super awkward situation - what would you do, OOT?

[Los Feliz Slim]

Everybody assumes that the immediate consequence of not helping the kid is that he pisses himself. OP does not say that.

The kid is wrong to ask, and you'd be wrong to help. As a parent, you hope that when your kid does idiotic things adults won't just go along with his idiocy. Everybody here was outraged when a stranger offered my daughter a little Jesus cross as a present, but unbuckling a kid's belt alone in a bathroom sounds reasonable?

If you know the kid and his family well, sure. Otherwise, no way. Less because of the possibility of being busted for molestation, more because you just shouldn't have that kind of contact with other people's kids.

[Yeti]

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The kid is wrong to ask

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Yeah. But he's a little kid and he's dying to take a leak. Help him out and afterwards go have a word with his father.


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Everybody here was outraged when a stranger offered my daughter a little Jesus cross as a present

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They were?

[skunkworks]

Dude I would totally help that kid undo his belt. After that I would give him a little crucifix charm.

[Aloysius]

No pics of pedo bear? Is 2p2 broken or something?

-Al

[AntonHeat]

This is just asking for trouble unless you know the kids parents.

[SNOWBALL]

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Everybody assumes that the immediate consequence of not helping the kid is that he pisses himself. OP does not say that.


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yeah that's why I wrote that up as an exception. The first part of my post was written under the assumption that the kid is about to ruin his pants and have a nasty cry about it, which is a terrible result for him, and for his dad/mom/babysitter/uncle, etc.

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The kid is wrong to ask, and you'd be wrong to help. As a parent, you hope that when your kid does idiotic things adults won't just go along with his idiocy. Everybody here was outraged when a stranger offered my daughter a little Jesus cross as a present, but unbuckling a kid's belt alone in a bathroom sounds reasonable?

If you know the kid and his family well, sure. Otherwise, no way. Less because of the possibility of being busted for molestation, more because you just shouldn't have that kind of contact with other people's kids.

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there are a few important differences between this situation and your situation. I'll name three, but I think there are others.

1. The question is "what would you do"?
Therefore my answer includes the self-knowledge that I am not a pervert. We don't know if the guy with the cross was a pervert or not, so we can't say for sure whether his behavior was okay.

2. There is an objective benefit to helping this kid. He won't piss himself. There was no objective benefit to the crazy looking dude giving your daughter a cross

3. The kid is ASKING for help. Your daughter never asked for the cross.

edit: Please just accept that I am right. If I put any more thought into this situation I am gonna die of being pathetic.

[SNOWBALL]

any chance this kid is actually an adult posing as a kid in a sting operation, sorta like the young looking rookie cops who try to buy alcohol/cigs?

[Quicksilvre]

1. Help the kid, no need to leave him with an embarrassing moment like pissing his pants for the rest of his life (certainly it's worse than the alternative)

2. HAPPY BIRFDAY

[Karenin]

How retarded is this kid to not be able to take his own pants off?

[suzzer99]

He's probably in a tux or dress pants or something will a million buttons and little extra flaps and stuff.