Would you have said something about this little boy choking on popcorn ?

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I absolutely hate being a busy body and I think each to their own.

I saw this little boy at a party last week and he was eating popcorn out of a little cup. He was coughing A LOT / choking on it a bit. His mum was nowhere to be seen and I noticed it so I tried to help him cough it up a bit.

I then took the popcorn and put it away from him. His mum eventually came and gave him some water.

a few minutes later she asked me where I had put the popcorn as he still wanted some. I pointed her towards it, she gave it back to him and he wondered into the house by himself, while the mum went in the opposite direction.

the boy was 2, max 3 years old. I was very worried he’d choke / cough it up again and he wasn’t being supervised by anyone.

I gave my kids popcorn too when they were younger as I didn’t know it wasn’t safe for little kids to have it. Mine never choked or coughed when they had it. But as soon as I read about the dangers of popcorn for small kids I stopped giving it to them.

my kids are now 5/7 and I still don’t really give it to them and if they do have it, I supervise them.

anyhow, this mum clearly had no idea about the fact that popcorn isn’t great for little kids and hers was clearly really struggling to eat it.

I debated saying something but left it and just tried to keep an eye out for the kid.

was I wrong to not mention this ? Like I said, it’s absolutely not my style to say it. But I was really worried about the child so maybe I should have just made the mum aware ?

She specifically asked you where the popcorn was, so had she left him in your care or something?
I do find it odd that, when telling her where it was, you didn’t explain why you’d taken it off him, and also why she didn’t ask.
But it was last week, I’d probably have forgotten it by now if I were you, there’s nothing that can be done now I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

It was just my instinct to put it on the table. She hadn’t left him in my care or anything like that but she saw me helping him and while I was helping him I removed the popcorn from his hands and put it out of sight, as to me it wasn’t safe. By the time the got to us, I had already taken the popcorn and put it on the table. Maybe she was annoyed I took it away. I didn’t put it far, just on the table next to where we were.