"I recently started taking him to a park for about 45 minutes before I take him home. I'm physically active and climb the slides, chase him around and play with him. He loves our time together. Over the last two weeks, there has been a little 6-year-old girl at the park who seems to be on her own. Her parents, I assume, are in the parking lot."
"You are assuming that the little girl has a parent in the parking lot. The next time you see her, ask her who is there with her mom, dad, aunt, caregiver? Then you can either meet the person and explain the problem or realize that no responsible adult is looking after her. If this is the case, for heaven's sake, report it to the school or CPS because leaving her all alone is child endangerment."
A grandmother picks up her grandson twice weekly and spends about 45 minutes playing with him at a nearby park. A six-year-old girl has begun arriving after school and repeatedly seeks attention, attaching herself to the grandmother and demanding continuous play. The girl's presence interrupts the grandson's enjoyment and distracts the grandmother from supervising him. The grandmother tried including the child, which increased the attention demands, and cannot easily change parks. The recommended actions are to ask who is supervising the child, meet the guardian to explain the issue if present, or report to the school or CPS if the child is unsupervised.
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