When People Lose Their Kids While Shopping

I always make my children stay in the cart and if there is not room in the cart then one hand on the cart at all times. I would freak out if my children were lost. I worked retail for a few years and I can't believe the lack of attention parents have for their kids. We had a 2 yr old wander out of the store doors to the parking lot, I had to go get him and intercom for the parents. They turned out to be in another store. Crazy!!

I haven't lost my kids yet I remember being lost at disney land I guess my first thought would be how can I be so careless maybe that was why the lady was yelling at thye manager...

It amazes me how people lose their children in the store. If I had children and they were with me, I would be keeping my eye out on where they are and what they are doing. The lady should not have been yelling at the manager like you said as it prevents him from helping her find her son. It is not the fault of the manager that the child got lost. People need to pay more attention to what their children are doing, especially now with all the sick people that take advantage or hurt children.

That has always been one of my biggest fears when I take my daughter shopping. With all the horrible stories I hear on the news about children being abducted, it is a parent's worst nightmare. I never lost my daughter while shopping when she was small, because I always made sure she was right by my side. But when she got a bit older and started wandering away to look at things on another isle, that is when I got concerned. She is 12 years old now and thinks nothing can happen to her, but I have to remind her that even teen-agers can be kidnapped. We do not live in a safe world and it is very sad.

I really don't get what good she thought it was doing to yell at the manager like that. She should have been talking to him as calmly as possible and then letting him get on with his job so that the child could be found more quickly. YOu're right, I would have thought that she would be upset more than angry as well. And it's not like it was the managers fault that she lost her child in the store! It seems to me like that is her own fault for not keeping an eye on her kid! *laugh*

The first thing going through your mind is fear, absolute fear. It happened to us at Disney World..we stepped onto a busy escalator and my daughter let go of my hand and refused to get on...I couldn't get back up so yelled for her to wait. I went back up and she was gone...I was in complete panic mode, running around like an idiot (holding my other kid the whole time). After a couple of minutes I went back downstairs and there she was with a staff member..she had steppedonto the escalator as I was heading back up...only when she was safe did I cry. You really just can't think straight you have so much scary stuff running through your mind at that moment.

I have four daughters and two of them stuck to me like velcro when they were little, the younger two just get caught up in their own little world and either do not stay with me or wander off. This has happened infrequently, but when it has happened, I have never yelled at anyone. Losing my kid is my own fault, not the store's. Anyway, I haven't cried, but I have panicked internally and become sweaty and have had a frantic feeling. My girls were never gone for more than 2 or 3 minutes either. My biggest worry is that someone has taken them. Where on Earth would one begin to look if their child is taken (kidnapped) at a store or another public place?

I have four kids and we manage to keep them confined to the cart in the store. We don't allow them to run wild in public.

This is one thing I am very afraid of happening. I always make sure my kids are near me or I have complete control of where they are ie, put them in a cart when we are at Wal-Mart, Safeway etc.... Plus, if I ever caught someone trying to take on of my kids.... well, let's just say "god help them".

I've seen that happen too many times. When people lose their kids at the store I work at, they yell at the manager or the workers, like we were supposed to be looking after their kids in addition to serving them? I don't think so. This one time, a guy ran into our store really worried yelling "Sari? Sari! WHERE ARE YOU?!" and we were all like wow, he must have lost his kid. We saw him leaving the mall about 10 minutes later, and Sari is about 16 years old...

i know this.the scenario becomes very funny for the people around and equally serious for the parents.i exprncd with my brother who is 11 yrs younger to me .iwas at the store finding trousers for myself,when suddenly i realised my bro is missin.i searched the entire market and surrounding areas.abou to report police station.was a big caoz.also lost my new mobile in the confusion.sadly wen i came bck to the store to pik my stuff,i saw my little cute brother sleeping in the corner in the kids sec.was looking so heavenly cute with his glowing red cheeks,lost in his fairy dreams,jus like the most cutest doll amongst the several common toys there......

Oh, my goodness. This brings back a terrifying memory for me. When my daughter was about the same age we went as a family to Disneyland. A girlfriend came a long with us to help keep an eye on the kids so that my husband and I could go on some rides and while we were standing in line to get something to eat, I had my back turned for a split second it seemed and when I turned back around, my daughter was gone! I asked my friend and husband where Jonna was and they didn't know. I freaked, I mean, I really freaked! My heart was pounding so hard I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I just knew that someone had abducted her. I was in such a state of shock that my mind went blank for a second and then I started running (people thought I was crazy but I didn't care) toward the last place we were at, the candy store; she had really enjoyed looking at all the candies. She wasn't there and I started crying, asking the cashier where I would go to help find my child. She told me and I ran again (I could have won a gold in the Olympics) to the kids lost and found. Rushed through the door, noone was there, it seemed. I ran around one of the walls that looked like might have another room and sure enough, there she was, sitting on a nice ladies lap, eating an ice cream. Whew! I cried and hugged her. Parents have to be so very, very careful.

Darn! Wish i was there..... would have yelled at her for being totally uless mother!

I don't understand myself why it's so hard to keep track of children while shopping. That's why you take an extra person with you. Or of course, the more obvious thing to do would be to leave the children home with a sitter or spouse while you shop. I was out on Black friday of last year and a woman had her young son, I'm talking just months old in a cart in the car seat. She loaded her vehicle and almost left the poor kid behind until it was brought to her attention. I don't understand how that's possible.

This last Saturday I was in McDonald's with my five year old son. While I placed the order he was standing right behind me looking at the display of the toys that come in the happy meals. I turned away from him to pay for the food and when I turned back around he was gone. I looked all around and did not see him. I also yelled for him. I didn't cry, but kind of put my hands on my face when he came out of no where. I spatted him on the butt and really gave him a good talking to. There is no cart in McDonald's and I don't think I did anything wrong. I have always taught him to stay with me. Don't be so quick to judge. Everyone's kids are different. Just a thought.

For me it happened to my younger brother because I still have no kids I was with him at a store and suddenly he disappeared I ran in all the store trying to find him but there is no way I thought that someone kidnapped him maybe a woman who doesn' have children or a man who like small boys I don't know and after nearly 10 minutes of searching I found him sitting in a corner beside the door playing with a small cat he saw the cat so he decided to follow it to play, thanks god I found him and from these day till now I never leave his hand I keep him beside me all the time.

you have to focus and bear in mind that you have to stay calm and all. because once you dont do that you will lose your focus and the finale is that you will not be able to find your kid at all. try looking first before reacting

It's never happened to me, but I used to work at wal-mart and it would happen all of the time. Parents would either 1. be panicked or 2. be angry. Usually they were angry if this sort of thing happens all of the time, either thier kids are always wandering off or if they weren't watching thier kids.. (which is sad) the panicked ones I always felt the worst for, because they just turned around for a minute and the child was gone.. but gladly we always found the kids, usually playing behind a clothes rack, or wandering the toy section. (:

WOW I would have been freaking out. Maybe this is just how she handles things when she is scared! It is very strange.

This is a common problem and there are times you cannot blame the parents.. It just happens.. Providing them with one of those cellphones, with a GPS [global positioning system] could help...