Woman scared my child inadvertently but still unnecessarily

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Child disco st centre parcs a woman went over to my child and took her wrist to get her to hold hands with her dd. My dd is 5 and said no and moved away - I could see this woman touching her wrist by the time I’d got over to her dd had moved away but now she’s upset that the stange woman grabbed her should I say something

No.
Get off MN and dance with you child

Well what would you say??

Was on the dancefloor just on other side with ds was thinking of going over and saying you’ve upset dd she’s shy and not used to strangers grabbing her best not to do that in future.
Probably best I didnt and hour later she was stumbling out of there so not sure she would have been receptive.
Dd was upset and I’m annoyed but glad I’ve instilled the stranger danger msg

You're being silly. You were at a children's disco - with lots of other children dancing. You weren't with your 5 year old. Another mother was just joining in. If your child is so shy why did you put her in that position?

It really doesn't seem like a huge deal. I would definitely let it go.

Most pointless ridiculous thread ever!

Is this really where things are at???
A children's disco. A mum saw your child on their own, and took your daughters hand to help her join in with another child.
Really?
No, but really? You were actually going to say something to the mum?
And you used the evening to reinforce stranger danger to your dd??
What the actual hell have I just read !
World's gone mad ffs

I think you were right not to say anything. What a weird woman! Who goes and grabs another person's child's wrist?

I'd give the discos a miss. It doesn't sound like your dd likes them much.

Strange responses.. I wouldn’t want some random person grabbing my child either

There is a difference between an adult holding out a hand to encourage your daughter to join in and grabbing her wrist without warning. I agree it's not appropriate and we'll done to your daughter for standing up for herself. Yes it was probably inadvertent and the woman wasn't thinking but she shouldn't have done it.

If she was that shy and scared of strangers, why did you leave her by herself? Surely you’re just contributing to her anxiety by doing that?

I think in the location and situation you describe, you’re unreasonable. It’s a children’s disco so you’d expect the children to interact. If anything, the other parent was just helping your child to socialise by pairing them together. I definitely can’t see any maliciousness on her end as she didn’t hurt your daughter or be rude? Again if you know your child would react badly to other children and their parents, you shouldn’t have left her alone.