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Allen, Makily, foster baby and I went to the mall. Makily fell asleep in the stroller. We walked past the "rides" and thought it would be fun to let foster baby ride in one of them. There were two little boys over in that area. One looked to be about 7 and the other around 2.

We picked the "NASA shuttle" and I sat foster baby in it. I went to put the money in and the 7 year old JUMPED on the side of the shuttle. I just looked at Allen like "what do I do"? I looked at the kid and he just kept jumping up and down on it. So I said "can you get down we are going to start this up and I don't want you to fall". He says NOTHING and then jumps down.

The seat in the shuttle was small....for one little child ya know? We start it and I am standing right next to it with my hand on foster baby's arm to make sure he was stable...call me over protective I am. Anyway the 2 year old comes walking up and starts pushing on my leg trying to move me out of the way so he can climb in. There was NOT enough room and he would have knocked foster baby over or sat right on top of him. I say "no no honey it's too little, there is no room". He climbs OVER my leg and is standing INSIDE the shuttle now trying to turn around so he can sit ON TOP of foster baby. I am saying "NO WHERE IS YOUR MOM....NO STOP". I am scared to pick him up to move him because well I am not real quick to touch some random kid in a mall. Allen came over and was saying "no" and I am still holding onto foster baby's arm. Finally Allen gave in, picked him up out of the shuttle and put him down. The 7 year old walked up and the little one started trying to push me again to get into the shuttle. I ask the older one "where is your mom" and he points blindly towards the benches where about five men were sitting. I just picked up foster baby out of the shuttle and we left.

What would you have done? I didnt want to touch the kid but I was so scared he was going to make foster baby fall or sit on top of him. There was no mom around......

Awkard.
Very awkward.

Wow...I am constantly amazed when parents don't parent! You should not of even been put in the situation in the first place. The "parent" should of been watching the kids, and stepped in when they saw what was going on. Talk about a pet peeve - think I will add that one! ; )

Anyway, I totally understand about not wanting to touch someone elses kid. I wouldn't of wanted to do that either. They probably hang out by the rides so their kids can scam free ones off of paying parents! Faced with the situation of trying to protect the little one from being sat on, I probably would of positioned myself in front of the ride so that there would be no way for the other kids to get on. That wouldn't be hard for me as I am just shy of 6 feet tall - and not thin by any means. It's a shame that other people force you into a position like this because they don't teach their kids manners. I am constantly "teaching" while we are out and about.

I would have done the same thing you did, just picked him up and left. I think I would have also found the mother and told her what her kids were doing, though. The little two year old doesn't know any better, poor thing needs some guidance.

I can't imagine leaving my 5 and 2 year old alone to play in the mall like that. Someone could have snatched one or both of those kids.

I would have left as well. I don't think I would even look for the mom as it is apparent she dosen't care & she may be one of those moms who's children do nothing wrong & it could have statred an uproar and turned into something worse. I might have found a security person to let them know about these small children being unsupervised & let the parent (s) explain to them.

I would've taken chuchu's approach. The Mom obviously could've cared less. But I would've been pissed off enough to "tattle"! :-)

Mom might not have been there. If he randomly pointed to a bench where 5 men were sitting they may have been under Dad's care, and I use that tern loosley, that day.

I would have walked over and asked if any of them were the parent and let them know that their kids were climbing on other children and were not being safe.

Oh man I hate that. There is nothing worse than when you are trying to spend time or do fun things with your kids and other unsupervised children ruin it. What do you do; find their parents, who probably don't care anyway, move the kids yourself, or does your kid get their fun ruined because of these individuals? I agree with chuchu I would've found security and alerted them to what was going on. At least their parents would've had to answer to someone and you wouldn't have to worry about their reaction.