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    had a good day

    To day i was doing my thing, saw metal a chair. then i see a little girl no shoes on, no jacket ,paints hanging diaper showing walking behind a woman , At first i said i guess the little ones is with the woman, The woman looks at the Little girl and kept walking . I realized she was with no one . I said to the little one where's your mom ........? Where you live ...........? no answer . I picked her up and started talking out any one missing a child ? took about 60 seconds then a frantic mom came out My baby shes lost I yelled out I have her .
    You know what pisses me off most that original woman who just kept walking she did not even have the hart to see a child in trouble heck it was 40 degrees out.


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    What a nice story CH....thanks for sharing. In 40 degrees I hope her diaper was dry !

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    Good for you. Very nice.

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    That's what I'm talking about Copper Head. A little human compassion. That's something that has gone missing in most people. I'm glad you shared this. If people knew the immense sense of pride and joy that comes with helping others, I think things would be different. It makes me sick thinking of that woman. I'm glad you did the right thing.

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    What a special day, to be the arms of that little girls guarding angel!

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    Thank you, Mike.
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    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    I'm glad you were there to help the little girl.

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    Where are the parents? Do you know how many people are waiting to adopt children and this women obviously cant take care of her kid. People like this make me very angry at least copper had the balls to ask the right questions just to bad he had to turn her over to an unfit parent.

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    Good Job Copper Head!

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    She's lucky you were there.
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    People just look at things like that, or any situation that requires them to act like HUMANS, with some testicular fortitude, as "not my problem", and ignore it until it goes away.

    Sad.

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    Nice work CH...I too am definitely curious what mom was doing and how the kid got away.
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    Nice one mate!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PistoneScrapProcessing View Post
    Where are the parents? Do you know how many people are waiting to adopt children and this women obviously cant take care of her kid. People like this make me very angry at least copper had the balls to ask the right questions just to bad he had to turn her over to an unfit parent.
    You don't know the parent is unfit, all you know is the kid got away from her. You can't keep an eye on kids every second and those that do think that have never had kids. They do get away, walking away from the grandparents house several blocks away across a highway to the aunts house (me age 18 months) or climb out a window to go to a birthday party several blocks away because we didn't want to take a nap first (me age 4, my brother age 2 1/2) or when mom goes to run errands leaving the kid with grandma the kid takes a tricycle to follow down a driveway then pushed her tricycle down and up a 20 deep dip in the road and then 2 miles on the sidewalk to safeway (my daughter age 26 months). My mom was in charge all three times and there is no way she could be called unfit. The adoption agency that gave her 56 newborn babies to foster until they could be adopted didn't think her unfit.

    Now the other woman who walked away was a real piece of work and if you want to call her unfit to have kids I agree 100%.

    Copper Head: You did good! I know how frantic my wife was during the half hour my daughter was missing. Two thumbs up and a pat on the back for getting the kid back where she belonged.

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    I do agree kids can get away,I have had the feel of fear when one of my kids pulled a move in wall mart - as you look for them all you do is pray and say how do i know I am not about to be a statistic.
    The mom said she has another baby, so she might be over whelmed I told her she needs a dangling chain lock on her door . I can go to a dollar store and pick one up as a favor. she said she is married her husband can install it.
    It still comes back to the walking woman , see here is the next thought . I am driving i see a metal chair on the opposite side of road ,so i have a choice do a U turn and park proper . or just back up on wrong side of road near curb and just load it fast . I backed up on wrong side of road for a fast loading.
    So NOW the walking woman looks at a small girl child follow her for 10 feet then she did look at me as i am backing up on the wrong side of road (she has no idea i am, scraping) come on now where was that womans maternal instinct. I even pick up the girl to help , so even at that point that woman should have turned around to see what my intentions were . This is how kids get kidnapped a mistake from a parent or child & the predator seizes the moment.
    Lucky for the little girl i am a father (most important NORMAL) & that protective quality is still with me .

    I will say the little girl looked dirty , not really well fed , & just wild confused look in her eyes,She looked like a nice meal of meat and potatoes is what she needed , Not to insult but clearly the mother is not missing any meals as she was not small. If all was great in that home then the little one would choose to not explore I'm thinking. If a home is really kid cozy, walking out with no shoes not dressed warm should instantly seem way worse then being in home .But if the home is harsh there is no distinction between the two, I feel that child is destined to have a hard time to differentiate good & bad.
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