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A mistake is something done accidentally. Leaving their children alone like that was a decision, not a mistake. If it had just been the once I could possibly put it down to being a (seriously) bad judgement call. Good parents can make stupid decisions.


HOWEVER - she asked them where they were the night before, told them that they had been crying, and they CHOSE to go out and do it again?? That's so selfish and emotionally neglectful that it's actually vile. It's genuinely uncaring and cruel. "We know you were upset and crying last night honey but hey, who gives a ****, we're going out again because it's our holiday and we want to ".

That's not just "bad parenting", that's being a nasty, ****ty person in general. Any adult who would willingly leave a child alone like that again AFTER being told that they were scared and crying the last time - be that their parent or not - is an absolute scumbag.