I was taking my daughter to school, I always have her on my shoulders when we walk. I felt someone try and pick her up off of my shoulders. At first I thought it was someone I knew because who in their right mind will try to take someone’s kid from their shoulders right? I turn around and it’s this random man and we both start pulling on her. I’m a pretty strong guy but I didn’t want to pull to hard because I did not want to hurt her arms, as I was pulling her lower body while the guy had her arms. I eventually get him off of her and he runs while I’m talking to my daughter letting her know she’s safe. Everything is good but now I feel like I let her down. I had the opportunity to jump on him once I had her but I didn’t want to just toss her to the side after something so traumatic. I just feel like shit because I couldn’t keep her safe.
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Holy shit please don’t feel bad. A toddler wouldn’t understand anything except “now theyre fighting and thats scary too” so please don’t beat yourself up over that. Good for you for making sure shes okay. Thats horrific.
you did exactly what you should have done. You protected your baby girl and yall are both safe. Call the authorities and give them a description. Glad yall are safe.
This makes me want to lift weights again.
You did great, OP. Her safety is priority and as another commenter pointed, you fighting the perp would have scared her more. You did what you had to do and protected your baby.
Edit to add: you DID keep her safe, we can’t guess when some weirdo is gonna get ballsy and try to take a child away from us. You did keep her safe, please don not feel bad.
Horrifying! I would have never guessed that someone would do that. I thought predators normally go for children who are separated from their adult (at least physically). A child isn’t like a wallet. You can’t just hope the person doesn’t feel their child being pulled away from them! That man is very dangerous. I hope you notified the authorities.
New fear unlocked.
Also, you did the right thing not fighting the guy. Depending on the age of the child, what happened could be forgotten, but adding a fight would make it way more traumatic.
This is scary. You did the right thing by staying with your daughter and not seeking vengeance. Focus on her, and the fact that she’s safe. Let the authorities find him and deliver justice through due process.
Your daughter is safe. Because of you.