mistaken for pedo for trying to protect kid

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Several months back, I was invited to watch my little brother's outdoor basketball game. Sports aren't really my thing, so I had trouble focusing on what was happening (even more than usual). I looked around, and I noticed a little girl playing on the monkey bars. There was something about the way she was hanging that made it seem like she was about to fall down. I didn't think anyone else was watching her with the game going on, so I decided to be her unofficial guardian until the game was over. Then my mom pulled me over and bitterly told me stop what I was doing because I could get arrested for being that close to a young child. I'm usually not the kind of person to argue back when people question my behavior in a way that borders on brow-beating, especially since experience has taught me that doing so only infuriates the other party even more (rule 14, anyone?), so I reluctantly backed down.

With all that said, my question here is what should I do the next time I'm in a similar situation? Should I watch over kids in danger that I just met and risk getting harassed for seeming like a pedophile? Should I ignore said kids and risk getting harassed for letting them injure themselves? Or should I just stay an introvert and risk getting harassed for not spending enough time outside with other people?

What I would do is pretend I don't notice them. I don't like kids & I'm not their parents or guardians & I don't bring kids anywhere so I don't feel like it's my responsibility to look after any unless it's an emergency life or death situation.

...more evidence that we all live in a POLICE STATE full of modern-day Nazi-COMMUNISTS (fascists). The fact that «innocent» people like you are forced to worry about cops arresting you is PROOF of an «insane» society.

Kind-natured people like you are falsely mistaken for peadophiles these days. It's how society has become. It's really ridiculous.

I respect you, and anybody with good intentions, for caring about the safety of a child. You are a kind, thoughtful person.

Just watch the kid from a distance next time.

You have good intentions.