Woman Pepper-Sprayed Man Taking Photos of His Own Children

[LuckyCharms]

20. I've read that things like this, but not to this degree, are fairly

common problems for men with young children.

For example, many men feel uncomfortable talking their young children to playgrounds unless they are accompanied by their wife or another adult woman, because if they are alone with a child, they often get looks and perhaps even questioned directly by other parents there.

I also saw this video one time where a white family had a trusted male babysitter who was a black man. The man was a long time friend of the family, they were very close, and the kids loved him. He was out in public with the kids and someone called the police and he had to answer endless questions because white kids, black adult male didn't look right to someone, so someone did not think the situation through properly and knee jerked called the police. Even after he and the kids explained that he was their babysitter, it was assumed that he was lying, and that the kids were fearful and made up the fact that he was indeed the babysitter.

Just stating what I've read and viewed on video...never personally experienced something like this.

I can certainly appreciate wanting to protect children, but I can also understand why men frequently complain about the issue. I don't know what a good solution is, but it is indeed a problem begging for a solution. Someone smarter than me might know the answer.

Personally, I would most likely mind my own business, but I guess it would depend. In the case of the black babysitter with the white kids, I can't remember the exact details, but by all appearances, nothing looked sketchy or out of place in my mind, and I wouldn't have even given it a thought.

But also, you may sometimes see a situation where things don't look right to you. It's kind of just an intuitive feeling. Maybe the look on a child's face, or their body language, or the manner in which the man is engaging with the child. Sometimes you can sense something is wrong but you can't define it. If I saw something that just didn't seem right, looked off a little, I may tend to try to find out more, or I may not. I guess it would depend on how much my alarm bells were going off. But a man being in public with a child and acting normally? I would mind my own business.