That makes no sense.
It is NOT safe to let a child wander off in an environment that you have no control over.
That is correct. However, that scenario has nothing to do with this case.
Your arms are 5 ft long?!
It is easy for a normal sized person to reach for something 5 feet away. Most people don't have to take a step. Some will have to take one step.
You are using emotion.
I am using facts and reason.
This was a tragic accident that could have been avoided.
If the mirror were secured.
You said: Nothing, nothing, nothing in the article suggests the mother approached the store as a "playground." That is your invention.
I replied: She didn't have the child in a cart. He wandered at least 5 feet away. What was he doing, reading "War and Peace"?
If he wasn't playing, he must have been doing something constructive at the age of 3, right?
That is correct. However, that scenario has nothing to do with this case.
It has EVERYTHING to do with this case. What control did she have of WalMart?!
It is easy for a normal sized person to reach for something 5 feet away. Most people don't have to take a step. Some will have to take one step.
No ones arms are 5 ft long.
I am using facts and reason.
No you aren't.
If the mirror were secured.
Do you know for a fact, since you claim you're using them, that the mirror wasn't secured?
My kids were always under my control no matter their age. This Mom, tragically, did not have her kids under her control.
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.
I'm pinging one of my 3 Freeper kids to verify.