You can come up with a million scenarios...
I feel accidents happen ... we have no idea what the scenario is - why the child was not in the cart... maybe he was - she pulled him out to try on clothes.
It is so silly to be arguing this when there are no facts. We have no idea if this horror could have been prevented. As you read through the thread - people are talking about the child pulling the mirror over ... we don't know that. I do wonder about a mirror that could topple so easily - obviously it wasn't secured properly for a public place.
Those who've said have total control of their kids every single second of the day are living in a fantasy world. Of course being careful and watchful of your children is the parents responsibility - but accidents do happen.
I do find it interesting you blame your grandfather for your incident with the shopping cart.
Thanks for your thought provoking comment!
But its not as you think. I just have trouble putting thoughts into words.
I was simply trying to show my argument was not from an emotional context..that if I expected an adult unknown to me to be responsible for a child, I could find example within my own family to back it up. And so, I should not have said "fault or blame" concerning the mother. I should have said the "responsibility" lies with the mother.
PaPaw had warned me over and over again, he knew I'd try it. As he lifted the cart off of me (while I screamed bloody murder), what did he say? "I told you not to do that "KK", you could have been hurt, you scared me". If I had been seriously injured My PaPaw would have felt responsible, no matter about true fault,because he took his eyes off of me, knowing what I'd do.
In my family, the ultimate responsibility for the well-being of a child belongs to the adult in attendance. I'm not saying an adult would not regret something, or that the child is not loved by the adult...not at all