to think its wrong to leave your 7yr old dd and her 18mo sister outside the bookies while you play on fruit machines?

[divastrop]

i have seen the toddler left outside asleep in her pram on her own for at least 10 minutes(how long i was in the shop next door for)while the mum played on the fruit machine as well.i do leave ds1(9) or dd1(8) to keep an eye on the lo's outside a shop while i nip in for milk or something now and again,but it seems totally wrong to me to leave your children outside a bookies so you can gamble?
i dont know the mum personally but her dd goes to the same school as mine.

oh my god!!!!!

Jaysus

She must be really addicted.

don't think it ok to leave her kid like that - but the gambling is her business.

well you wouldn't want to take a baby in the bookies with you

Very very sad

i just thought that if you want to go smoewhere you cant take kids then really you should get a babysitter.i mean,its like leaving your kids outside the pub so you can have a drink or something.

I feel sorry for the kids
I dont even like leaving dd in the car when I go pay for petrol, and the other day I parked up outside an ATM at Tesco metro to get some money out, only gone two mins and she was howling when I got back (she's 18 months) so no way would she be happy if I left her for 10 minutes

Were they giving you baby evils?