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The person who is "pretending" to leave children at the store....I would strongly advise against this.  First, you can get arrested if someone sees you doing this and calls 911.  Second, my mother did this to me numerous times and to say it destroyed our relationship is an understatement.  It's cruel, it's lying, and it's evil. Third, it's a great opportunity for a predator to grab your child while you are playing out your drama queen fantasies.  

The person who is "pretending" to leave children at the store....I would strongly advise against this.  First, you can get arrested if someone sees you doing this and calls 911.  Second, my mother did this to me numerous times and to say it destroyed our relationship is an understatement.  It's cruel, it's lying, and it's evil. Third, it's a great opportunity for a predator to grab your child while you are playing out your drama queen fantasies. 

I kind of agree with you but it would depend on the parent. Sometimes a child can really exhaust you to the point that you will resort to anything. I have a toddler who has just been a total pain while I was shopping with her. However I will utilize distractions like giving her a grocery item to play with or telling her to stop. Obviously she acts out more when she’s hungry or tired. I have also just rushed out the store and told her in the car that was unacceptable. Also, I love online grocery delivery for that reason.

Yes, Karens can call CPS on you if they saw because we live in a gentle parenting culture where you can’t discipline your kids. And agree with the predators. 

It seems like your mom did other things while you were growing up that damaged the relationship with you. So it wasn’t necessarily this store incident but part of it. I can definitely see a parent just being cruel and threatening to leave you in the store without a good reason but it depends on the history of the parent.