[DJ MacWoW]

The child was only 5 feet away. That is close enough.

Was her back to him? Was she looking at him or something else? If he had been in a cart, he'd have been with her where he belonged.

She had a reasonable expectation that heavy fixtures were not going to fall onto her child.

When you are out in a public venue there is no reasonable expectation. You have no control on the environment. Your kids should be controlled and in view at all times. Hold their hands or have them in a cart.

[Skooz]

Oh, please.

They were shopping at WalMart, not patrolling the backstreets of Beirut.

And kids often get very ancy when they are in the cart for too long. Then, it's perfectly ok to let the kid out to walk around.

Nothing in the article suggests that the little guy was not "under control."
He was 5 feet away. That is about one and a half steps. Any closer and they would have been tripping over one another.

To suggest that the mother deserved to lose her 3 year old because they were walking together at WalMart is beyond callous. It borders on psychotic.

[DelphiUser]

>> Your kids should be controlled and in view at all times.
>>Hold their hands or have them in a cart.

Don’t forget the cotton batting and a tank of oxygen for good measure.

Were you raised that way?

I grew up without the benefit of a car seat, did not wear a seat belt, was left in the car while my mom shopped, and had unprotected outlets in my home! The horror!

My mom was not unusual; I was not crippled, or stunted, or abused.

I do not like the way American society has changed.