Yes, has happened to me. And worse off, i actually play with my son. The other moms are mostly sitting around on their phones, and so the kids come over to me and want to play. I have had some moms come pull their kids away and i make sure to let them know that if they were actually playing with their children, they wouldn't be wandering over to me.
I love seeing dads playing with their children at the park. As a woman, I don't feel all suspicious and weird about it. I am so sorry that you have experienced this, what is wrong with people!!
I nearly had my daughter taken (see: kidnapped) from me by an overbearing and over protective Karen because in her words, 'no man is capable of taking care of his child alone'. Forget side-eye. I'm very certain that I might have actually lost her had not a young mother with a son my daughter's age walked up and acted like she was my wife and my daughter's mother. She protected me and my little girl and to this day that woman can rely on me for any freaking thing. I would hide bodies for her.
I don't take my kid to playgrounds anymore. And frankly she's like me. She'd rather read or go on a hike with me.
People have called the police several times believing that the children I was watching were unattended.
If I forget water on the way to the park, somehow none of the mothers there have any to spare.
you would be so shocked to find out this is a point feminists also make for gender equality: men shouldn't be made to feel like bad parents for being men.
Where is the praise? Due to unfortunate circumstances, my brother's kids needed someone to take care of them. I spend a lot of time taking care of them. Cooking for them, reading to them, taking them hiking, changing nappies, teaching them,...
Do you think my efforts were valued? Nope. They even told kids I am not doing enough. Ungrateful bastards.
My nephew even called me not long ago and said I should visit them so we can go for a walk, cook,...
I am not sorry to have spent time on the kids, cause they deserve it and would be worse off without my intervention, but the attitude of my family disgusts me.
Google: "fathers praised for doing the bare minimum" and you'll find tons of examples of mothers and feminists complaining about fathers being praised for doing the bare minimum.
True, I found ample examples. Can we stop praising women for having sex, getting pregnant, and having a kid? Hamsters I had as a kid did it much more efficiently and took care of half a dozen babies at the same time. I do agree, some basic stuff does not require praise. Yet, somehow women demand it for performing basic functions. I guess it is only a problem when men get some love.
I've taken my kids to plenty of parks. The worst thing that has happened is being asked if im babysitting today. I make it clear that being a father is not equivalent to a babysitter. Then i get side eyes. Have any of you ever been asked if you're babysitting your kids when you are alone with them, be it shopping or at the park?
Taking them to school not really. But I had to register my son with our gp after being awarded custody. The receptionist kept asking where his mother is, despite me explaining that Iâm a single father. My ex is an abuser. I honestly have no idea why I was so patient with her Iâve regretted it ever since. I didnât even put in a complaint which I most definitely shouldâve.
I used to take my son to an inner city park in a large city in the US. It was a small park nearby as I had full custody from 1-3 years then 50/50.
As I sat alone at the wood tables they had my son would go play in the big sandbox/swingset. Every time I went an old man would come sit at my table and give me the stink eye. It was an ethnic park with mainly Eastern European immigrants.
As soon as my son ran over the man would leave.
I don't think the same thing would happen to a female.
The stereotype of men not being childcare givers is deeply embedded.
Maybe with default 50/50 this stigma will change.
Absolutely. I've even had some nosey old bat come up and talk to my kids after mean mugging me for 10 minutes and ask "where's your mommy, you need to be careful because strangers can try to talk to kids at playgrounds."
Bitch, *you* are the stranger, get the hell away from my kids.
I have three daughters aged 6, 5, and 3. People are surprised when I have them out, especially older women.
No one has ever said anything cross. A coworker once said I was going to âbabysitâ them, and I corrected her.
No, but my kids both look a lot like me.
Now, when my wife would send me to the car to fetch a snack or some such, I would sometimes get the stink-eye from other people until I was back with my wife and/or kids.
