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It was simply amazing how this little 3 year old managed to find her way home, but it is reported in the news story that,
/// No one noticed she had gone and no passer-by intervened even though her route took her past a busy pub. ///
/// Mr Hilton said he was also appalled that no passer-by had intervened but added that Louise has not been told off. ///
The question that has to be asked is, "would any of you have intervened, in today's cases of child abductions etc?
It was simply amazing how this little 3 year old managed to find her way home, but it is reported in the news story that,
/// No one noticed she had gone and no passer-by intervened even though her route took her past a busy pub. ///
/// Mr Hilton said he was also appalled that no passer-by had intervened but added that Louise has not been told off. ///
The question that has to be asked is, "would any of you have intervened, in today's cases of child abductions etc?
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Mamy...well said. Lets get rid of this PC nonsense and start acting sensibly again.
25 years ago, I saw a very young toddler obviously choking to death in Tesco. Her mother and a few others were, quite frankly, faffing about and not doing anything positive at all. Luckily for the child, the person I was with was a Nurse and we just stepped in to this group of people and did something. I held the child upside down and my Nurse friend gave her 2 good hard slaps between the shoulder blades.
A small hard sweet shot out of the child's mouth and she immediately started breathing normally again. It took all of 1 minute to achieve this result but I am convinced that the child may have died had we not intervened. I often talk to my friend about this and neither of us remember waiting on the sidelines, debating whether it was right and proper...we just got stuck in.
I blame "Pick and Mix" myself...situated far too low down in our shops for safety !
25 years ago, I saw a very young toddler obviously choking to death in Tesco. Her mother and a few others were, quite frankly, faffing about and not doing anything positive at all. Luckily for the child, the person I was with was a Nurse and we just stepped in to this group of people and did something. I held the child upside down and my Nurse friend gave her 2 good hard slaps between the shoulder blades.
A small hard sweet shot out of the child's mouth and she immediately started breathing normally again. It took all of 1 minute to achieve this result but I am convinced that the child may have died had we not intervened. I often talk to my friend about this and neither of us remember waiting on the sidelines, debating whether it was right and proper...we just got stuck in.
I blame "Pick and Mix" myself...situated far too low down in our shops for safety !
A toddler wandering alone in the street? I would definitely help. Road vehicles are a far more treacherous thread than paedophiles.
I'd be helping the child and her family but, less altruistically, I'd be helping ME avoid having to live with the possible consequences should I not help, knowing that I could have.
In "safer" environments, such as supermarkets and airports, I might look around for assistance first.
I'd be helping the child and her family but, less altruistically, I'd be helping ME avoid having to live with the possible consequences should I not help, knowing that I could have.
In "safer" environments, such as supermarkets and airports, I might look around for assistance first.
I would have intervened. I saw a little boy in the park the other day about three years old and I was getting concerned because I couldn't see any adults. In the end I went up to him and asked where his Mummy was, he turned around and pointed and sure enough a woman came ambling along. I told her I was concerned, but she just shrugged it off!
My oldest son did exactly that on his 3rd birthday. It was terrifying, because not only did he have to cross a busy main road on a blind bend, but we had only moved to the area a week before. He had only walked back from the preschool once on the previous day (with me!)
I admit i not only informed the school, but also Social Services to review the safety.
I think , in the case above, if you stopped the child and took her to a public place with witnesses (even the pub)and rang the police immediately, you would hopefully be safe from accusations.
I admit i not only informed the school, but also Social Services to review the safety.
I think , in the case above, if you stopped the child and took her to a public place with witnesses (even the pub)and rang the police immediately, you would hopefully be safe from accusations.
I have learned something today.
Mentioning this story to my mother, she told me I had done something similar when I was 3. I had no knowledge of it until today. I walked from our house a couple of miles to my Grandparents house. It would have involved crossing a very busy road. We lived a mile away from the Market where Keith Bennett was abducted a few years earlier.
Mentioning this story to my mother, she told me I had done something similar when I was 3. I had no knowledge of it until today. I walked from our house a couple of miles to my Grandparents house. It would have involved crossing a very busy road. We lived a mile away from the Market where Keith Bennett was abducted a few years earlier.
When my eldest son was almost 3 and I was 8 months pregnant my husband went to the local shop one sunday morning taking eldest son with him. A short while later my husband turned up home and asked if our son had got back. The boy had left the shop whilst his dad was faffing about and totally vanished. It took a whole neighbourhood, family members driving several miles to help and a policeman in a dog patrol van to track him down. he had gone the wrong way out of the shop and was playing with a couple of older boys in puddles near a subway under the duel carriageway. The policeman in the dog handlers van just happened to spot him, cos i'd described his t shirt. My son said he thought his dad had left him and he'd tried to remember his way home. It was crazy terrifying and I never ever forgave my husband for being such an eejit, But the shop was only a 5 minute walk away.
I have intervened and would again, maybe easier being a female but. like fluffy said, I'm cautious. It's quite common to see children seemingly detached from parent(s) round here (busy city) so I tend to watch to check they are actually with someone.
I remember spotting a tearful lost little boy, at Chester Zoo I think it was in a packed attraction. I ended up hoisting him up onto my shoulders so he could try to see him mum and vice versa - happy reunion shortly thereafter. Normally I wouldn't pick them up though unless they were in potential danger, such as heading for a busy road, but it was so packed it would have taken ages to move through to find a member of staff, less than easy with a distressed young child.
Another time was in Primark (massive here with multiple floor and exits and a horrendous place to loose a child!). I took the child to a security guard straightaway for them to reunite him with his mother.
Some parents seem beyond help though. I remember a young child getting distressed as they couldn't see their parents. Parents were located drinking at a pub nearby, oblivious, and were obviously so bothered they let him wander off again and the same thing happened!
So, yes I have and would. If not in somewhere like a shop or where there are staff then I'd look for any police or community support offices and, if none about and a reasonable time had elapsed in which I'd have expected a distressed parent to appear to become obvious (not very long) then I would call the police.
I remember spotting a tearful lost little boy, at Chester Zoo I think it was in a packed attraction. I ended up hoisting him up onto my shoulders so he could try to see him mum and vice versa - happy reunion shortly thereafter. Normally I wouldn't pick them up though unless they were in potential danger, such as heading for a busy road, but it was so packed it would have taken ages to move through to find a member of staff, less than easy with a distressed young child.
Another time was in Primark (massive here with multiple floor and exits and a horrendous place to loose a child!). I took the child to a security guard straightaway for them to reunite him with his mother.
Some parents seem beyond help though. I remember a young child getting distressed as they couldn't see their parents. Parents were located drinking at a pub nearby, oblivious, and were obviously so bothered they let him wander off again and the same thing happened!
So, yes I have and would. If not in somewhere like a shop or where there are staff then I'd look for any police or community support offices and, if none about and a reasonable time had elapsed in which I'd have expected a distressed parent to appear to become obvious (not very long) then I would call the police.
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