To ask someone if it was their child

[littlebillie]

This afternoon as I was walking to the leisure centre a woman was dragging, the carrying, then pulling a child who was screaming to her car. I felt I should ask her it it was her child and she said she was bring very naughty and had to carry her out of a party. I watch her put her screaming in the car. I did challenge her at the time and it did seem plausible but the child was distraught. the girl was about 5/6 and seemed a bit old for such a melt down.

Something similar happened to us.
We were out shopping (3 yo dd and her dad) and when it was time to leave I wanted to go to a shop on my own for 5 mins without the distraction (never happens as we're glued together) so I've left them to get the car. DD was not happy (she is very challenging) and screamed all the way back to the car.
A woman seen them while he was putting her in the car seat and asked him if he is ok (he said yes) while she screamed for Mummy.(she does not spend much time with her dad alone and mostly used to me)
An hour later police turned up to see who the "man carrying a screaming child crying for mummy" was. I bet she thought she was witnessing a proper kidnapping. TBH I wasn't overly surprised as she can scream for England. But I thought the woman was right to take his number plate down (I would have done the same probably)

I to have been asked if my dd was mine. She was 4 and screaming "don't take me to the car". I was happy to be asked. My dd is blonde and I had just dyed mine from blonde to black, I quickly bleached my hair back after that. I think you trust your gut. If you are wrong well so be it.