My nephew managed to get outside and climb on top of his grandparents’ house whenever he was 3 or 4! He was so proud of his accomplishment and yelled for his grandma to come see. She didn’t know he had slipped out of the locked house and also didn’t know grandpa had left a ladder leaning against the house.
She “calmly” told him to get back down the way he had gone up because it was time to put the ladder away. Once he got on the ground, she WHIPPED HIS BUTT!
OMG, my aunt did the same thing when she was about 5. My grammie very calmly called to her to climb back down even though she said her heart stopped when she saw her up there waving. Once safely on the ground though....she got a whuppin’!
Honestly, my last thought of leaving kids alone would have been an abduction. We hear about them more but they’re rare than we would think. I wouldn’t leave my kids alone at that age - things poked in electrical outlets, falling into a toilet, choking, pulling something heavy down on themselves, falling, finding matches...(or climbing out onto the roof!). There are so many things that can happen to toddlers just on their own! I can’t imagine any meal that would have been worth leaving them on their own - and apparently this couple and the other couples they were with did this EVERY night of their vacation. Anyone lurking could have spotted the pattern! Couldn’t they have pooled their money for a couple of nannies or sitters?
Good for her! They are fast little buggers...sometimes I wonder how my 3 (all close in age) managed to grow up with me as a Mom since I didn’t have a clue what I was doing! But, they did, and the youngest is getting married next month. At least with grandkids I will have a clue! ;)
susie