... in the park playground 'unattended' while she popped home (150m away).
i need to qualify the word 'unattended' as there were one or 2 people in the park who know the child, but i know that none were asked to supervise the child in mum's absence.
i noticed that the child's mum wasnt there, and asked where she was, as i'd been intending to go and chat to her (we'd not yet said hello to each other). the child said that mum had popped home and i asked who was looking after her ...'you are' she said.
when the mum returned i told her that i'd had and odd convo with her LO and said 'x said you'd gone home' she said that she needed to pop back urgently, and had told x that i was in the park and given her the impression that i was watching her, yet she said nothing to me!
now, they do live v close to the park, and the park was full of familiar faces from school, so feels quite safe, but AIBU to be shocked that she left her?? i might've been just about to leave the park, for all she knew!