20-12-2018, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Do you think it because it was the boy's father rather than his mother? I mean, would the mother have acted differently?Anaway, well done SP......
20-12-2018, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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What.....and then face a child molesting/abduction charge.....Not bloody likely....
20-12-2018, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by APRICOT
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If I still had young kids , never would I have left them someone else.[no offense Sweetie }
Originally Posted by susan m
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It's sad isn't it , what a world we live in when we feel we can't trust anyone . I wouldn't have left a child with a stranger either , yet so many people ARE trustworthy like SP .
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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It's lovely you looked so trustworthy but I am one who wouldn't leave mine with anyone I didn't know, only time I have had to ask someone to watch one was when I had a GP appointment and the boys were the age I couldn't really take them in for me so I sat them with the receptionist for 5 minutes. TBH I don't think they even noticed I'd gone and I sort of thought the receptionist wouldn't rush off with them. I have had people ask me to hold dog leads while they go into shops which I've been happy to do but I'd not trust anyone to hold my dogs while I was in a shop either.
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Do you think it because it was the boy's father rather than his mother? I mean, would the mother have acted differently?Anyway, well done SP......
I have to point out that there are cameras and security patrolling the indoor precinct.
The thread is not really about me, it is about how trust has changed, I was allowed to play in the lane near my house as a child, I NEVER allowed my boys to play in the street or at the back alley of our house.
20-12-2018, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Twink55
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Yes it is sad that we feel we cannot trust people, but the people to blame are those who destroyed our ability to trust by becoming criminals.....especially when their punishments are not harsh enough!
We know how difficult it is to keep our eyes on children every second, when we are shopping, and I am sure this man believed that Sweetie was a better option than leaving the child on his own for a few minutes.
In hindsight it is easy to blame the parent, as I know I did when Jamie Bulger went missing
, but how many of us have taken our eyes off the child, that we are shopping with, for a few seconds? 
Many people don't have somebody to go shopping with, or leave their child at home with
20-12-2018, 03:38 PM
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Sweetie Pie, that was a kindness that I am sure was appreciated, and it sounds like you met a very nice young man. I can't help but wonder why the man would risk his son's safety with a stranger when there didn't seem to be a real problem presenting itself.Since many places still don't have family bathrooms, there have been a few occasions in which I was asked or offered to take a young girl into the bathroom (she was able to go into the stall and managed by herself) when a dad was by himself. I was glad to help and popped my head out the door a couple of times to tell him she was ok and would be out shortly.
I am motherly enough that I reminded her to try not to touch any bathroom surfaces
20-12-2018, 03:58 PM
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I don't think I would trust anyone to look after my little boy, not a stranger.I did once in the Halifax asked the woman at the Desk to sit with my Mum and chat with her while I was getting some money out of my account, and the Woman did and I was thankful for that.
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