Anonymous wrote:Give me a break.

He left them in their seats, not wandering around outside the Verizon Center.

Yes, because kids never wander. Kids always listen to their parents.
GMAB.

3 and 5 is too young. Daddy was negligent.

Anonymous wrote:I can pretty much guarantee he asked someone to keep an eye on them. Although clearly he didn't have to, since you apparently spent more time watching them than the game.

Speaking of which, how do you know he was their father, anyway -- and not a predator/kidnapper/white slaver? Do we even approve of a man taking girls this young to a violent sporting event? And what about those braids? They could be a choking hazard!

Honestly, OP, you should be ashamed that you didn't take better care of these girls you don't know.

I sometimes do this with my laptop and carry-on bags at the airport, if I need to go to the bathroom. I typically take a little more care with my kids, though. I'm a dad, and I wouldn't think of kids that age alone at the Verizon center. Are people seriously saying that's OK?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, i don't think you're wrong to find that alarming. I would never dream of leaving my 3- and 5-yr-olds alone and far from my sight, in a crowded, chaotic venue where people aren't necessarily paying attention to what's happening around them. Astonishing that some seem to be suggesting that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats instead of bringing them with him to the snack stand or restroom.

Do you normally leap to conclusions? Of course it was wrong. She should have made the more rational assumption, which was that someone else had responsibility for them during his brief absence.

Moreover, it's a lot safer to leave small children in seats like that then to herd them through crowded hallways of a sporting event.

I think PP is operating under the assumption that the DH was alone with the kids, not with friends or relatives.
I disagree that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats rather than bring them along to buy popcorn. It is hard for me to believe that any reasonable mom would see the former as the safer option. Even if you did ask a stranger sitting nearby to keep an eye on them...one, that's an undue burden on said stranger, who is trying to watch the game and now has to make sure that your kids stay put, stay safe, etc. And two, you don't know what kind of person that stranger may be.

Yes. And shame on her for that.

If you're an observant person (or even if you're not), it's pretty easy to ascertain whether an adult is with other adults, or alone. I'm going to give the OP the benefit of the doubt that she was indeed able to establish that he was solo with the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, i don't think you're wrong to find that alarming. I would never dream of leaving my 3- and 5-yr-olds alone and far from my sight, in a crowded, chaotic venue where people aren't necessarily paying attention to what's happening around them. Astonishing that some seem to be suggesting that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats instead of bringing them with him to the snack stand or restroom.

Do you normally leap to conclusions? Of course it was wrong. She should have made the more rational assumption, which was that someone else had responsibility for them during his brief absence.

Moreover, it's a lot safer to leave small children in seats like that then to herd them through crowded hallways of a sporting event.

I think PP is operating under the assumption that the DH was alone with the kids, not with friends or relatives.
I disagree that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats rather than bring them along to buy popcorn. It is hard for me to believe that any reasonable mom would see the former as the safer option. Even if you did ask a stranger sitting nearby to keep an eye on them...one, that's an undue burden on said stranger, who is trying to watch the game and now has to make sure that your kids stay put, stay safe, etc. And two, you don't know what kind of person that stranger may be.

Yes. And shame on her for that.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, i don't think you're wrong to find that alarming. I would never dream of leaving my 3- and 5-yr-olds alone and far from my sight, in a crowded, chaotic venue where people aren't necessarily paying attention to what's happening around them. Astonishing that some seem to be suggesting that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats instead of bringing them with him to the snack stand or restroom.

Do you normally leap to conclusions? Of course it was wrong. She should have made the more rational assumption, which was that someone else had responsibility for them during his brief absence.

Moreover, it's a lot safer to leave small children in seats like that then to herd them through crowded hallways of a sporting event.

I think PP is operating under the assumption that the DH was alone with the kids, not with friends or relatives.

I disagree that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats rather than bring them along to buy popcorn. It is hard for me to believe that any reasonable mom would see the former as the safer option. Even if you did ask a stranger sitting nearby to keep an eye on them...one, that's an undue burden on said stranger, who is trying to watch the game and now has to make sure that your kids stay put, stay safe, etc. And two, you don't know what kind of person that stranger may be.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from dark braids, OP didn't describe the girls very well. Caucasian? African American? Hispanic?

It's a hockey game. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Caucasian.

No, I think "dark braids" is politically correct code for African-American.

I'm a dad, and gotta say that I'd never do this if i had two little girls. If i had to take a leak, i would absolutely bring them with me. Much safer to have them right there with me, within my sight, even if it is the men's bathroom. Rather has them see the interior of a men's bathroom for a few seconds rather than risk them getting taken, or getting up to look for me and ending up getting lost, etc.

Anonymous wrote:OP, i don't think you're wrong to find that alarming. I would never dream of leaving my 3- and 5-yr-olds alone and far from my sight, in a crowded, chaotic venue where people aren't necessarily paying attention to what's happening around them. Astonishing that some seem to be suggesting that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats instead of bringing them with him to the snack stand or restroom.

Do you normally leap to conclusions? Of course it was wrong. She should have made the more rational assumption, which was that someone else had responsibility for them during his brief absence.

Moreover, it's a lot safer to leave small children in seats like that then to herd them through crowded hallways of a sporting event.

OP, i don't think you're wrong to find that alarming. I would never dream of leaving my 3- and 5-yr-olds alone and far from my sight, in a crowded, chaotic venue where people aren't necessarily paying attention to what's happening around them. Astonishing that some seem to be suggesting that it was safer to leave them alone in their seats instead of bringing them with him to the snack stand or restroom.

I can pretty much guarantee he asked someone to keep an eye on them. Although clearly he didn't have to, since you apparently spent more time watching them than the game.

Speaking of which, how do you know he was their father, anyway -- and not a predator/kidnapper/white slaver? Do we even approve of a man taking girls this young to a violent sporting event? And what about those braids? They could be a choking hazard!

Honestly, OP, you should be ashamed that you didn't take better care of these girls you don't know.

Anonymous wrote:Girls were maybe 3 and 5 with long dark braids. They were sitting in section 112, row D, seats on the end. Dad left them along for mayeb 10-12 minutes while he went to get popcorn. If it were my girls, I would want to know...

What evidence do you have that he left them alone?

How do you know they were 3 and 5?

Are you ordinarily a busybody?

Granted it was a Bruins Game.

However Miss Nosy, did you ever think that he left the girls in the care of another relative sitting right there with them?

I normally do not say this on DCUM but MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS with this one OP!

What is wrong with you? He did not leave them the entire game and then come back at the end...he went to get them FOOD and maybe go to the bathroom. As the other pp said...would you think it is more appropriate to have the 3 and 5 yearolds IN the mens restroom with a bunch of drunk men or sitting nicely in their seats?

You are the problem not the Dad! Nasty woman!

Give me a break.

He left them in their seats, not wandering around outside the Verizon Center.

Those are expensive seats, I am sure others were looking out for the guy in the trench coat at the hockey game. Maybe he had to take a piss or take a dump. Have you been in a men's room at a sporting event? They were safer in thier seats.