Agree - my brain went there as well

No, it's not extreme. I thought the same - like why would kids to have a toddler go somewhere with them? And immediately thought about poor Jamie.

This was exactly what I thought. It's strange they want to 'hang out' with him at all. If a grown man wanted to 'hang out' with a 13-year-old I'd be just as cautious and my gut would tell me to question it. My brain would, too! There's something off about it. And if the other mom feels you're accusing them of something, you can say 'yes absolutely I am. I'm accusing 2 teens who have gotten in some trouble before of wanting to hang out with a child that can barely walk and talk yet. And they want to do it away from me. That seems strange and anyone would think so.'

I also thought of Jamie Bulger the second I read the title of the article. If I were in this situation as a parent, I would be crept out as hell.

i did as well what would a 12 and 13 year olds want to play with a 2 year old unless it was their sibling cousin of nephew or niece an old child sure i can understand that but a 2 year old i also thought of jamie bulger

Sadly so did I. That was my first thought reading this.

My first thought. And my second and third. If they want to cuddle and play with a toddler, fine, but under Mom's watch only. Especially when raised by a somewhat crazy mother.

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of Jamie.

Yeah after seeing the comment in the article about that I realised that was what I was thinking about when reading

I was thinking more like the Leopold and Loeb case, but that’s just me being a history buff.

I also thought of this, too. Relieved to see I'm not the only one!

Next Feb it will be 30 years since it happened and despite all that time it's still the first place our minds went to on reading this post.

This is EXACTLY where my mind went too. That story haunts me to this day. All the people who saw that little angels last moments... just thinking he was with his brothers.... idk about y'all but when I was 11/12/13 the LAST thing I wanted to do was spend time with a baby!

Same, first thing my brain popped up with.

Same here. I would be so freaked out if I were the mother in this scenario. Please keep your child safe from this family. Absolutely NTA.

Me too. These boys are up to no good. And to add an insult to poor Jamie's memory, the murderers are released on parole in 2001. "the boys were no longer a threat to public safety and could be released" - a quote from the parole board. What the actual heck?

That's what I immediately thought of. I got terrible vibes.

It’s not extreme

mine too..

Yup, my mind went to Jamie as well.

Either that or sexual assault.

Agree 100%. That is where my mind went. Never leave. Young child alone with anyone you do not know, let alone them being children themselves!

Mine too... this is the world we live in unfortunately!

Me too

exacly what i first thought of. jamie bulger.

Yeah, the alone part is really problematic for me. I enjoyed playing with my baby brothers when I was around that age, but that they objected to the mom wanting to be along is very creepy.

I'm not sure if it's due to my age or being from the US, but I was not familiar with Jamie Bulger's story. I am so full of rage and sadness now that I know. That poor baby suffered so much and the UK is still protecting his tormentors that unsurprisingly grew up to be pedos. Sick people are even harassing his poor mother online. I'm so nauseated, I think I've had enough internet today.

It's absolutely weird that boys that old would be so desperate to play with a two year old they don't even know.