leaving your kids at home.

no way I would of rang the police that is child neglect. I have kids myself as am a single dad, and I would never dream of leaving my kids alone when I nipped to the shops I would take them with me. I am speechless some people dont deserve the gift of kids.

Well i am shocked too by this. hope the baby is totally fine yeah?? I mean sometimes it just happens when we are all alone and when it comes to small infants we always tend to get very confused to what we are doing.because we are always so jumbled up in them that we sometimes tend to forget that we are doing all the mess just for them. infact we forget them too, just as the case here. I think the mother should be more carefull regarding the kids next time, as the baby was safe i think it is all fine. happy mylotting

Ohmigosh, no you are not the only one who is shocked by this. What was she thinking? Well, obviously she wasn't, really.

The water should have been let out, and the child taken out, and dried off. The child is too small to leave in the bathtub, without someone keeping and eye on them. Sorry but that mother should have been turned in. She left her child in the bathtub, with out supervision, and if the child had tried to turn on the hot water, to warm the water that was getting cold, they could have gotten severely burnt.

I wish your baby is ok,heard this, i thinking about my own son,he is still young,i hope that not happen to him.then he must be told that dangerous about this,and the best method is taking out of home with yourself.

Oh my gosh! She is lucky that nothing happend to her child. I watch kids, and never let them out of my site unless another adult is around. Especially in the bathtub. I hope that girl uses better judgement in the future. I would hate for anything to ever happen to her children because of her choices.

I would never leave my small child sitting in a tub full of water to go out to a store or other facility. She should have taken the child out of the bathtub. Wow, hope the child was alright when she returned home.

Wow I am seriously shocked. Never would I leave my children at home alone. Ecspically in the bath tub. That child could have drowned. There is no excuse for that. You never leave a child in the bath tub alone. And you never leave your children home alone. Do people not understand that it only takes a second for something bad to happen.. a child could choke, or fall and get hurt. I guess I'm just overprotective. I never leave my child alone. Not even in another room. She is only 15 months old, so I constantly am following her around and having her near me. Hopefully someone will let this mother know that this isn't acceptable, and that her behavior could have deadly consequences for her children.

That is just plain crazy in my opinion! As you said, the child could have downed or anything could have happened! I would have gotten my child out of the tub before I went anywhere, and I would not have left the other child behind either. My oldest is 11 and I won't even leave him home alone quite yet. Accidents happen all of the time, I am not willing to chance that one of y kids would be hurt because I left them unattended. I am sorry, but I think that is just irresponsible.

This actually happend to me. I had my daughter 3 years old in the bath had just taken my 18m old son out. I was on her bed putting a diaper on the baby when the power went out. My daughter screamed. It was totaly black in my house. I safely laid my son on the floor while telling my daughter "dont stand up" Thank God she knows to listen to her mommy. She just sat in the tub till i reached her and felt around to lift her out. I sat her on the floor with her brother who was to scared to move. While I went and got the lantern. I turned on the lantern and finished dressing both kids. I only left her in the tub in the dark long enough to put my son on the floor where he woudl be safe. All the while I was talking to her and had her talking to me. I would never consider leaving her any longer than that especially to leave the house. That is just shocking that someone would leave a child in the tub and leave the house.

Really? I don't think I can do that, to leave a kid of 3 years of age, alone in the bath. When my kids were much younger, I always make it a point to bring them along with me, every time I need to go out to buy something, even if it would take a longer time, I won't mind, as long as I'm sure that I don't leave them alone in the house.

hi i agree with you this child could have drown what is this girls problem i really feel sorry for these children with parents like that you can turn your back on a small child in a split second and something go wrong.she needs to act like a mother

It's really a dangerous and unaccountable stuff to do! I'm shocked too. The children were put in a potential danger. But they are lucky enough to be safe and sound. Your sister's friend is too careless and she should feel regretful for what she neglected.

what the heck is that. Is she crazy. My friend once left its 6year old child home alone and went to the city. And some man called and ask the kid where are ur parents she said they are in the city. He asked is there some one with she said i dont know some name i forget. How much is he old she said it was 2-years old. So he came to the house to steal something. He thougt that 2-year old was her brother. But when he broke in that was a big and angry dog who ripped him to screds lol

this is very shocking. the child could have drowned! does she not know what a candle is? seriously, i would report her! thats horrible that she left the child in the bath while she left the house.

that was silly of your friend to do. Anything could have happened, thank God nothing did. It is strange to hear that electric runs out and has to be replensished, but I guess you are not from the US. My husband's oldest son, once left his eight month baby girl in the bath while he tended to his other son, unfortunately, the outcome was not as good as your friend's.

She must never left her kids at home specially the one who is in bath, before she left she must secure that everything is safe or take her kids with her on the shops. I think she just panic and only thing on her mind is to get the electiricty back she forget her kids lolz.

That is truely shocking. I cannot imagine what was going through the parent's mind. Anyone in their right mind would never leave a child in a bathtub. I do not understand why she did not finish the bath and then get more electricity. This doesn't make sense to me. Hopefully, she does not continue to put her chilld's life in danger like this. If that is the case, it may be better for the child to have another home.

One does not need electricity!! Ours goes out every storm. You just don't leave a child in the bath, even if they're 6 years old!! You don't leave the house and leave the children there unless one child is mature and at least 14! That's just stupid! It's the same as leaving a child alone in a car. Anything can happen! She is very irresponsible!

I disagree with her actions. Bath or not, I would have packed up everyone in the house and made them come with me in order to fix the electricity. I was told never to leave children unattended in water. Even turning around for a second can have disastrous results. I hope that everyone is ok and the electricity has been restored.