BS Gal said:
Next time you're at mall, look around. The Natzi is located right next to the rift and the raft.
YVW
I've not read this whole thread, but personally, I'd not drop my kid at the mall, or anywhere for that matter, and leave. Unless there was another parent taking my shift. I don't consider myself an over protective parent, it's just common sense really. :shrug: You're just looking for trouble when you give your kid that much "space". I'm okay with taking my oldest to the mall with their friends and letting them go around on their own for a little while, but no way would I just leave him. Same with the movie theater, same with the skating rink etc.. And quite honestly, as much as they outwardly grumble, I really think kids appreciate the fact that their parents don't just dump them off anywhere and everywhere. It helps with the peer pressure, they can always blame having to behave on the fact that their parents might just come around the next corner. Takes the heat off of them.
It's not the mall staff's responsibility to police my children, they've got better things to do, like police unruly "adults".
