haired/eyed countries. When we visited Sri Lanka last year, strangers were politely taking our daughter from us so they could snap photos of themselves holding her. People on the street would take photos of her as we drove by. It was like the paparazzi! We just went with the flow and had fun with it. . .our children will never be so special to the general public as they are now :o)
Even here in Qatar, strangers (women) will pick up my daughter for photos. . .doesn't bother me, but I'm a very low-worry parent and I know I'm a bit of an anomaly.