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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Not to mention, we only have his word that that is what the manager/guard said. I would honestly be a little surprised if that's what they said. If it is, it shows a lack of judgement on their part, but the father seems to have crafted a pretty good narrative here, and memory can be a bit selective and malleable.
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Agreed. But even if they did say these things, did they do so after the parent created a big scene?
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Also, the child in question was 9. The father used an 11.5yo as an example. Same difference, imo...an age doesn't make one magically able to or not to deal with something. If the kid was acting responsibly, awesome for him.
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He was vague, but implied he was 11.5. The intro said, "He has been going to the Lego store alone to spend his money since he was 9." The reference to an 11.5 year-old did not explicitly say that is how old his son was. It doesn't change my opinion. I'm pretty sure I went to the store alone as young as 6 or 7. I was probably a much better customer at that age than when I was 13 (more honest, less mischievous).
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I wonder if it's a question of responsibility though. With the lack of a parent present, is the store now liable (or would they be HELD liable) for anything that occurred? I'm not going to say an abduction, as that's unlikely...but what if one of the big boxes fell on the kids head? What if he choked on a small piece that they have laying around. The child went to the store himself...is the store responsible for him?
Seems like a bad situation all around.
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IANAL, but I would suspect that much of the liability would be on the parents in this situation. Especially in the helicopter parent age we live in.