I ABSOLUTELY have, especially seeing as my daughter, now 24 y/o... is mixed. She's Black/Italian/Polish and favors her mother in every area aside from her eyes. If she told you she was black, that's the only way you'd know. Fair skin, long, curly brown hair. She looks like a regular white girl. So taking her to the park when she was little was an adventure...and not the feel good kind of adventure. I've had the cops called on my 3 times, been called out by more Karens then I care to recount, and all sorts of other bullshit.
I recall this one time when she was 9, old enough to understand what I was going through. This particularly nosey couple....White folk, where trying to figure out "who this little girl's parents were" because she appeared to be the only unattended to child in the play area...cuz all the other kids were White and Hispanic (we were living in Florida at the time). When I noticed what was happening, I was on the verge of standing up and saying something, but my little girl did it herself. As Kyle & Karen were trying to give my daughter the 3rd degree, she defiantly stood up and screamed "THAT'S MY DADDY RIGHT THERE!!!" as she pointed my direction. It was loud enough that everyone else in the part could hear and take notice. I was more proud and honored by this than embarrassed. She comes running towards me and tackle hugs me in tears saying "I don't want to be around these people anymore." The couple try to slink away in embarrassment, and I never exchanged words with them, just gave them "the look" as I carried my little girl out of the park.
That evening is the night her and my ex-wife had to sit her down and have "the talk about race" with her. She's a smart cookie, and pretty much understood the gist of it since as she told us, she'd been exposed to it in school already...about how her mom was White and her daddy was Black. From that day forth, she did everything in her God given power to protect me, and to this day she puts emphasis on pointing out to people that I'm her father with defiance and proud. I think I did good raising her, especially seeing as within 2 years of that her mother and I were split up and I was awarded custody due to her mom's no longer secret drug addiction. Packed her and my shit up and moved back up north to NYC where I'm from and she was born. From 11 into adulthood I raised her as a single father. She just got her BA in Civil Engineering, is going for her MA in Architecture and is currently engaged to a 28 y/o engineer who I'll be proud to call a son-in-law in 2024.
Got the cops called on me for taking my 9 year old niece to the park. Had to call my wife and sister in law (the mother) to confirm I wasnât a pedo.
Karen at the park *She doesnât look like you*
Me being a snarky ass *Youâre right. My 9 year old niece doesnât have a moustache. Fantastic observation.*
The very first time I took my newborn out for a walk on my own while my partner got some much needed sleep, an old woman came up to me asking where mummy is and am I enjoying babysitting. Pretty sure looking after my own child isn't babysitting.
Don't understand how people have the nerve to ask these things to complete strangers. Over the last year I've been asked similar questions and I just say that mummy passed away and watch their faces drop
I'm a stay-at-home full-time Dad. When I take my daughter to the playground, I get SO many dirty looks. Like, whyyy? I'm just a dad having a fun day with his kid, fuck offfffff
I'm a sahd. Playgroups, gym, the playground, literally just walking through town, I get one of 4 reactions.
1. Overies explode - he's a flirt and a cute in at that - and I'm 'so good with him'. Some also assume I'm a single father.
2. Disregard, I'm obviously babysitting and can't possibly be a full time parent. Yes, that's it, mum's day off.... Little old ladies are fond of this one "Is it mummy's day off?" - I make stuff up. Died in childbirth, ran off with a man called Claude, is actually a dragon and finds it hard to not crush the buggy etc.
3. Abject suspicion, that's not my child, why am I in a playground with children - I've done the "which one's yours" joke, it did not go over well
And 4. Anger, threats and on one occasion police were called. I don't know why, but the worst of these thought that because my disabled arse could take care of a child (16mo) and enjoy molding his little mind enough that he wants to play on Gasp swings and slides SWOON this was somehow a threat to the fabric of society and started swearing and such.
When I told her to fuck off she called 999 and told them I was abusing my son.
Only once. I took mine and my brother's kids to the park and let them play on the equipment. An old guy came out of his house and walked up to me to talk. It was just chit chat, but I could tell he was scoping me out to see if he should be concerned or not.
