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[quote=Anonymous]If you can find some way to let the daycare center know w/o pointing the finger at one particular mom, that's probably the best way to handle this.

1) Yes, the kid's at no real risk, or at least no greater than the background risk that's happening every day as you drive to work, cross the street, etc., etc. What is it, under 100 kids a year kidnapped by a total stranger? 
2) Doing this puts other parents and observers in an uncomfortable position. They don't know that you're coming right back out in under 2 minutes. While they might feel ridiculous calling relevant authorities over a 2-minute leave, what about 5 minutes? 10? 15? 30? Again -- you don't know if Mom's coming back in 2, 5, 10, or 15 minutes. 
3) Folks expecting OP to drop everything and routinely look after this kid are expecting saintly behavior from OP -- and parents who're asking for help once always seem to ask over and over again. Come on, we all know a mom or two like that -- who's always needing someone to give her kid(s) a ride to and from stuff, who's always asking for free favors, and never seems to reciprocate. [/quote]

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