Yesterday I was waiting outside my local swimming pool on the way to my sons swimming lesson, as my mum was paying for our parking.
A traffic warden was walking past. My ds, who is 6 was starring at the man. He was quite commanding in his smart uniform, he was also very stocky. The man smiled and said hello to my son.
My son said hello and the man asked him the following questions:
"whats your name"
"how old are you?"
"what school do you go to"
"what year are you in?"
"Is this your mummy?"
"wheres your daddy? where does he work"
My son answered these questions in great detail! The whole time I was polietly (but ineffectively) trying to walk away.
He was such a friendly man - I think he was african and has that jovial way about him that was unthreatening. When we did manage to get away he said to ds "you are very smart, may you have a lovely life"
Afterwards in reflection I am a little concerned that he asked so many questions.
Would you treat this as suspisious - my mum wants to ring the council, but I am not sure if this is OTT.