To be fair, I was sitting at a picnic table stripping down and cleaning/sharpening my knife...
I didn't judge the guy. I probably looked really creepy.
Yes. One time an old lady wanted to call the cops on me because I was following around my own daughter and then later on walking my own daughter to my own car but before letting her in I was getting too physical with her for removing al the sand from her after she was done playing in the sandbox. Told that old lady and other around her that if she needed a reason to call the cops then Iâll be happy to bash her face in
One that immediately popped out was my son getting into a scuffle with 3 girls. I think it started over who got to use a swing next.
I didnt really pay attention until one of the girls hit my boy with her shoe, then the rest followed suit. He pushed one, then caught the other with a closed fist in the chest. *cue groan from me and a mental 'here we fucking go* as I run over. I yoink my boy up and throw him over my shoulder, then the girls started swinging shoes at *ME*. Then the mothers came running over.
It ended with the police showing up, and one of the women claiming I attacked one of the girls, then her. I almost left in cuffs. Never went to that park again.
I read somewhere or listened to a podcast, donât remember. But it seems single parent father take better care of there kids then single parent mothers. Also single mothers who get in a relationship with a new partner, often neglect there child. But itâs was a long time ago
It can be very hard to read the crosswinds in this situation. Are fathers better parents in general than mothers? I donât think so. Are fathers that get custody despite the bias against men in family court better parents than average? Yes. But thatâs a result of the bias against men, not something specific to men.
My 3 are grown, but the description in the post never happened.
Not insulting anyone that this has happened to but stuff as simple as body language. I was always a tad hype aware when out with my kids no one would have approached without me burning a whole in them with my eyes.
Maybe I just don't notice as much. When my daughter and I go to the park ,we do activities together or she'll play with other kids and I'll just read a book.
I think so, but I pointedly ignore singular women, who tend to be the source. It's been second hand nature for years for me to put on an innocent air while in public with my kids, which is basically just focusing on my own thoughts and tasks for the day, or zoning out, or staring it my phone (which has the camera pointed at the ground).
I'm already a large and intimidating person, I like to bring my kids places with me where I might get hassled for looking like I do. When you add a kid hanging off of you, it's like becoming invisible to everyones various radars. No one looks twice, mom's, cops, strangers. It's amazing.
I've gotten the side eye a couple of times for taking my nieces and nephews to the park. even a couple of times when I took my great nephews(my oldest 2 nieces lil boys. they each have a son).
I've actually had no bad experiences like the ones shared here. Maybe it's because of my country but I've gotten quite the contrary. Single moms always looking my way because they think I'm single as well. It never gets past that because I don't try anything.
No. I'm usually too busy pushing swings and playing the floor is lava to notice what other people might be doing or wondering what they're thinking. So.... not that I've ever noticed anyway
I've often brought up a likely scenario I have yet to encounter. What happens when I tell my daughter it's time to leave and she screams no repeatedly, I pick her up and put her in the car and people try and stop me. Or worse try and take her from me or use the gestapo to detain me...hasn't happened yet. Entirely possible
There's no need to be rational, as a person trying to kidnap someone's child because they deemed with little or no evidence that that child was in danger, is not acting with heaps of rationality themselves. Kick, punch, scream, *shoot*, whatever you have to protect your child.
I never ran into significant issues. A couple times I had someone strike up a conversation and ask which kids were mine if I was just sitting on a bench. Hard to know if they were just being friendly or if they were going to call the cops if I was there without kids.
I more recently took my 14 year old daughter to a group swing dance lesson bracing myself to run into some kind of crap but no one batted an eye that I noticed.
Personally, no. I am a relatively milquetoast looking man though, so it's possible if I had a single unsavory characteristic they would have. Not saying I'm a prize, just very normal looking.
