I know someone that used to work in a video game store and a mother left her kid there and told the kid that she would be back in 8 hours to pick him up. The kid, who was maybe 7 or 8, tells my friend and he asks for the mother's number so he can call her. He leaves a message telling her he will call the cops and child protective services if she doesn't come back right away. Guess who came back right away...
my first job was a dollar tree right by a fashion bug (poor indiana rural area). women loved to drop off their kids in our store and go clothes shopping next door, which isnt too bad in itself, but im sure you can summarize what sort of parenting breeds what kind of kids