[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.

[DJ MacWoW]

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

And that attitude is the problem. It's a store, not a playground.

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.

No. It's not.

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.

5 feet away is not under Moms control.

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.

I said no such thing. You are using emotion to argue against common sense.

[PattonFan]

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

Kidnappings have occurred at Wal-Mart, muggings have occurred at Wal-Mart. It is not OK to leave a child unattended just because this is the USA.

A three-year-old needs to be watched at Wal-Mart or any other public place - for many reasons!