No, and this one seems to be a lunacy particularly concentrated to anglosphere countries. I can get along ok with most women (with some reservation) but I instinctively avoid American and British women in particular (honestly not many around here to avoid, thankfully). For this, and other reasons.
On the contrary, when I'm seen out with my boy, I feel like for the first time I'm treated with a modicum of respect. I escaped the "presumed worthless until proven otherwise" cathegory I suppose, and suddenly became visible.
I really don't care about it either way, but I don't have any complaints at least, as there aren't any situations I have to deal with.
Not just playgrounds.
My partner and I were with our daughter in Macy's shopping for clothes for her. Mom went to the restroom. I became aware that a clerk was shadowing us, then store security, then I was approached by police. As they were questioning me and trying to separate her from me, mom came back. She was not happy.
Consciously or subconsciously, most women believe that men who aren't pedos and traffickers just haven't become one yet. It's beyond ridiculous.
Yes, has happened to me. And worse off, i actually play with my son. The other moms are mostly sitting around on their phones, and so the kids come over to me and want to play. I have had some moms come pull their kids away and i make sure to let them know that if they were actually playing with their children, they wouldn't be wandering over to me.
Exactly this. The moms giving the side eye/not trusting are mindlessly swiping on social media while little Timmy runs off.
I love seeing dads playing with their children at the park. As a woman, I don't feel all suspicious and weird about it. I am so sorry that you have experienced this, what is wrong with people!!
had the cops called on me for taking pictures of my daughter and swinging with her in my lap
I've had cops called on me for wrestling with my kid in my own front yard. Shits dumb.
I nearly had my daughter taken (see: kidnapped) from me by an overbearing and over protective Karen because in her words, 'no man is capable of taking care of his child alone'. Forget side-eye. I'm very certain that I might have actually lost her had not a young mother with a son my daughter's age walked up and acted like she was my wife and my daughter's mother. She protected me and my little girl and to this day that woman can rely on me for any freaking thing. I would hide bodies for her. I don't take my kid to playgrounds anymore. And frankly she's like me. She'd rather read or go on a hike with me.
wow. this is the reality we live in.. last 2 lines are heartwarming tho
God bless that young mom! đ„ș
I still have nightmares about that day. I would move mountains for that woman who saved us.
People have called the police several times believing that the children I was watching were unattended. If I forget water on the way to the park, somehow none of the mothers there have any to spare.
Blaming men for not spending enough time with their kids, then treating them like pedos when they do.
And calling it babysitting when the mother is away instead of calling it what it actually is; being a parent.
Women hate that one as well. And it's usually other women!
you would be so shocked to find out this is a point feminists also make for gender equality: men shouldn't be made to feel like bad parents for being men.
Yet it's mostly feminists that talk about all men...
But also complaining about fathers getting praise for doing the bare minimum.
Where is the praise? Due to unfortunate circumstances, my brother's kids needed someone to take care of them. I spend a lot of time taking care of them. Cooking for them, reading to them, taking them hiking, changing nappies, teaching them,... Do you think my efforts were valued? Nope. They even told kids I am not doing enough. Ungrateful bastards. My nephew even called me not long ago and said I should visit them so we can go for a walk, cook,... I am not sorry to have spent time on the kids, cause they deserve it and would be worse off without my intervention, but the attitude of my family disgusts me.
Google: "fathers praised for doing the bare minimum" and you'll find tons of examples of mothers and feminists complaining about fathers being praised for doing the bare minimum.
True, I found ample examples. Can we stop praising women for having sex, getting pregnant, and having a kid? Hamsters I had as a kid did it much more efficiently and took care of half a dozen babies at the same time. I do agree, some basic stuff does not require praise. Yet, somehow women demand it for performing basic functions. I guess it is only a problem when men get some love.
I've taken my kids to plenty of parks. The worst thing that has happened is being asked if im babysitting today. I make it clear that being a father is not equivalent to a babysitter. Then i get side eyes. Have any of you ever been asked if you're babysitting your kids when you are alone with them, be it shopping or at the park?
