And there by the grace of God this did not happen to you! YOu may want to claim you never once took your eyes off of a kid in your charge but first Ill believe the sun will rise in the West tomorrow..
My last post to you.
From 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.
Shopping was NOT more important than knowing where my kids were and EXACTLY what they were doing. Why wasn't the kid in a cart.
I can definitely tell you I never got away with anything, my mom always knew. If my hand let go of her pants, it ended up in her hand before I knew it. If I wasn't walking beside her, I was in the cart. As I got older, I would help push the cart. In all cases I was within sight & even within arms reach.