Could/should I have said/done more?

I think I'd have informed the management of the playbarn and let them sort of it. Poor little mite!

How terrible. I can't think of anything you could have done.

I saw a child slapped in Aldi, last week, I was at a loss to act. No 'rule' had been broken.

It's heart breaking to see a little one distressed, I can see why it would play on your mind it would have played on mine too, sadly even if you had said something it would not alter this little persons life, so many of this generation have their kids farmed out for great swathes of time , I find it heartbreaking., perhaps for every child who is getting a raw deal in daycare there are others who are being treated better than they would have been at home. ?

Maybe she was in the toilet, 10 minutes is nothing. Why can't kids eat their lunch on their own from another table? How do you know he's miserable? Very judgy post OP. Should she micromanage him then?

What at age 2/3 & not with a family member or apparently not being kept an eye on by the person who is responsible for their care! I don't think so

The op doesn't actually know how old the child was, she assumed. She assumed a lot really.

Best to have someone being over caring than under caring don't you think .

The OP has assumed so much here and doesn't know any actual facts at all so it's pretty ridiculous to make such awful judgements.

Not really ,she was just just being observant & many people in hindsight wished they had acted on their gut feelings . I know I would rather act than wish later that I had even if I ended up feeling stupid by getting it it all wrong !

She was being judgy.

Well yes but in a kind way

How does she know he was enduring this care and unhappy, how?

Very over the top and judgy.

Well we don't know
Neither did she She was just being a good citizen & prepared to intervene if it looked like action was needed, it's a pity more people don't do the same. I Once read about a woman who was upset because a baby was crying with the mum apparently at her wits end not knowing what to do , so this woman asked her if she good do anything to help,the mum was pleased to have someone speak to her etc judgments can be positive & negative I took the post to be concerned not critical

Judgy or not stillalive, if I was paying someone to care for my child, and I found out that he'd been sobbing in a corner on his own, and 2 strangers had had to go and find the person that I was paying to look after him....... I'd want to know. I'd rather be judged as being a nosey old bat than finding out later that the child wasn't being looked after. There have been too many occasions where people have thought that something was amiss but, like you, not wanted to interfere. Very recent history tells us that "minding our own business" isn't always beneficial to a child.

Not sure how relevant that post is norose. I find the OP very judgemental. All that happened was a child was crying in a play area for a bit, no big deal. Then he was sitting with other peers at a table eating lunch.

Then the OP went on to say how unhappy the boy "probably" was.

Ridiculous.

Here we go. So over the top!

Do you not see that you are equally making judgements & you weren't actually there!

Two strangers probably took it upon themselves to be rather dramatic.

I think stillalive just wants an argument norose!

Possibly ,possibly not we weren't there

Not at all, Im sticking up for someone that probably hasn't done anything wrong but is being judged, hence taking the child and not explaining as she didn't need to.

I think chewbacca is rather passive aggressive. Winky face.

Ahh Yes I think you are right Chewbbaca , thank you, some people just can't help themselves ,