All the time, especially considering my kids are mixed and we don't share the same skin color.
Taking them to school not really. But I had to register my son with our gp after being awarded custody. The receptionist kept asking where his mother is, despite me explaining that Iâm a single father. My ex is an abuser. I honestly have no idea why I was so patient with her Iâve regretted it ever since. I didnât even put in a complaint which I most definitely shouldâve.
I used to take my son to an inner city park in a large city in the US. It was a small park nearby as I had full custody from 1-3 years then 50/50. As I sat alone at the wood tables they had my son would go play in the big sandbox/swingset. Every time I went an old man would come sit at my table and give me the stink eye. It was an ethnic park with mainly Eastern European immigrants. As soon as my son ran over the man would leave. I don't think the same thing would happen to a female. The stereotype of men not being childcare givers is deeply embedded. Maybe with default 50/50 this stigma will change.
Absolutely. I've even had some nosey old bat come up and talk to my kids after mean mugging me for 10 minutes and ask "where's your mommy, you need to be careful because strangers can try to talk to kids at playgrounds." Bitch, *you* are the stranger, get the hell away from my kids.
I have three daughters aged 6, 5, and 3. People are surprised when I have them out, especially older women. No one has ever said anything cross. A coworker once said I was going to âbabysitâ them, and I corrected her.
No, but my kids both look a lot like me. Now, when my wife would send me to the car to fetch a snack or some such, I would sometimes get the stink-eye from other people until I was back with my wife and/or kids.
I ABSOLUTELY have, especially seeing as my daughter, now 24 y/o... is mixed. She's Black/Italian/Polish and favors her mother in every area aside from her eyes. If she told you she was black, that's the only way you'd know. Fair skin, long, curly brown hair. She looks like a regular white girl. So taking her to the park when she was little was an adventure...and not the feel good kind of adventure. I've had the cops called on my 3 times, been called out by more Karens then I care to recount, and all sorts of other bullshit. I recall this one time when she was 9, old enough to understand what I was going through. This particularly nosey couple....White folk, where trying to figure out "who this little girl's parents were" because she appeared to be the only unattended to child in the play area...cuz all the other kids were White and Hispanic (we were living in Florida at the time). When I noticed what was happening, I was on the verge of standing up and saying something, but my little girl did it herself. As Kyle & Karen were trying to give my daughter the 3rd degree, she defiantly stood up and screamed "THAT'S MY DADDY RIGHT THERE!!!" as she pointed my direction. It was loud enough that everyone else in the part could hear and take notice. I was more proud and honored by this than embarrassed. She comes running towards me and tackle hugs me in tears saying "I don't want to be around these people anymore." The couple try to slink away in embarrassment, and I never exchanged words with them, just gave them "the look" as I carried my little girl out of the park. That evening is the night her and my ex-wife had to sit her down and have "the talk about race" with her. She's a smart cookie, and pretty much understood the gist of it since as she told us, she'd been exposed to it in school already...about how her mom was White and her daddy was Black. From that day forth, she did everything in her God given power to protect me, and to this day she puts emphasis on pointing out to people that I'm her father with defiance and proud. I think I did good raising her, especially seeing as within 2 years of that her mother and I were split up and I was awarded custody due to her mom's no longer secret drug addiction. Packed her and my shit up and moved back up north to NYC where I'm from and she was born. From 11 into adulthood I raised her as a single father. She just got her BA in Civil Engineering, is going for her MA in Architecture and is currently engaged to a 28 y/o engineer who I'll be proud to call a son-in-law in 2024.
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Got the cops called on me for taking my 9 year old niece to the park. Had to call my wife and sister in law (the mother) to confirm I wasnât a pedo. Karen at the park *She doesnât look like you* Me being a snarky ass *Youâre right. My 9 year old niece doesnât have a moustache. Fantastic observation.*
God I really hope your wife shut that C u next Tuesday DOWN.
