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It's easy to point of finger and say people are bad for not helping the kid, but when it's apart of your life you tend to just ignore.
I spent time in Mumbai, I've seen children sleeping in the streets.. life aint easy for anyone. Can't really look down on someone for not helping every kid they see.
Forget the cold or coat, ask where the parent or guardian is. If none are present, pick up that smartphone everyone seems to have a look up the local service for child welfare and call them. Yes, offer a coat if you have one but that is secondary.
So often people rush to treat or deal with a symptom and not the cause. What good does a coat do for a child sitting in a snowy environment if they have no place to go, were abandoned or worse? First ascertain that there is no continuing danger, then determine the why and then if all is well, deal with the smaller issue.
Very rarely is something as it seems. In this case, once the adult called some agency I bet the child would have volunteered some interesting information of the handlers would have come forward to explain the study. In that case, no coat offer would be needed since it was a staged situation.
can't rep you any more but agree with you totally. things are seldom as they seem. best to involve the authorities such as child services who can sort it out.
Filmed experiment hopes to raise awareness for displaced Syrian children
For those who consider humanity a lost cause, consider this: At least we live in a world where strangers will still give a freezing child a coat. So we've got that going for us.
In a filmed experiment in Norway, a jacketless child actor was instructed to sit at a bus stop and look cold — not a difficult task, judging by the snow on the ground.
The last time I saw a lost child I called the police and waited with the kid until an officer arrived. It wasn't winter, but his parents weren't within a block in any direction, the kid didn't know where he was or where he lived, and I wasn't about to take a kid back to my place by himself.
Jaded??? How about people that watch the news a lot??
Yes, jaded. I watch the news a lot as well. I would still give that kid my coat. My first thought is not going to be, "He's just trying to get over on me, little punk brat, no way am I giving you my coat!", it's going to be, "this kid looks freezing, let me try to help".
"OMG, you're so naive!!!"
No. I'm not. I know darn good and well just how evil some people in this world can be, but what I REFUSE to do is make everyone else pay for that.
Filmed experiment hopes to raise awareness for displaced Syrian children
For those who consider humanity a lost cause, consider this: At least we live in a world where strangers will still give a freezing child a coat. So we've got that going for us.
In a filmed experiment in Norway, a jacketless child actor was instructed to sit at a bus stop and look cold — not a difficult task, judging by the snow on the ground.
I guess not all of us are jaded. I would totally give the kid my coat.
The most I'd do is tell the kid I had an extra jacket or sweater he could have --- but I woudn't automatically assume a child old enough to ride the buses by himself was dependent on his parents to put a jacket or sweater on him. Plus as long as the bus is on it's way, he'll soon be out of the cold, next time he might listen to his mom and at least carry a sweater in case he gets cold. It's not as if infants and toddlers are sitting and shivering at bus stops.
It's not at all unusual to see a teenage girl in short shorts and a tiny shirt even in 30 degrees. And yes they look cold but I never jump to the conclusion that it's a case of parental neglect.
Call the police ;plain and simple; first thing. Too risk to do what most use to in this world.
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How about people that watch the news a lot??
