[richx]

Why didn’t you just ask the kid what it is doing and where it is living?

[rootusrootus]

Perhaps OP is a man. I wouldn't approach a strange child outside my house, either, unless they were on my property doing something destructive. Better to let my wife handle such situations.

[HarryHirsch]

In America that will immediately identify you as a childlifter. Next thing that happens, you'll have to deal with the cops and the court system.