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To tell a mother her child was almost run over?

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iknowimcoming · 25/06/2018 16:15

School pickup time in a park and stride type of carpark and I'm waiting for ds. Small child (3/4 years ish) comes hurtling into carpark on scooter alongside a car which is just pulling out of space (it's a 4x4 and the child being approx 2 foot high the driver had no way of seeing he was alongside her as he was parallel with the car about a foot away the whole time) as she pulls out he gets to the front of the car and skirts around it still a foot away apparently oblivious to the fact the car is moving and as he is central to the bonnet he moves out slightly and driver sees him and stops. She looks horrified as am I and we both look around for an obvious parent - no one!. She drives away looking shaken. A couple of minutes later two women amble along with another smaller child and I ask if the boy on the scooter is with them - they are immediately shifty and say which child - I say the small one with the other children (who had arrived earlier) over there, they say yes looking cagey. I say he was almost just run over, came alongside a car and the driver had no chance of seeing him, she only just stopped in time. They say nothing, then in a snotty tone - thanks for letting us know. Ds said I shouldn't have said anything. WIU?

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DragonsAndCakes · 25/06/2018 16:17

I think you were right to say something.

Soubriquet · 25/06/2018 16:17

Course you should have said something

Hopefully the silly woman was a bit embarrassed and won't do it again but I doubt it.

I'm sorry you and the driver had to see that

Myotherusernameisbest · 25/06/2018 16:20

You were right to say something. Thank goodness the driver saw him. Hopefully they will keep this in mind next time they let him go scooting off like that

HappyLollipop · 25/06/2018 16:23

Of course you were right to say it! I hope she was throughly embarrassed so that's the reason she went cold and defensive but I doubt it, some people just don't care about their children until it's too late and even then it's everybody else's fault other than their own.

iknowimcoming · 25/06/2018 16:24

I think I'm more cross with myself because I literally froze with horror - I should've blown my horn or something but I just froze. No ones perfect (certainly not me) and we all have parenting moments but ffs, and if the unthinkable had happened in the end the car driver would've got the blame and had to live with it Sad

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SugarIsAmazing · 25/06/2018 16:24

I just giggled at the stereotype of the 4x4 doing the school run.

RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb · 25/06/2018 16:27

Yanbu.

How old is your ds?

If he’s a pre-teen, or teenager, then seeing his parent talking to anyone at all is probably a major embarrassment!

iknowimcoming · 25/06/2018 16:31

Rhubarb - guilty as charged - ds is 16 Smile

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disahsterdahling · 25/06/2018 16:32

You were right to say something. She was in the wrong for letting her kid go off on a scooter. Maybe next time she'll make them walk and hold their hand!

watchingwithinterest · 25/06/2018 16:37

We have this a lot too in our car park, and yes I would absolutely say something. I have a 4x4 and you can't see small children and it is my absolute nightmare for this to happen -which is why I drive like a granny!-

watchingwithinterest · 25/06/2018 16:37

failed strike through

sparklepops123 · 25/06/2018 16:39

I’d of told her and probably not as nicely as you did

NewGrandad · 25/06/2018 16:46

Problem with blowing your own horn is that it could have startled either the kid or the driver and made things worse.

spanishwife · 25/06/2018 16:46

You were right to say something I think. Their response sounded like sheer embarrassment covered up by snottiness. As for your DS you are probably THE MOST ANNOYING PERSON EVER OMG STOP TALKING

TheVanguardSix · 25/06/2018 16:57

Heavens above, YANBU in the least, OP.
The parent's response was really odd. Very immature.

rosesandflowers1 · 25/06/2018 17:01

I imagine she was very embarrassed.

But she will probably be more mindful in future, which is the important thing.

iknowimcoming · 25/06/2018 17:03

Spanishwife - yes, yes, very embarrassing, totally, like, cringe Hmm

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