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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
yeah, I know what you mean. I think in this situation, I would choose to be a passer by rather than interfere, cos I would feel that as a man it would be not appropriate for me to talk to a lost child ( imean, lost in a crowd)
And it goes also for... if you see a woman dragging a struggling child, I think my automatic reaction would be its a mom with some kid throwing a tantrum... if it was man I think I would feel a stronger fear and reaction.
I guess it is just pure prejudice... but Im just be honest about how I'd react.
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That is exactly how I feel, same thing, at a mall, woman with screaming kid=poor lady/bratty kid, the man with screaming kid=pedo, of course this is not always true but still in todays world i think you have to have a bit of this type of view in the back of your mind.
I am a parent, and I also agree with an earlier post that guys who make funny faces come across as more trusting if you know what I mean. I had a neighbour (before i had children) that was charged with being a pedo. nicest guy i had ever met. never in a million years would i have thought he was a pedo.
i trust nobody around my kid, everyone has a motive. its not being paranoid, it is just reality.