This morning a child threw a wobbly when asked to get in the car by their parent.

Someone saw this, and called the Police, who treated this as a kidnapping.

Sergeant John Hicks praised the man for memorising the car’s registration.

At the end of the day, we’re after the welfare of the child. We take our hat off to the member of the public who came in and reported it. Better to be safe than sorry,” he said.

Of course, had an adult been in the same position (fighting someone who was putting them in a car) this would have been a kidnapping. But that’s the point: adults are treated differently from adults.

Thankfully, this parent would not have been breaking the law as proposed. Unfortunately, that protects no one from CYFS.

So next time you hear Sue Bradford saying we should treat children the same way as adults, remember this case.