I'm appalled at the number of kids whose parents will dump them off unattended at malls.
My mom used to drop us off at the movies and no one thought anything about it. I guess it depends on the age of the kids.
I couldn't agree more. I never did that and of course, my dau cried foul. Even today when she is in college, though living at home, I have her call to let us know she gets places. She accuses me of tracking her, but I don't. I've told her I want her to build habits that will then carry over with her husband someday (I hope) and with her own children who will be growing up in yet a more dangerous world.
Frontline carried a program earlier in the week on trafficking young women in Eastern Europe. It was horrifying.