First thing you have said I agree with, now if we can get you to admit that every parent has had that second happen without the tragedy well have progress. No parent can look back, honestly, at the ages between 2 and 5 and say they never for a second took their eyes off the kid!
None of this address the fact the Mirror *MIGHT* have been improperly set up! And even if the mother took her eyes off the kid it would not excuse negligence. As I have said several times it could be mostly the mothers fault, it could be mostly Walmarts fault, or it could just be a freak accident..
I've been saying it as well, but too few are willing to look at this event in that light.
Sadly people leave items all over stores with no thought to what might happen with it being at that location.
Someone easily might have had the mirror in their cart.
They then decided against purchasing it.
They casually left it in the toy section, and this "could" be why a child is gone forever.
From my post 73: I'm assuming that most parents are smart enough to control their kids. When mine got too big for the carts, they were either in the basket or holding the pocket of my jeans. The MINUTE they let go I knew it and they were back by my side where they belonged. As they got older, when Hubby was along, he'd say, "where do your hands belong?". My boys put their hands in their pockets and stayed beside us.
Pinging one of my Freeper kids to confirm the above.
I was taught to be a vigilant parent. I was taught that my children were my responsibility and so was their safety. I took that seriously.