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I was walking in the park and a little girl, about 4 years old, was crying her eyes out at
the path next to the playground. No adults around, just her, sobbing her little heart out.
All I wanted to do is go up, lower myself to her level, give her a little hug and ask where
her mommy and daddy were… but I couldn’t. Modern society says that a man on his own
near a park, talking to children is a threat.
So, I had to keep my distance until I’d got the attention of a female walking her dog.
Society is broken when a man feels he can’t even comfort a crying child.