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Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I have a young daughter and this is scary to me. I think that my biggest fear as a mother is that someone would kidnap my child. Watching this video makes me wonder what I should tell her to say. It seems like although the girl was saying "you're not my dad. I don't know you" people were still thinking that she was just throwing a tantrum. It is really scary...
Not to make light of this, but it reminds me of some comedian. He was like "you should teach your kids to curse out anyone who is trying to abduct them. Tell them to say 'I don't know this MUTHAF*CKA!!' then people would look." I know if I heard a kid cursing like that I'd look. Then again, all those people in the video looked, but didn't act.
Whomever said it, I remember this from sociology in undergrad as well. When people are in groups watching a crime take place it takes that one person to stand up and make a move then everyone will join in to help. But if nobody takes that first initiative the other people will just stand by and look.
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Skee,
If possible, tell your daughter to ask someone specific for help. Let me try to clarify. The case that everyone is referencing showed that in a group, if no one is directly addressed, then they'll assume that someone else will act and do nothing. However, if you look someone in the eye and then request help, then they may feel more inclined to act. Now I don't know exactly how you explain this to a little person, but that's the best advice that I can give.
As for what I would have done, I honestly can't say. I may have thought that the child was throwing a tantrum, even though she said that this wasn't her parent. I don't know why, but I've just seen some kids really act up in public before. I hope that I would have at least called the police though (or flagged down a cop) and alterted them to the situation.