Nope. They weren't. My childrens safety was MY responsibility. Wgat is so hard to understand about being responsible for your child?
I have to admit you're getting your moneys worth out of this thread. :)
There is nothing hard to understand about being a responsible parent and you know it. Your problem is that you have claimed a level of supervision that is totally impossible. You said repeatedly that the mother should NEVER have taken her eyes off her child. That is impossible.
Please explain to me how you handled more than 2 children walking in a group with all of them under your COMPLETE control at all times. You can only physically hold on to two.
Explaining that you were strict and blah, blah doesn't work. They were under their own control, and if you didn't physically have a hold on each one or were looking at each one all at the same time, you did not have COMPLETE control over them. You were lucky that they were good kids, obedient to a firm adult and never ran off and got hurt.