By WordBea - 26/10/2015 23:39 - United States - Philadelphia

Today, I found a crying little kid alone in a park. I walked around with him for a bit to try to find his parents. When I found his dad, all he did was take the kid and menacingly leer at me until I left. FML
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WordBea 23

Hello - OP here. I was helping at an event when this happened. First of all, I'd like to say that there was no way the kid just wandered off. His dad was in a parking lot looking for his stuff in his car at least 200 meters away. He just had his head up his ass. Second of all, I know it was wrong to not call the police or at least get some adult involved, but I'm only 14, and so I guess I wasn't jaded enough yet to realize any predator in the vicinity might see that as the perfect opportunity. For what it's worth, though, I saw a very close resemblance between the two, so at least that's something.

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Top comments

lexiieeex3 32

You'd think he'd be grateful you weren't some weirdo or something... You did the right thing, OP.

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fhlakd 25

He should have been grateful!! Good job at being a good Samaritan OP!

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gosh_mate 30

I feel sorry for the kid. This situation sure wasn't good parenting...

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hannah_cheers 30

I've had a similar experience. I found a little boy alone and crying at a theme park. His parents where nowhere to be found so I helped him look around. His mom soon came up from behind me and bitched me out for trying to "kidnap" her child. Sometimes, people suck.

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team_hale 11

Is your name Jared by any chance? Because that would explain a lot.

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Corneliapresent 13

You did good, never forget that and keep on the good work :-)

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slavka012 11

Next time call police when you find a child

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ChopSuey444 20

Exactly. I know OP meant well, but you can't just take a child around a park, asking who his parents are. That's an open invite for predators. "Oh a lost kid, no parents in sight. Cool." Definitely should've called the cops. It may be scary for the child, but it would've been the safest route.

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Norvi 26

Depending on how old the child was, isn't that going overboard? Children as young as two or three are perfectly capable of pointing out their parents.

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dsantoast 12

You should have yelled loudly "glad to help you find your lost son"

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bad_boyfriend 10

Parents today are ******.

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Badkarma4u 17

Thank you for being a decent human being. The world needs more of you.

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