I'm a dad of 3, and I do acknowledge other people's children with a wave or hello. But prior to becoming a father, I felt very nervous about doing so, because so few men do give children attention (outside of family members) that I worried that parents would wonder if I had bad intentions.

But hey, fellow men, guess how we break down that stigma? It's by having a lot of normal, everyday guys acknowledge children's existence in friendly, wholesome ways -- even if it's just a wave or a quick greeting.

If a greater percentage of men would do this, then there would be far less nervousness about undeserved, incorrect assumptions.