OP here with clarification because I didnt realise I needed it.
>white woman
>kid was rollerskating
> I was asked to buy the kid food, not for money

I bought them both a cocacola and big chocolate bar because I felt bed for the kid and the mum as it must of been embarrasing.

It was not some elaborate scam, or a gypsy.

Just a parent goin for a walk and clearly had run out of "free benefits", to allow a luxury purchase like chocolate

I grew up poor and my parents never could afford cocacola.

The post is more about the decay of scoiety and whether this happens in the USA etc, I see one poster from Romania which I think is more expected.