Good with Children?

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I will, most likely never have kids of my own, but one special skill I seem to have is that I am really good with small children. I have had this knack for as long as I can remember. Even shy akward kids will really take to me. I have decent skills with understanding their points of view (alot better than I have with adults)...I am instinctvely protective...I don't talk down to them, but I will sorta naturally talk on their level...Kids will often think that I am a kid.

Anybody else like this?

No

I like children but somehow don't really know how to 'talk at their level'. If that particular child is very outgoing, it'd be fine. If that child is very shy (I've met one who doesn't make eye contact at all and is painfully shy), it was terribly awkward.

Small children really seem to like me, specially babies. Once they have a hold on me they don't want to let me go.
Maybe I smell like cookies

*giggles at the cookies comment*

Children like me as well; especially the ones who are shy or different. Babies like me too. Maybe it's because I have no shame about making a fool of myself . . . lol

Well to start you crouch down so you're at their eye level. It's a lot easier to look straight down than straight up, so you don't notice how uncomfortable it is for small children to look up at you when you're standing. They may not get why, but they're a lot more friendly when you're not being a pain in the neck

The last proper job I had was at an after school kids club. Got on much better with the children than the other staff.

2 b honest im not very good wid children.

As a general rule, I don't like children.

I have no idea what to say to them. They're like 'look, I can do a somersault' and I'm like 'yes...' - how do I get enthusiastic about something I'm really really not bothered with or excited about?

I'm not very good with them...but then again, I did work at a daycare and even though some of the kids called me sargeant...hehe...I had a great time with them...the ones who seemed to like me the most were those with ADHD, ADD, etc...and I seemed to really get along well with them as well...When we went out on field trips, I was always in charge of the 4-5 that were all diagnosed ADHD...but we always had a great time...and they behaved so well with me...so, not sure.

Kids tend to like me. I can't handle rude kids, though. Not that they make me angry, I just don't know what to do with them. This is part of why I avoid teenagers whenever possible, too. Talking to teenagers makes me feel like I'm a high-school freshman again. They just seem to think faster than I do and can talk circles around me, even though I know I'm probably more intelligent and certainly better educated and experienced than they are.

Kids fine. Teenagers, not so much.

i was pleasantly surprised at how good i am with my own kids. other people's kids, not so much. i get very intimidated, it's like i'm five all over again and well, you know what that was like.

Oh god, YES! As soon as one kid tackles me I've got 5 more trying to take me down. This is why I get out of Sunday school to go help out in the nursery. Hey, I don't complain

I'm incredibly good with kids. In fact, I apparently communicate with them better than I do with people my own age. Parents tell me I'm the only guy who doesn't seem to talk down to them. Plus, I seem to have the unique talent of making babies stop crying when I hold them.

A long time ago somebody here quoted an exasperated "mental health professional" type as complaining that an aspie will treat a bum on the street the same way they'd treat the President. They meant it as an insult.

A lot of adults have forgotten that when they were a kid, they were still a human being, smaller and less experienced, but just as complex and intelligent.

Kids are human beings who go through their lives getting treated either with contempt or amused condescension. It's not too surprising they appreciate somebody showing them a little respect.

I've always been great with kids. A couple of years ago at the zoo, there was a two-year-old there who just adored me. She even went as far as calling me 'Mommy'- right in front of her own dad! lol

I am my inner child. Does that make sense to you? =P

Most little kids and babies that know me love me. I think it's because I play with them and say funny things to them, but I don't talk down to them or coo and baby talk to them like most adults do. I'm also protective and firm, but not strict. That makes them feel secure but not constricted. If a little kid tries to tell me something, I usually try to listen, even if it's something silly or unimportant. Just because they don't know as much doesn't mean adults shouldn't be at least half as polite to them as they demand them to be to adults.

I do get burnt out having kids around me for more than a couple days though. I need my quiet time. I like being an aunt, but I don't know if I'd want any of my own, at least now.