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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, a 4th grader wanting to show younger kids something cool is not even a little bit suspicious. Honestly, I bet he was even younger than your guess of 10-11.

Medicate your anxiety.[/quote]

NP. I despise posters who do this condescending "Medicate your anxiety" crap whenever a parent doesn't "unclench" and let a kid roam off. You're telling OP (and by extension others reading this) that they should ignore their gut feelings about situations that come up suddenly, where a gut instinct may be all a parent has to go on.

An instinct that something seems "off" is not always correct--but it's also not necessarily "anxiety." I doubt you understand what real anxiety is.

OP, ignore jerkish PPs like this one.

Maybe the kid was indeed just alone and awkward and just wanted to share something with another child; that's the likeliest scenario. The answer would have been for you to say you would come with your kids to see this cool thing. I do wonder why you didn't just do that, which would have either ended up with the child taking all of you to see something innocent, or with the child balking at your presence and going away. But I do not question your hesitation in the face of what sounds like unusual persistence. Gut instinct is useful; don't second guess it, but do be careful how you react to it, so you don't telegraph so much fear to your kids. [/quote]

Perfect response. I have a 7yo and found out over the summer at the local pool that *some* of the 5th and 6th graders are the kindest sweetest kids around. They were really interested in helping the younger kids or playing board games, getting them snacks etc. I imagine that it is a very between stages age where they are getting to be the big kids little kids look up to and also still remember being littler.[/quote]

OP may have subconsciously noticed something unusual even if OP cannot put a finger on it now.

And yes, that PP is condescending and ignorant. [/quote]

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