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Home ☢ Commentary ☢ How bad are bad parents these days? This is a sign…

How bad are bad parents these days? This is a sign…

March 12, 2013 By: Lauren Ivy Chiong40 Comments

A sign for bad parents

bad parents, bad parenting, forgetting kids, funny bad parenting advice, funny bad parenting photos, funny signs

Are parents so lax these days that they actually need a reminder like this to recall that they brought their kids to the store with them?  Pathetic!

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  1. laurie damrose says

    March 12, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    OMG !That would NEVER be me!JS

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  2. Sam Dock says

    March 12, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    Wow! That is really sad. However I know some people in my town that would probably benefit from having signs like this around :/

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  3. Pam says

    March 12, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    That really is pathetic! I had 3 small ones, I usually carried the smallest, and the other 2 held my hand and/or pocket because I told them I was “scared”, especially when “crossing the street”! They thought they were “helping” me. I always knew where my little ducklings were. I cannot imagine having to rely on a sign to remind me to check for my children 🙁

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  4. Maddie K. says

    March 12, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    That’s pretty funny. I cannot imagine anyone leaving their kids, but I suppose if you are distracted that it’s possible.

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  5. Amber D says

    March 13, 2013 at 2:05 am

    Haha. Hilarious…HERES YOUR SIGN!

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  6. md kennedy says

    March 13, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    How about adding: Do you have your brain?

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  7. Debbie McMullen says

    March 13, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    lol well this is both funny and not! I seriously hope people don’t actually leave their children anywhere – I’ve always got mine close, even my 10 yr old! You never know what kind of people are around!

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  8. Tonya B says

    March 14, 2013 at 3:20 am

    Any time I doubt my parenting skills, all I have to do is look around me for things like this and I feel a whole lot better!

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  9. Rebecca DeCamp Bryant says

    March 14, 2013 at 4:36 am

    I just don’t know what to say to this. Parents are so busy these days that this doesn’t surprise me. We need to stop, take a deep breath, and remember that our children are our future. We need to spend more quality time with them.

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  10. lisa says

    March 14, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    I’m guessing it is a joke. Basically reminding parents to keep an eye on kids while they’re shopping. A polite and amusing way to say it.

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  11. Donna George says

    March 16, 2013 at 1:29 am

    Yeah, that sounds funny to me too. Reminds people to keep an eye on their kids.

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  12. Tina Lee says

    March 16, 2013 at 2:30 am

    Leaving your child behind is very possible when you have multiple kids plus everything else happening around. It happened to one of my friend after coming out of a concert. She quickly realized she was missing one child after she drove away. Gladly the child was standing there waiting for his mom. He went to the bathroom and my friend thought she had all 5 of them in the car! Sigh ~~ scary

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  13. Sylvia Ortiz says

    March 16, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    They should also get off their phones and quit checking their Facebook status or Tweets; as small children are very quick at disappearing from your sight and may end up in the wrong hands or in danger of harming themselves.

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  14. Susan Alban says

    March 16, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    LOL! I actually have to count kids some days when leaving my sons preschool. I have a whole car full(6 most days)BUT I would never leave without them all!

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  15. Stephen Ng says

    March 17, 2013 at 11:40 am

    I hope I won’t be like that

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  16. Vikki Cousin says

    March 18, 2013 at 9:18 am

    That is funny and a good point.

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  17. Jaime Nicole says

    March 19, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    While I hope that I would never leave my children, I understand how it could happen.

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  18. Dawn Justice says

    March 20, 2013 at 2:50 am

    Some parents let their kids run wild when there out. My son doesn’t go out of arms reach of me, ever. 🙂

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  19. Peggy Greco says

    March 20, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    thanks for article, its eye-opening and interesting to read.

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  20. Crystal W says

    March 20, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    This is why when my kids were smaller I did everything possible NOT to take them shopping with me..not only was it nerve-wracking keeping up with them and shopping at same time but I had to spend about a hundred extra dollars with all the mom please can I have this from each of them!

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  21. Kelly Ann T. says

    March 21, 2013 at 12:25 am

    After seeing some of the stuff on the news and internet, I’m not surprised. It is so sad.

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  22. Anita L says

    March 22, 2013 at 10:52 am

    I’ve never seen a sign like this any place I’ve ever shopped. I would have to wonder, seriously, Who in the world would forget their kids? That is just unbelievable.

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  23. Bo says

    March 24, 2013 at 4:12 am

    LOL – my own mother lost me at Disneyland when I was a child. This sign would have helped her!

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  24. Tina says

    March 26, 2013 at 7:36 am

    I wonder how in the heck someone could forget their kids in the grocery store? I always had my son in the buggy when he was smaller and went with me to the store. This is awful when there is a sign to remind parents to check to make sure that they have their kids. What is this world coming to? Thanks for the post it was enlightening.

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  25. Sara K. says

    March 27, 2013 at 6:01 am

    I would hope people wouldn’t forget their children lol

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  26. lisa says

    April 3, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    I hope that’s a joke.

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  27. Noor says

    April 5, 2013 at 11:14 am

    GOOd post. and it teaches a lot about us.

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  28. amanda roach says

    April 5, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    wow i sure hope not

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  29. Paula V says

    April 5, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    Yes, some parents are so focused on their tasks they forget their first priority…to tend their kids and include them in the task.

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  30. Lorena W says

    April 9, 2013 at 2:03 am

    Wow…that is crazy! And sad, yes!

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  31. Karen Evans says

    April 15, 2013 at 12:32 am

    At the age of 8 until 12 (or so) my poor mother (whom had 4 kids…including me) was forever forgetting just where I had gone, when she was doing the head count. I was always at a “Book Store’ (I was an avid reader) and she always said” I am not going to have much hair left, if you keep going off like this”!

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  32. Miranda W says

    April 18, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    I lost sight of my son in a store once for about 10 seconds and totally freaked out. He never played the hide in the clothes rack trick on me again. I can’t even imagine not knowing where they are at all times.

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  33. Kathleen Martin says

    April 20, 2013 at 5:22 am

    I don’t have children of my own but, I can see how that would happen I see so many women in the store tweeting away or on FB on their smartphones and their kids are running wild through the store. Are we so important that FB and tweets can’t wait until we’re safely home with the kids? I find the sign kinda funny but also a sad sign of the times..

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  34. ANN*H says

    April 29, 2013 at 1:57 am

    That is sad that you would need a reminder not to forget your children – tho Im sure some would like to. If they forget the kids they arent even going to read the sign to remind them either.

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  35. Lisa R says

    May 9, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    This one just cracks me up. With some of the terrors raised this days by the fault of the parents maybe that is why they forget.

    sibabe64 at ptd dot net

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  36. Nicole Becker says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:12 am

    This is so sick!!!! There are so many sickos in this world today, my granddaughter will NEVER go out of my sight for a second!!

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  37. carla bonesteel says

    May 21, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    Do you think, possibly, that this sign was meant to be humorous? I mean, I took it as a joke, a little sarcastic humor, rather than a real reminder to check for your kids…I mean…REALLY. Is everyone getting all worked up over a funny sign?

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  38. Becky Schollian says

    May 22, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    Is this for real??? you are so right it is pathetic!! I just don’t understand how any parent could just walk off & forget to take their child with them. I know I may be a little over protective but this is just ignorance on behalf of the parents!!

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  39. Lisa Lancaster says

    May 28, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    WOW I think we have forgotten about what should be the most important to us in life.

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  40. Paige Nienaber says

    October 16, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    Don’t you know you’re not supposed to feed the gators? http://hotelnightmares.com/bad-parenting-takes-a-holiday/

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