I am from the “Global South” you keep liking to talk about. And I do have a ton of travel experience. No one os grabbing kids Biden style. But kids in my experience are affectionate. Because they are kids.

Right, but no one here had a problem with that. At least not me. If someone has to survive of tourist scraps it’s because there is not other option. So in the end, I just give these kids money because the options pretty much are A- they are part of a begging mafia. They are trying to get enough money not to get in…

It’s pretty popular. There’s another one with a rocket but this one is more minimal and I like the tangerine color in the “you” dot.

I’d wager crossing cartel-infested areas, the jungle, rivers, the desert, the death train, border patrol to offer your family a better life is more love for your children than those sanctimonious Texas teens will ever experience.

Why not also give them a raw kale juice with adaptogenic mushrooms a la Gwyneth? Seriously? Granola bar? If you want to feed a child buy it a fucking sandwich. They are not trying to increase their fiber intake.

A seven year old from Congo can run circles around your 12 year old. I’ve seen 5 year olds in Peru on the street smarter than American adults. Seriously, it seems that you are extremely hung up on this boundaries thing. Also, people abroad are much more used to contact than in the US. Kids in South America jump on…

Ok. Now I’m convinced you are just drunk. Whatever it is, it’s doing it’s job. Just be sure to hydrate.

“Also kids of all classes cry off an on all day in the US for a variety of reasons, and all over the world.”

“they said they don’t travel to places that children are supposed to travel.” da fuk?

Not baseless at all. A dream, for some of us.

Gaunt crying children are not trolling the streets for spare change. They can barely get up.

Huh. I saw no attractive people in Ireland!

Usually they are not weeping. You’ve seen too many Global Vision commercials. They are playing with their friends being cheeky and running up to tourists. Not to say that the gaunt crying children don’t exist, or that begging kids have a great life. You should actually travel somewhere to step outside your bubble.

Organizations usually do well by hiring talented people who are good at their jobs. Cold calling is not an easy job and professionals get much more money than volunteers. That is the dumbest argument ever.

That’s in America though. While the kids probably are comfortable hanging around, they don’t need to interact with you. They have friends and siblings. I used to feed a bunch of kids dinner when I was a teenager. We’d go into a convenience station before the club opened to pre game, and these kids were always begging…

This woman’s advice is gross for some reason. It’s icky. Like “what do you do when confronted with the entirely foreign phenomena of a begging child in a strange land: top ten tips”. Make a Buzzfeed listicle while you’re at it. It’s not a political statement, or an Instagram moment. Carrying toys in your backpack is…

I buy them food. I let them choose too.

No one deserves the death penalty because that makes us no better than him. Murderers kill. Normal people don’t.

I want to go to a surgeon’s office one day and see if they let me inject saline into my own lips. Then scream: THIS IS HOW YOU DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!! while pointing at slightly fatter, yet subtle increase in volume.

Use diaper rash cream overnight.