I found a child wandering today......wwyd?

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We were on school grounds just before school started and I saw this little boy (who goes to my dds pre-school) was walking slowly, first of all I think he's with a lady with another little boy then I came to my senses and realised that he wasn't with her. I asked him if the lady was his mummy and he just looked at me. I asked him to come with me and held out my hand (which, understandably, he didn't want to) I asked him to hold on to my dds hand and in the end, I encouraged him to follow me.

I was convinced I was going to hear his mums voice calling for him as he'd gone a fair distance and I could only persuade him to walk at a trudging pace. (He had walked the distance of approx the outside of a school gym) - completely out of view of any groups of mums and the path leads to another school exit.

Anyway, I got round the corner and his mum is by the school gate and hadn't even noticed he'd gone. I asked her if he was her little one and she only replied "was he trying to escape? He didn't want to go to school today"

Should I tell her how far he'd got before I told him to turn back?

We (mums and children) have to wait in a car park before pre-school opens so we are responsible for our children before school starts.

Am I overreacting to have got so worried about the little boy? I don't even know if the lady is actually her son, or if she's his childminder.

Should I have a word with the pre-school?

I would probably stay quiet.
I had a similar experience once, I walked into the playground and saw a mum looking around the very busy playground a bit perturbed look on her face -- she'd only just noticed her lad had legged it. I had seen him a minute or so before and pointed her in the right direction.

For heaven's sakes, we parents are only human (that's my take on it, anyway). And kids will be very sneaky about running off when they're minded to.

I would keep quiet too .I found a little boy this time last year he was in reception with my dd and we had been held up at hometime so late walking down .I saw him walking back up towards school and spoke to him he just kept pointing down the road I knew roughly where he lived and just ahd a walk round and found his Mum in tears on the phone to the police.

She has 5 ds's and he had gone back down his path when they ahd all gone through the front door she thought he was upstairs.

Also it is very easily done dd age 7 ran all the way home from school today and I panicked because I never saw her going past me it was only when another Mum said she had ran past them !

She didn't sound too worried

I would mention it if he did it again.

I think her lack of reaction shocked me.