Was I wrong?

You did the right thing! You know it too!

No, you were not. She should have thanked you. Really, she should have taken him into the bathroom with her.

You did the right thing keeping the little boy safe. A mother shouldn't leave a hot drink like a tea, coffee or a chocolate. The lady should have taken her kids to the restroom and asked the assistant to keep an eye on her family's drinks. The manager was right that the child shouldn't have been left unattended. Yes, he could have called the police. The lady had no reason to be cross since you saved her little boy from getting burnt. When I worked in an office I had to see the telex girls sometimes. One of them got a burning liquid down her legs. She had very sore burns from that. It is important to keep children away from hot drinks. Getting burnt would be painful and no parent should take that risk.

You weren't wrong. She was wrong. What was she thinking leaving her child alone in a crowded place where anyone could have taken him away.. and all the things he could have hurt himself on such as hot coffee, etc. What is wrong with parents these days? My youngest children are now 6 and 4 and they're never left alone! If they need to go to the bathroom while we are out they are escorted by my oldest son or their daddy. If I have to take them, they go in the women's room with me so I know they're safe. I'd never let them in a men's room by themselves. If I need to use the restroom they come in with me. They're never left alone. Even at their ages there's still too much that can happen to them. This reminds me of something that happened to me when my twins were babies. My daughter got RSV when she was 6 weeks old. It's a serious respiratory infection that can turn into pneumonia. She had to be hospitalized for a couple of days. Due to lack of babysitters, if we ever wanted to get out of the house, the twins had to come with us. So they were very young, but it was after my daughter had RSV, and we took them to the mall. As usual, whenever we were out with them, people always had to ooh and ahh over the baby twins. It got on my nerves really. I just wanted people to leave my kids alone, especially after my daughter had gotten so sick. So here we are in the mall and this woman comes up to ooh and aah over my kids. I quickly jumped between her and the babies who were in a stroller and asked politely for her not to get too close, and I did try to explain that my daughter had recently been very ill. She immediately started screaming at me and even called me a few nasty names. I was shocked. What's so wrong with me trying to protect my children and where does she get off thinking it's perfectly okay for her to go touching a strangers child??

OF COURSE U WEREN'T WRONG. She was a moron for going off & leaving the child by himself. There could have someone not as nice as u that could have snatched the child & went out the door w/him. U probably saved the child from getting burned by the hot coffee.Good for the manager for taking up for u. I DO TO.Don't try to win w/coleen, Cynthi, u are just wasting your time & getting upset for nothing. I don't like her for the way she treats u & i don't even know her.. U did what u should have done & u can't do more than that. That silly mother needs a boot in her behind.. hugs.

what a nasty dam lousy mother that woman is.!makes you wonder why people like that is allowed to have kids and nice of that manager to tell her off also because you never know what her agenda was. she could have planned on sueing the manager. or maybe shes been hopeing someone would go off with the kid. she surely knows how people run off with kids these days. you know you did a very nice thing. it seems that when we do the right thing it often just gives us trouble. if i was there id still be patting you on the back instead of being mean like your sister. just hearing about it makes me mad at that woman and your sister. KUDOS to you i say!!

A two and a half year old "didn't need looking after"?? Unbelievable. That little boy was left alone in a public place -- I hate to seem dramatic but he could have been gone in an instant! Even if he were safe in the surroundings, he could have spilled hot coffee or hot chocolate on himself. There are documented cases of people suing (not that I agree with it, though!) because coffee has been served so hot in restaurants that it has burned them when spilled (remember the infamous woman who sued McDonald's for that?) You are completely right. She should have taken both children with her when she went to change the baby. She is giving too much responsibility to a child who is WAY too young. It was good of you to help her by watching that little boy -- even though she wasn't smart enough, or courteous enough, to appreciate it.

No, you did nothing wrong and it is people like you who prevent children from getting hurt unnecessarily. Plus the fact that the manager came over and agreed with what you did shows that he also knew you prevent the child from getting hurt.

What you did was exactly right.

No, you weren't wrong! What was this woman thinking of anyway? What she should have done was take the children into the restroom right away, changed her baby and then ordered their coffee and hot chocolate. Some people are just weird in their thinking. Mothers have a sixth sense and you knew this was a burn looking for a place to happen. Your instincts told you to do the right thing and come to the rescue of this little child since the mother obviously had no common sense. What was she thinking? You did right.

You did nothing wrong in watching the child. A child that young is not capable of sitting by himself and waiting for his mother to return. Some people just shouldn't have children. Unfortunately, those people usually are extremely fertile.

Hi friend, your activity is good and you are not wrong, the mother's activity is wrong. She must conveyed her thanks at the beginning, but she behaved harshly at first, after the manager entered in to the issue, she realized her fault and conveyed her thanks to you, sadly you spent your precious time with this issue and faced your sister's anger.

No, you're not. You just did what you had to do on that moment and that is to protect the kid from harm. I just can't comprehend why the mother has the nerve to say those things to you instead of thanking you for the little time you spared which in fact is her responsibility to look after her kids. Don't feel down, just remember that we can't please everybody. You don't have to worry, what comes around goes around.

They really should make people get licensed to have children. Obviously the woman was in the wrong and you did the right thing stepping in. That situation probably happens to that woman often and she's probably a bit sensitive about it, therefore she overreacted. I see situations like that all the time and like you I watch the kids. I remember sitting in a movie theater once and this tiny, tiny thing just about able to walk comes into our aisle and sits on my lap. The movie was playing so obviously it was dark and I had no idea where he came from. I hate to tell you how long it took for someone to come looking for that baby. You handled it better than I would, when she came back I'd be giving her my opinion before she'd have a chance to say anything to me ;-)

No, you were not wrong and I'd like to rip into that lady. I'm glad the manager backed you up. Her rudeness is really inexcusable.

She was lucky you were there and that no one came and snatched up the little boy and left with him. That was totally irresponsible on her behalf and kudos to you for watching him!

Of course you were not wrong! That woman never should have left her child unattended like that. Anything could have happened. Your sister should have been more patient, but don't forget, she wasn't feeling well.

You were not wrong at all. The woman should have taken the baby and the toddler to the bathroom and changed the baby's diaper before she even ordered her food at the coffee shop. A child that small should never be left unattended, and yes, in my opinion that is a form of child abuse. Heck, I've been going through it these last several weeks because I've been having to get physical therapy and I have to find someone to watch Paul while I'm at the doctor's office. I know that there are other people that take their children in and expect the staff to watch over the children while they are getting their treatments, but I don't want to do that because it makes it difficult for the staff to get their actual work done.

Who ever said you were wrong when in fact you were doing what is right is insane.

well, I would look at it on the mother of the kids perspective. She could have had her fears regarding strangers handling her kids and these fears came out faster than her expression of gratitude to a clear prevention of an accident,You were not in the wrong, You did the right thing, Your impatient sister also has her concerns and fears too concerning her medical procedure and these came out more, so I would try to understand them both and ask yourself if you had not seen this mother, and you did not have your sister with you at that time, and you happened to notice the kid with the coffee, would you have acted differently ?