What would you have done in this situation?

Your husband is wrong. A lone toddler is everyone's business.

How would he feel if your child somehow wandered off, and no adult bothered to help her?

If you had reported it, would the police do anything? I know the reservations have their own laws.

I definitely would have said something to the woman who left her there unsupervised. There are more dangers than kidnapping for a child that age.

You have the tag number, right? I would report it to cps. No car seat? Neglected? Sounds like enough to hand over to cps. Let them make the final decision.

I once saw a little boy walk into a store with old bruises, new bruises, and bumps across his face. One particular bruise ran horizontal across his forehead, and it was black! He was barefoot, and wearing no more than a long, adult size tshirt, hanging off of his shoulders. His guardians were dressed quite nice. I just got a funny feeling, especially when he walked across the hot asphalt on a hundred degree day without a flinch, and his guardians also didn't flinch. I took the tag number and reported it. Maybe he was swimming, and had recently had a few bad falls, but you know what? I felt funny, so I reported it. I don't know what happened, but if I hadn't reported it I would have wondered my entire life if I should have.

I would of done the same thing. If you had called the police then the old lady would have been charged with child neglect because she left the child without supervision, with a dirty diaper that could lead to a rash, and no car seat!

You did nothing wrong and the child's caretaker was obviously disgustingly neglectful but there was not much you could have done at that time and the authorities probably wouldn't have done anything about the situation truthfully. All parents can do is watch out for their own children in most ambiguous situations like yours and intervene only when a clear cut crime such as blatant child abuse or child endangerment is being committed. Unfortunately, she was endangering the child but not to the point that you could intervene effectively.

1. Yes I would have wiped the little girl's nose if I couldn't identify a care taker.

2. I would have called the police as soon as she drove off with no carseat. In my state all children need to be in a booster/carseat under the age of 8 or 4'10.

3. I would have made a note of the dirty diaper and nose when the caretaker approached.

If it wasn't for you keeping an eye on her someone could have kidnapped her she could have got hit by a car anything you did the motherly thing I would report them b/c what normal parent can't change their poor babies diaper and wipe her nose that's terrible and then the fact that she had no baby seat if I were you I'd report it that poor little girl

I think I wouldve called the police. That child is being neglected. You can still anonymously call if you have the plate number.

PS You werent wrong to wipe her nose. Not like the mother was sitting right there and you were overstepping.

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I'm not a parent but I'd call cps because I've seen toddlers neglected on reserves before :/ It's really sad

a 2-3 year old alone at a park, dirty and practically naked, I would have called the police and given her a tissue, for all you knew it was an emergency.