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Feeling very uncomfortable about what I've just seen

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thatverynightinmaxsroom · 04/03/2017 11:00

It's a really miserable day here today - wet, windy etc. Just driving home and saw a little girl (7ish?) walking alone down the street. I slowed down because it's unusual to see kids of that age alone outside round here and unusual to see anyone outside on a day like this!
She was followed by a little boy, similar age. She turned into a front garden and I thought she was going in but she just looked through the window. The boy sat down on a mat on the pavement outside the house (there was quite a lot of junk in the front garden).

I turned the car round, put the window down and asked if they were okay. At that point a man out his head out and yelled at them to come in.

I know it's not massive, most of us have probably seen worse, but I can't get the image of the little boy sitting on the sodden mat out of my head and I'm just wondering if anyone would do anything about this.

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TheFirstMrsDV · 08/03/2017 07:07

Rubbish.

SexTrainGlue · 08/03/2017 07:20

It was probably less than a 60 second snapshot, OP said she was driving (slowed, she said, not stopped).

Whatthefreakinwhatnow · 08/03/2017 07:39

Bloody hell!

I too must be neglecting my kids as none have a puddle suit (literally never heard of these before reading this ( and regularly let then out to play in the rain and snow etc.

I've also been known to shout if they are donor something silly (like sitting on a sodden mat in the garden) and would certainly raise my voice in urgency to get them inside if I saw a strange woman hanging out her car window trying to talk to them!! Shock FFS what were you thinking?! Confused

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