Liv Tyler steps in to defend a child, calls 911

Liv Tyler is officially awesome in my book. Listen to what she did: she witnessed a lady, possibly Grandma, totally screaming at a crying toddler. When Liv went over and tried to comfort the child by smiling at it, the lady angrily yelled at her and told her it was “none of her business”. Liv made sure the child was okay, then calmly went over to her car and called 911. GO LIV!

Seriously, I love it when people do this, because so often those kids don’t have anyone to defend them. If you see a kid who looks like he is in danger or distress and the adults around him are adding to it, STEP FORWARD and do something about it. Even if there’s nothing going on, wouldn’t you rather be wrong instead of right? You’ll regret it if you don’t.

For example, I was in the library last summer, and some kid was seriously doing the whole Exorcist thing in the lobby. I walked out there to see what the hale was going on, and Grandma was out there with little Tommy who refused to go into Storytime without a freaking snack. She was beyond frazzled. I talked to her for a while, Tommy calmed down, Grandma calmed down, everything was cool. Lots of times, parents, especially mommies, need someone to say “hey, I’ve been there, it’s okay, let’s talk about it”. Kids can get NUTS sometimes, but the people around them JUST CAN’T. Sucks, but there it is.

Here are some pics of the incident with Liv Tyler:

Image: INF