What to do?
1. Assess the situation to see if your intervention will help or will only increase stress. If you are not sure, ask. And ask not in general, but what specifically you can help. Provide the maximum number of small signs of attention: open the door, watch the food cart. Express sympathy with a look and approving words. Offer to bring my mother a cup of coffee or tea. Introduce yourself as a grandmother, a mother of three or an uncle of twelve children, to show that you have relevant experience and that you are not a pervert who wants to come into contact with the child. Interfere if the child is in danger (for example, runs to the roadway).
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What not to do?
1. Do not approach or touch the child without the permission of the parents. Do not advise your mother what to do in this situation. Do not offer candy and any other products to your child. First, you do not know if he has allergies or other contraindications for health. Secondly, do not teach children to take food from the hands of strangers. Do not stand like a gawk. No one needs spectators at the worst moments of children's lives. If you can not help, just smile cheerfully and walk past.
