Leaving child unattended at party

[poster]

Originally Posted by cashncarry

I would be furious too and would have made that abundantly clear to the host. In this day and age it's plain stupid to let kids roam around alone. Did any of them have a cell phone so they could call if there was a problem?

Nope - the birthday girl, 9yrs, was the oldest. They went totally out of sight through the neighborhood and into a wooded area to pet a neighboring farms horses. No adults present. I waited 25min for them to come back, I was told they'd already been gone for about 30min. I didn't say anything to the mother but she knew I was ticked.

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by poster

Nope - the birthday girl, 9yrs, was the oldest. They went totally out of sight through the neighborhood and into a wooded area to pet a neighboring farms horses. No adults present. I waited 25min for them to come back, I was told they'd already been gone for about 30min. I didn't say anything to the mother but she knew I was ticked.

Why didn't you just go get her?
Did your righteous indignation feel good?

[Geek]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Me either. When I was a kid, I went to the party and my Mom picked me up afterward. So did all the other Moms. Same with my kids, both parties they were going to and parties we hosted.

But I didn't have any kids in my class who were sickly and required constant medical attention, either. And none of my kids had friends like that. There was one little girl with all kinds of stupid crap that her overprotective Mommy wanted to make sure I knew about. This kid was never invited back.

Damn

[poster]

Originally Posted by aps45819

Why didn't you just go get her?
Did your righteous indignation feel good?

From where - she had no idea where she was!!!!! Should I wander aimlessly through a neighborhood I know nothing about? Had more time passed I probably would have. And no nothing about not knowing where your child is feels good.

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by poster

They went into a wooded area to pet a neighboring farms horses.

Originally Posted by poster

From where - she had no idea where she was!!!!!

Through the woods to where the horses are

[poster]

Originally Posted by aps45819

Through the woods to where the horses are

Read my posts, I only new that information after they returned. The only info I had was the mother saying, "they went for a walk, I'm not sure which way they went, they should be back soon".

[Geek]

Screw that ####. I stay with my kids. Too many freaks. I have heard too many stories of kids getting sexually abused and these ####ers look at a busy party as an opportunity.

[cattitude (Premo)]

I'm amazed my children grew up to be adults.

[poster]

Originally Posted by Geek

Screw that ####. I stay with my kids. Too many freaks. I have heard too many stories of kids getting sexually abused and these ####ers look at a busy party as an opportunity.

Yeah that!!

We have a family member with a BF we don't trust so therefor this family member is only allowed to visit our daughter, she is not allowed to go anywhere with them alone or to their house.

We look at it like this - maybe I hurt your feelings, but guess what? You'll get over it. Will I ever be able to live with myself if I let them have her "just this once" and something happens? Don't think so.

[mlseskar]

It depends. Most time I stay, unless it is a really close family friend that I would be willing to leave them alone. But, the whole family is invited to those close parties.

I would have been furious if I went to pick up my child and were told that they went for a walk and not sure which way they went.