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I should preface the rest of this by saying that we have a lot of Chinese and Chinese-American friends and that they have been nothing but kind to us. 
However, last year I was [b]somewhere where lots of Chinese families congregate regularly[/b] (don't want to give any further details). All of a sudden, I heard high pitched howling through the crowd, and looking around, saw people's stares fixed on one specific spot beyond my sight.
I walked through the crowd towards the howling and saw [b]a little boy lying on the ground screaming[/b] and holding his head, while another boy sat next to him and was trying to comfort him. None of the adults around had moved to help.
I knelt next to the boy and asked what had happened and his friend told me that they were rough housing and the boy had slipped and hit his head on the ground (hard paved surface). I asked the boy to try to see if he could stand up (he could), and checked him for one of the immediate tell-tale signs of head trauma (I'm not a doctor but my kids have hit their head on the ground on occasion too), asked him where his parents were (they'd dropped him off), and took him to one of the adults responsible for the event and explained what had happened. 
Throughout this, not a single other adult around intervened in any way. I have wondered since what would have happened if the kid had had some serious issue and I hadn't happened to be there--I assume someone would have intervened, but how long would it have taken?[/quote]

three questions: 1) are you certain they're Chinese? 2) are they Chinese immigrants or native-born Chinese American? 3) race of the boy?[/quote]

1/yes mostly Chinese parents ( a few Chinese Americans, meaning second generation) with American-born kids
2/see 1
3/Chinese-American

why is 3 even relevant to anything? It's a kid in pain.[/quote]

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