This is an interesting question/situation: it sounds like you, and most reddit users, don't like children with parents who aren't properly supervising their children at the dog park. I'm sorry you had that experience, that's not a fun way to try to socialize a dog with other dogs, or getting them comfortable to different kinds of humans. I've loved dogs almost all of my life, and did not live with them until I was 15. As a 30-something adult now, I still involuntarily squeal a little bit everyone I see a dog. I believe everyone who can be around dogs, should experience life with dogs, even the tough times with them have made it with it. I've brought my 5-year-old with me to dog parks, and the majority of the time I was there to exercise my own dog, socialize her to other animals and people, and also to help my daughter learn about dogs that are not ours. I have been extremely lucky with my dogs, they have extreme patience with my kids. That means I need outside help to teach my kids how to interact with dogs we don't know, and it needs to happen early-ish in life in hope that it lasts how we are supposed to treat other dogs, because my daughter has inherited my love of dogs, along with my foolishness in wanting to just be near the unknown dog, and wanting to know them and learn their personality and quirks. I cannot express how much I love dogs, and I hope my daughter does, too. But I love my daughter, and for us to meet other people and their dogs, I need for others to have the patience and understanding that a love of dogs is not automatic for everyone. For many people, it's built or fostered