It's just a way that the mother can deflect blame for not watching her child properly. But you should have seen how the evening news was blathering on about "the poor mother, unable to find her small child"

Back in the days when security cameras were only recorded while trying to catch cashiers I can't even tell you how many lost parent announcements I made.  Most were happy to get their monsters back.  One attacked hers, started screaming at and hitting him.   Losing sight of a monster in a big store isn't hard to do, I had one of mine run away from me once because I wouldn't take him to the toy department RIGHT NOW.  So I'm a pretty forgiving of that, but some people don't deserve to have them.  The only redeeming thing I see in the story is that this mother decided not to press charges.  The police are way out of line, covering their asses, waiting for someone else drop this nonsense.

phreddy wrote:

I just watched the video and I'm not so sure the kid is innocent.  Why did he take the girl outside?  Wouldn't he take her to a cashier if he really wanted to find the mother?

My thoughts as well when I saw it.  Why outside?  Looking for parent(s)

Followup on the original story.  Apparently the kid has a history of sexual battery, even before the episode where I really believed he was concerned about the three year old lost little girl.