So far -- thru the first 50 responses -- no one has mentioned the neglect of the day care staff and are placing all the blame on the man.
I would like to think that I would have reacted differently, but since all men are considered potentials rapists and child molestors, I might not have gone beyond making a phone call and keeping an eye on the girl.
Sorry, I disagree. Most people do not look at all men that way. They realize SOME men are that way, and therefore, I do understand the reluctance on the part of the man who passed her to offer her help, that people might believe he was one of those men.
But I totally agree that people would blame him and not the daycare staff is missing the point and utterly outrageous.