I think it has more to do with experience than anything else. If you've never been around them much, it's hard to know how to act.
Personally, I come from a big family and my mother ran a daycare from our home when I was growing up, so I basically spent the first 20 years of my life being around children. I know how to take care of them and behave with them. It's a non-issue for me.
My friend, on the other hand, is an only child who never really has had experience with kids. It's obvious he's uncomfortable around them and they around him. I think kids can sense it somehow.
So there you go, my thoughts on that.
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