Mad and sad

[joanna4]

Excuse the moan but I am truly cheesed off tonight.I was coming out of work(school) and one of the boys was scaling the gate and as i drew level he started to slip so I instinctively grabbed him.No sign of mum but in fairness i do not know her.So i set him down carried on down the hill next thing this woman poles up saying I had no right to grab him and that i had hurt him. She said he was in shock because he didnt know who grabbed him i told him it was me and he knows me he sees me every day.
2 seconds more he would have been wearing the gate.Anyone passing would have done the same.She said next time she would prefer it if I had tapped her on the shoulder and told her and she would remove him she couldnt understand there was no time!
I have had to phone work on my arrival home to speak to my boss to cover myself but I will think twice now before I help anyone which is sad because it is in my nature.

That woman is rather stupid and overreacting. Please don't stop helping other children - their parents might be grateful.

please try to ignore that woman, she is not worth it

please carry on being helpful and kind to other people

You did right - what a silly woman.

I agree with CTA - if everyone ignored situations like this then it would be a BAD world.

She was probably a bit upset that perhaps she was ot paying attention to her own son?

Some people's recation is to shoot the messenger so to speak. You also don't know what the boy said

You are right, she is wrong. Don't doubt yourself!

I cannot understand people like this at all - they are most odd! I'd be bloody grateful and feeling rather sheepish not to have been watching him myself.

Brush it off - it's her problem, not yours.

You're right, that is sad .

You did the right thing though. It is awful that we live in a climate of paranoia and overreaction now. Sad for everybody.

But I am glad there are still people around who would help a child rather than see him injured, despite the social pressure to just say "sod it, not my problem".

Good for you.

you would have been wrong if you didn't do anything!

and if you'd stood there while he splatted himself on the floor you would have been in the wrong too... ignore her, if she was such a great mother her son wouldn't have been on the gate in the first place.

I am calmer today thanks I am 100 per cent behind myself on this one now.Even though i have reported this to my boss i will go in again on monday and ask if a letter can go out reminding parents about supervision and general playground safety.