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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!

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.