Would you help a hurt child out?

[caelite]

Possibly a bit of a silly query here.

I live in a big residential neighbourhood, next to a play park, was parking outside my house this evening when a kid, looked 8 or 9 was limping down the street in tears & seemed in a lot of pain, I asked them if they where OK, they said they had fallen off the monkey bars & had really hurt their leg, their friend had ran to get their mum. Knowing they where likely local I offered to run them home, they accepted, I ran them around the corner & watched them go in their front door.

Thought nothing of it, told my missus who seems to think it's something you just shouldn't do, stranger danger & all, at most you should offer to call their parents. Is she over thinking things, or was trying to help out really the wrong thing to do?

[caelite]

valiant said:

Think you did the right thing so long as you weren’t driving this,

I was in my work Transit Custom, my livery is slightly different though.

I'm now being called a kiddy fiddler by my missus & her sister, this is what I get for trying to be helpful and community spirited. I'll splash them with puddle & drive on next time.

[caelite]

bristolbaron said:

It’s a question of minimising risk whilst providing help/support.
In OP’s situation I’d have done the same as him, but spoken to the parents after to advise the help I offered and why - I’m then not the ‘weirdo’ who’s van their child got into. A car would’ve eliminated the risk by having the kid in the back. Worst case, walking with the kid if you didn’t feel confident or offering to call parents to collect/check they’re okay with them being dropped off.
Leaving a hurt kid because you’re scared of being accused of something isn’t okay.

Yeah that's fair, I do actually agree with my missus to a point actually, should've offered to phone their parents before running them around the corner, and yeah grabbing my car would've been wise in hindsight, I mean it is a liveried work van for a small local company, I don't know if that could be considered a positive or a negative but to me doesn't have the same connotations as a plain white Transit. I didn't actually have my phone on me at that point.

I do kind of worry they will phone my work actually, I am not a parent myself so I really don't know if the reaction would likely to be 'thanks for helping our son out' or 'how dare you put our child in your vehicle!'. You're right I probably should've walked him up the path & let them know

Edited by caelite on Sunday 25th August 00:17