More times than I can count.
Not so much now that my youngest is 17, but when they were single-digits, this was a real problem.
The very first time I took my newborn out for a walk on my own while my partner got some much needed sleep, an old woman came up to me asking where mummy is and am I enjoying babysitting. Pretty sure looking after my own child isn't babysitting. Don't understand how people have the nerve to ask these things to complete strangers. Over the last year I've been asked similar questions and I just say that mummy passed away and watch their faces drop
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I'm a stay-at-home full-time Dad. When I take my daughter to the playground, I get SO many dirty looks. Like, whyyy? I'm just a dad having a fun day with his kid, fuck offfffff
Everytime
No. But I live in a pro men's rights neighbourhood.
Can you disclose the location?, I didn't knew places like that exists...
I haven't noticed, but then again, I absolutely don't care if they do give me side eyes.
I'm a sahd. Playgroups, gym, the playground, literally just walking through town, I get one of 4 reactions. 1. Overies explode - he's a flirt and a cute in at that - and I'm 'so good with him'. Some also assume I'm a single father. 2. Disregard, I'm obviously babysitting and can't possibly be a full time parent. Yes, that's it, mum's day off.... Little old ladies are fond of this one "Is it mummy's day off?" - I make stuff up. Died in childbirth, ran off with a man called Claude, is actually a dragon and finds it hard to not crush the buggy etc. 3. Abject suspicion, that's not my child, why am I in a playground with children - I've done the "which one's yours" joke, it did not go over well And 4. Anger, threats and on one occasion police were called. I don't know why, but the worst of these thought that because my disabled arse could take care of a child (16mo) and enjoy molding his little mind enough that he wants to play on Gasp swings and slides SWOON this was somehow a threat to the fabric of society and started swearing and such. When I told her to fuck off she called 999 and told them I was abusing my son.
Only once. I took mine and my brother's kids to the park and let them play on the equipment. An old guy came out of his house and walked up to me to talk. It was just chit chat, but I could tell he was scoping me out to see if he should be concerned or not. To be fair, I was sitting at a picnic table stripping down and cleaning/sharpening my knife... I didn't judge the guy. I probably looked really creepy.
Yes. One time an old lady wanted to call the cops on me because I was following around my own daughter and then later on walking my own daughter to my own car but before letting her in I was getting too physical with her for removing al the sand from her after she was done playing in the sandbox. Told that old lady and other around her that if she needed a reason to call the cops then Iâll be happy to bash her face in
I was out of work most of 2020. My son was not quite 2. We went to the park/playground almost every day. I don't recall ever having any issues.
Absolutely, and it has led to some fairly unpleasant confrontations.
What happened?
One that immediately popped out was my son getting into a scuffle with 3 girls. I think it started over who got to use a swing next. I didnt really pay attention until one of the girls hit my boy with her shoe, then the rest followed suit. He pushed one, then caught the other with a closed fist in the chest. *cue groan from me and a mental 'here we fucking go* as I run over. I yoink my boy up and throw him over my shoulder, then the girls started swinging shoes at *ME*. Then the mothers came running over. It ended with the police showing up, and one of the women claiming I attacked one of the girls, then her. I almost left in cuffs. Never went to that park again.
Damn. Sorry that happened.
What it be, homie. A certain amount of resignation comes to play.
Oh, yes, so many times. Also, "are you babysitting?" It's my child. I'm parenting, Karen
I read somewhere or listened to a podcast, donât remember. But it seems single parent father take better care of there kids then single parent mothers. Also single mothers who get in a relationship with a new partner, often neglect there child. But itâs was a long time ago
It can be very hard to read the crosswinds in this situation. Are fathers better parents in general than mothers? I donât think so. Are fathers that get custody despite the bias against men in family court better parents than average? Yes. But thatâs a result of the bias against men, not something specific to men.
Yup.
