If a 4 year old child came up to you and said they were looking for/wanted their Mommy, what would you do

Question

Would you offer the child a balloon and carry on, or would you call security or police?

Answer 1

Simple, I would look around in the area to see if the mother was around and if not then I would call security or police.

Answer 2

i would go to customer service if i was in a store and stay with that child until the parent arrives... but if it was out somewhere else i would call the police.

Answer 3

make an attempt to help locate there parents... if it came to it contact local police... depends on the situation if you are in a shop maybe they have a tannoy they can put a call out??

Answer 4

Depends on if the child was with someone.  I'm not going to just grab the kid's hand and say come with me to security, if she was with someone else.  If I was wrong, I'll get in big trouble for doing that.  If she was wandering around alone, then I would take her and walk around to see if anyone was looking for her, then take her to security.  A 4 year old can say things which you may not believe.  If she was older, then I would believe it.

Answer 5

I would try to ask hI'm where was the last time he/she saw her and what the last thing she said to her, then call the security or the police if we really can't find her.

Answer 6

Call security/police for sure! Who wouldn't?!

If I was in a store I would tell security there and have them page the parent, ask the kid what mom was wearing, let the kid tell mommy or daddy's full name, then I would make sure that the parent shows ID. (Anybody can just claim a missing kid that's paged, and unfortunately it has happened.) I'd also stay with the kid until they found their mommy- definitely not leave the store, and definitely stay in one spot until the parents found us. (Nothing worse than running around in circles while the mom is running around in circles and missing each other.)  I'd be lighthearted and try to get the kid to talk calmly with me. It's a terribly scary thing for a kid to be lost, and I guess, well it should be, in the kind of world we live in.

Answer 7

Depends.  Are you able to help the child look?  If so try but if you can't find her or you can't help. Call security or police.  No question.

Answer 8

It depends on where I was. If I was in a store, I would take them around the area to look for them and if we couldn't find them, I would go to the customer service desk and have the parents called to the front. If it was a random thing, like on the street or in a mall parking lot, I would call the police or security officer and have them help find the parents. In all honesty, i would never leave the child where they could get hurt or kidnapped. I would keep them safe until the parents were found because that is what I would want someone to do if they found my child in need of help (God forbid)

Answer 9

I'd call the cops and keep an eye on the child until they got there and I knew that he/she was safe, which is what I would want someone to do if it was my child.

Answer 10

I would look around for an employee (If I was at a store) and have them help the child. I would NEVER try to give the child anything because someone might think you are trying to bribe the child into leaving with you. If I didn't see anyone I would have the child follow me to customer service. If I was at the park I would have the child play on the swings and I would look around for their parent.

Answer 11

I would call security/police because what kind of person would leave a little kid alone with the possibility of a pervert carrying them off or them getting hit by a car or getting hurt in some way.  

Answer 12

Well that woman has a s***w loose.

However, anybody (especially a man) that would take the kid and walk around and look for mommy might be the one accused of stealing her. Sure, it would be cleared up, hopefully, but what an ordeal.

The best thing if you find a child, stay right where you are with them and ask another passer-by to go get a clerk, guard, police, whatever. Make it very obvious you are not related, the kid is lost, you're trying to help, so there can be no accusations.

Sad, but that's the world we live in. Everybody thinks everybody else is some abuser/molester/kidnapper...spend too much time worrying about everyone else's kids instead of their own.

Answer 13

I would find out more and call the authorities

Answer 14

I would call the police

Answer 15

I would walk around the store with the child to if she could find her parents, if no avail, I would call secuirty/police.