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I understand the need to be cautious in a day when so much can go wrong so fast, but to the woman and her older kids at the Halifax Shopping Centre who took the picture of our vehicle and reported us to the police after 30 minutes of trying to deal with our very cranky grandson: why didn’t you ask us if we needed help first before passing judgement? Was it because we were two guys with a very cranky little boy who could have run into the road, or did you actually think we were kidnapping him? Would you have taken a picture and called the police if we were a heterosexual couple? I highly doubt it. I would have welcomed you if only you asked if we needed assistance. Don’t tell me you have never been embarrassed by your cranky kids in a public place. Just remember how you felt. How would you feel having the police come to your door and all your neighbours thinking the worse of you? You don’t think we weren’t aware of how we might be perceived? Please, just ask if you can help when you see some one struggling with their kids. —Two Grandfathers Who Love Their Cranky Grandkids
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2016.
Grandad, stop stealing children! We’ve talked about this… remember? The home? We apologize to parents everywhere.
In all fairness, we had no way of knowing you were taking little Prince Joffrey to a Clowns & Priests themed fancy dress party.
Great Gacy, BTW
Its better to be safe than sorry.
I am so sorry that this happened to you. I hope your day got better and that your grandson is OK.
Based on the number of dislikes I received, it appears my initial comment should have read: Go on Grandad, steal those kids!
I’d rather the police Come to find out my child’s just having a tantrum, than have a child kidnapped because someone wanted to “mind their own business”.
Small inconvenience, kudos to people stepping up.
Also, I’m gay. Stop making everything bad about being gay. Get over yourself
Nobody cares that you’re gay.
That’s one side of the story- exactly what did your “Dealing with” entail? Musta been enough to raise suspicions.
The world is full of judgemental busy bodies. Unfortunate but true.
Ditto to what djgirl said. The judgmental thing is common in my family when it comes to my sisters. Fucking bitches. Judge yourselves before passing judgment on others and if you are honest with yourself you may find the desire to judge others will likely lessen quite a bit. Like the grandfather said, the person could have come up to them and asked if they needed assistance in any way instead of jumping to conclusions. If you want to get involved people think before you act. Not enough thinking going on in this day and age.
But why “ask questions” if it was a kidnapping what do you think kidnappers would say!?
They would say ” oh it’s my granddaughter and she’s having a fit”.. Now you helped a kid get kidnapped.
Sadly in this world of social media where everyone can give an opinion, they also feel that their opinion is equal to everyone else. I’ve watched plenty of moms struggle with unruly toddlers in parking lots and it never once crossed my mind they could be kidnappers. I call sexism that this woman assumed these men were kidnapping solely because they were men. I hope the police had a chat with her once it was clear this was a family issue. Talk about a waste of time.
So Grandad should only steal some kids?