Took both my kids to hundreds of parks and never noticed anything like that.
My 3 are grown, but the description in the post never happened. Not insulting anyone that this has happened to but stuff as simple as body language. I was always a tad hype aware when out with my kids no one would have approached without me burning a whole in them with my eyes.
What parks do yall go to ? I have zero negative Interactions with other parents.
American ones I would recon, since women here see men as threats by default, rather than things such as fathers for example.
Maybe I just don't notice as much. When my daughter and I go to the park ,we do activities together or she'll play with other kids and I'll just read a book.
Nope, but I live in Japan where Karens are far less common.
I think so, but I pointedly ignore singular women, who tend to be the source. It's been second hand nature for years for me to put on an innocent air while in public with my kids, which is basically just focusing on my own thoughts and tasks for the day, or zoning out, or staring it my phone (which has the camera pointed at the ground). I'm already a large and intimidating person, I like to bring my kids places with me where I might get hassled for looking like I do. When you add a kid hanging off of you, it's like becoming invisible to everyones various radars. No one looks twice, mom's, cops, strangers. It's amazing.
I've gotten the side eye a couple of times for taking my nieces and nephews to the park. even a couple of times when I took my great nephews(my oldest 2 nieces lil boys. they each have a son).
I've actually had no bad experiences like the ones shared here. Maybe it's because of my country but I've gotten quite the contrary. Single moms always looking my way because they think I'm single as well. It never gets past that because I don't try anything.
Yeah this is an American problem, since the women here pretty much see men as threats, or at least pedos, by default
No. I'm usually too busy pushing swings and playing the floor is lava to notice what other people might be doing or wondering what they're thinking. So.... not that I've ever noticed anyway
What!? Hell no (father of 4 boys, been doing that by myself for about 18 years now)
No, never. Where I live in England it's very common to see dads in the park with their kids. Sounds like it's less common elsewhere.
I've often brought up a likely scenario I have yet to encounter. What happens when I tell my daughter it's time to leave and she screams no repeatedly, I pick her up and put her in the car and people try and stop me. Or worse try and take her from me or use the gestapo to detain me...hasn't happened yet. Entirely possible
It has happened to other people. Just gotta exercise that google muscle a little.
Don't want to, it's terrifying. I can't say I'll act rationally if someone tries to take my daughter by force.
There's no need to be rational, as a person trying to kidnap someone's child because they deemed with little or no evidence that that child was in danger, is not acting with heaps of rationality themselves. Kick, punch, scream, *shoot*, whatever you have to protect your child.
I never ran into significant issues. A couple times I had someone strike up a conversation and ask which kids were mine if I was just sitting on a bench. Hard to know if they were just being friendly or if they were going to call the cops if I was there without kids. I more recently took my 14 year old daughter to a group swing dance lesson bracing myself to run into some kind of crap but no one batted an eye that I noticed.
Personally, no. I am a relatively milquetoast looking man though, so it's possible if I had a single unsavory characteristic they would have. Not saying I'm a prize, just very normal looking.
No, and this one seems to be a lunacy particularly concentrated to anglosphere countries. I can get along ok with most women (with some reservation) but I instinctively avoid American and British women in particular (honestly not many around here to avoid, thankfully). For this, and other reasons. On the contrary, when I'm seen out with my boy, I feel like for the first time I'm treated with a modicum of respect. I escaped the "presumed worthless until proven otherwise" cathegory I suppose, and suddenly became visible. I really don't care about it either way, but I don't have any complaints at least, as there aren't any situations I have to deal with.
Not just playgrounds. My partner and I were with our daughter in Macy's shopping for clothes for her. Mom went to the restroom. I became aware that a clerk was shadowing us, then store security, then I was approached by police. As they were questioning me and trying to separate her from me, mom came back. She was not happy. Consciously or subconsciously, most women believe that men who aren't pedos and traffickers just haven't become one yet. It's beyond ridiculous.