s/o if you saw an adult carrying a screaming child out of the store what would you do?
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Anonymous
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Assuming the child is about 6 or 7 and just screaming and NOT screaming "this is not my daddy/this is not my mommy" what, if anything, would you do?
And does the answer change if the adult is male or female? |
Anonymous
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Stop the adult, especially with all the tattoos the Walmart guy had.
But what about Eagle Father who made his 4 year old run around in the snow with nothing but briefs on ? Outrageous. |
Anonymous
| I have seen this. Not too frequently, but on the one or two occasions that I did, I stopped and watched them exit. So did a whole bunch of other people, including store employees (this was at Target). I can't remember if it was with a woman or a man, but I did listen to what the kid WAS saying and both times it was about not getting a toy or a treat of some kind. So, I felt reassured. My radar was definitely up though. |
Anonymous
| I would probably hold the door for them. |
Anonymous
This EXACT thing happened to my neighbor, a male, who was shopping with his 5 yo daughter. Thankfully, no one thought he was a dangerous predator. Kids act up - some worse than others. If you were really concerned, you would have offered to help. That way you could have evaluated the situation. |
Anonymous
| Before this Walmart incident I would have assumed it was a parent with a child having a meltdown and do nothing. If I ever see this I will offer to help (the "parent") in a nice way just so that I can get a closer look. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't do anything. Probably look sympathetically. I've had to carry my kid places kicking and screaming. |
Anonymous
| I work with sex offenders and I still don't know what I would do. I've seen parents carrying a trantuming kid out of store, but....I don't think I've ever done anything about it. |
Anonymous
| I think there would be a big difference between a kid who is pitching a fit and their parent is carrying them out and a kid who is doing whatever they can to get away or get attention so someone will notice the person holding them is not their parent. At 6 or 7 I would assume most kids would be actually physically fighting back or yelling 'Help, this isn't my mom/dad." If it's just a kid pitching a fit, I'd assume they were being taken out for poor behavior. |
Anonymous
this |
Anonymous
| Being very honest, it would depend on whether the adult was male or female. If male, it may even be influenced by his appearance (tattood versus business suit). If it were 7pm and it was a man in a suit, I'd figure harried dad just off work with a kid tantruming. |
Anonymous
| When I was 4 years old, my family visited Disneyland. After a long day there, my mom was off handling my brother on a ride and I was with my beloved grandfather. Apparently I had a meltdown, though, and my grandfather was taking me to my mom. All the way I yelled "I want my mom!" and lots of people intervened, including a security guard, to make sure grandpa wasn't some perv taking me away. We all agreed they did the right thing, though. |
Anonymous
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I saw a Walmart security guy stop a woman who was dragging a very young, screaming child out the front door. He blocked her from leaving and asked the child directly "Who is this lady?" The kid said "My mom," so he let them through but then he spoke into a two-way radio as he watched them head for their car.
She was PISSED. I thought she should have been grateful. |