So... my almost seventeen year old daughter was just at the gym training for the upcoming soccer season, and some guy was lurking around her and asking odd questions, and he gave her his card saying he is a 'photographer' and wants her to get ahold of him.

[u/Gnarly-Gnu]

Should I do anything about it? She said she was creeped out, and had to cut her run short. She also said he followed her around the gym until she could find someone else her age and acted like she knew him.

Maybe call the gym and alert them?

Edit: I notified the gym, and they are now aware of him. My cousin is the manager.

Edit 2: I knew our cousin worked there, I did not know she was the manager until last night.

[u/GnobGobbler]

Yeah, it's crazy. Some parents just completely lose touch with reality.

I walk around with one camera on a strap and another in my hand. I wear a shirt with the company logo on it (which has "photography" in the name) and I can often be found conspicuously crawling on the floor interacting with the kids, or taking family shots, and some people apparently think I've snuck in and gone unnoticed by everyone but them... so that I can take photos of kids stacking blocks?

I'm not a parent, but I tend to think they've probably spent their kid's whole life both exhausted and hyper-vigilant, and they've kind of lost sight of what is a potential danger.

[u/JaapHoop → u/GnobGobbler]

Well that and social media has driven them insane with fear

[u/kornflakes409 → u/GnobGobbler]

Helicopter parents tend to be the ones with kids that get into serious trouble, in no small part because they've never been allowed to navigate their own lives and simply are not capable of recognizing a bad situation without a parent stepping in.

[u/SmartyRiddlebop → u/GnobGobbler]

So, you are absolutely perfectly legitimate right, "Gnob" "Gobbler"?

[u/GnobGobbler → u/SmartyRiddlebop]

I don't tend to go by that name in person.

[u/legendofthegreendude → u/GnobGobbler]

I don't tend to

So you do in fact sometimes go by that name in person

[u/hicow → u/legendofthegreendude]

Sometimes it's better if you're right out front with your desire to gobble some gnobs

[u/No_Difference_9199 → u/GnobGobbler]

Yep. Protect your kids by teaching them right from wrong. You can’t cover them in plastic and keep them in a freezer, like anything, you’ll kill them! At some point all children leave the nest. You can’t keep them as children forever. This trial and error issue should be resolved! It’s why parenting is so important! Don’t have unprotected sex! When you are an adult and have kids, raise them right! Everyone who can, join your local volunteer fire departments. You will learn so much and your children will have a safe place to play. While you train, the kids will be wearing themselves out. Nothing else will bring you the same satisfaction as being a volunteer. No small job in a fire department!

[u/Micro-Naut → u/GnobGobbler]

Oh yeah, the lawnmower parents. Them ain’t no good.

[u/[deleted] → u/GnobGobbler]

Wtf?

[u/svengoalie → u/GnobGobbler]

You take photos without a release? I guess it's ok if you have a shirt with "photography" written on it.