Grandpa Collects Wrong Child From Kindergarten

A grandfather accidentally picked up the wrong boy at his grandson’s kindergarten before taking him for an injection.

The confused elderly man was spotted on CCTV footage taking his grandson’s classmate from their classroom and out of the kindergarten’s gate on June 8 in Guiyang, southwest China, Chinese news site Hangzhou.com.cn reported.

Kindergarten staff were left in a panic when the mother of the taken child, identified only by his first name Hongyu, failed to find her six-year-old son at the preschool, shares 7 news.

During their brief time together, the grandfather took the boy shopping and even took him to the hospital for a flu vaccination after being told his grandson needed one.

The man was not familiar with his own grandson because he had just moved to the city from the outskirts.

The young boy had reportedly told the man that he was not his grandfather but as he is partially deaf, he struggled to hear him.

Adding to the confusion, Hongyu’s name is very similar to that of the man’s real grandchild named Hongrui.

The headmistress said that the school was liable and was willing to offer compensation, while the grandfather indicated that, in light of the injection, he was willing to arrange a full medical check-up for Hongyu.

It took four hours before a parent in a WeChat group identified the elderly man as his father and realised that he must have taken the wrong child home.

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26 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 09 Sep 2022
    10:52 am
wow….they must have very lax rules in China

- - MuthaNita said
  - 09 Jan 2019
    9:29 am
Oh dear. Sounds like better checks need to be in place for pick ups and authorised people for each child. Why on earth would you send someone unfamiliar with what your child even looks like to pick them up?

- - mom101628 said
  - 22 Sep 2018
    10:23 pm
A completely understandable mix-up. All involved are working to fix the problem and that’s exactly what should happen

- - tessie said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    1:00 am
It must have been a traumatic time for all concerned. The grandfather must be feeling bad about what happened. Hopefully this will all die down and one day they will have a laugh about it. Maybe on the boy’s 18th birthday

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    10:40 pm
Oh wow, imagine how the granddad would have felt

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    9:50 am
Wow, obviously they aren’t as strict with pick up procedures in China! At my daughter’s school the kids aren’t let out of the area of their classroom until the parent (or other nominated person) is sighted. I don’t understand how they could let this happen!

- - rovermum said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    9:08 am
Wow, trying to make sense of this, and how this came to happen is interesting. If the child claimed the man wasn’t his Grandfather, how was he able to leave with him? So much about this is wrong, and yet quite frightening. Imagine the shock and horror of the boy’s Mum when he was not there at pick up.

- - Newmumma87 said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    6:57 am
There are so many things wrong here ththaththat I just can’t address them all…. how does this even happen?

- - nealsq said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    10:49 pm
why would you let you child be picked up by the grandfather if he didn’t know him very well, why did the actual grandchild not speak up? Why was there not an arrangement made so they knew to meet each other?

- - mom90758 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    9:15 pm
Unbelievable! If the grandfather couldn’t recognize the child very well and he was also a little deaf, why do you let him pick up the kid and bring him to have a flue shot?

- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    1:55 pm
Oh dear,you would think he would know his grand-son!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    12:48 pm
This is shocking! Particularly in regard to the flu shot, some people with certain conditions and/or allergies are unable to have it – could have been a far more serious outcome!
- mom93821 replied
  
  21 Jun 2018 , 6:34 am
  It would appear there was a lack of identity checking – most concerning!
- - mom111059 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    10:13 am
That’s horrific. What if he had already had a flu needle and they gave him another. That is just woeful. It makes you wonder doesn’t it. The poor mother must have been beside herself. Just horrible.

- - Ellen said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    7:48 am
Oh my goodness, I’m sure the child care centre is going to improve their checking and signing out system. Not so smart from the parents to approve for granddad to pick up their child he doesn’t know very well yet !

- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    6:06 am
This is actually awful – the poor child! I bet there were some stern discussions later on!

- - jenniw said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    2:38 am
I really don’t understand how that can happen. I have to sign to pick up my 13 year from a school excursion.

- - Staceylee101 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    10:13 pm
That’s kinda funny, I’m sure they will be more on top of their check out routine now haha

- - ashna9 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    9:24 pm
Holy cow! How can that happen??

- - BellaB said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    7:16 pm
I’ve heard similar stories from America.

- - becstalou said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    6:28 pm
Scary for everyone concerned. Hopefully the school has more checks in place now.