Shopping with Kids!

Argh. Ok i have to vent…

I normally dont go for shopping much as i dont feel comfortable in crowded places. But since my bro’s wedding is up soon so i have no choice but to go and shop. Anyway, so what i have observed at all these shops, malls is that women and their husbands are so lost in their shopping that they have their kids all over the place and at times quite far from them. Which is so dangerous and i dont understand how can parents risk their kids’s safety like that?! :frowning:

Just few weeks ago i saw a women @ Saleem fabrics running around the whole 2 floors looking for her daughter of 9years. Imagine the women was occupied with her clothes that she forgot where her daughter was, what she was doing for the last half an hour or even more. And she even had 2 maids with her yet the girl managed to go out of Saleem fabrics on her own and got lost. It was a total mess @ the place everyone looking for the girl. I know i myself got so scared for her and i am sure my bp must have hit a high cuz i was all red with anger for the mother and concern for the kid. I couldnt imagine how her mother could get so occupied with her shopping that she hadnt seen her daughter for the last half an hr? I mean how does that happen eeks.

Anyway, i believe it was that kid’s good luck that a nice guy in his late 20’s saw the girl and took her to the police station so that she was safe and then he was looking for her mother at the area. But imagine if he was a psycho guy like most are and would have kidnapped the girl or God forbid raped her or whatever… what would that women have done then? Plus nowadays alot of people are kidnapping kids for various reasons…infertality, money, revenge, etc.

I was just so damn mad at the mother than i wanted to go up to her and slap her real hard on her face for ignoring her daughter for half an hour and that too at such a crowded place. Really shame on such women and hell with their clothes and shopping.

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I used to go almost every day to the mall but now that my two sons are are in this age where I can't put them in the pushchair nor I can leave them to walk around freely.....I go to shopping once in two months and that with my husband but still we have to run after them and I can't spend more than an hour in a shopping place with them.

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how come a 9 yr was so stupid that she went out n got lost? its child's faut. Also these days everyone has cell phones. that girl should hav called mom or someone from family rather than going to police station with a total stranger. even my 5 yr is smarter than her.

As for shopping with kids i dread it. if its serious shopping i prefer going alone. but really parents should train their kids to stay close by and wat to do incase they get lost.

Jee bilkul .. its the fault of 9 yrs old child, not her 40 years old amma ..

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9 yr should be smarter. 40 yrs is old na!!
no if u r busy doing something ur older kids should not slip away from ur behind. it takes only a min for a child to go away n may b the mom never sensed her daughter would do something like that. i mean its plain stupid. had a 2-3 old done that mom was to b blamed but 9 yrs old..seriously girls get puberty at 9 these days. Also Saleem's fabric is quite big. they hav seating too if i remember correctly.she coul hav sat there if she was bored.
u can't chain kids with u. sometimes u can't even leave them home so they need to be more safety smart.

how did u know mom’s age? :hmmm: