Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-4048025-20151226142743/@comment-366087-20160101201653

I never watched Sam and Cat. So how long did she leave the girl in a cemetery? Few hours? Afternoon? All day? Overnight? Why did this girl need a "lesson"?

Did it work? Did the girl learn a lesson?

As a mother and grandmother, I can tell you that is not "child neglect".

"Neglect" means things like never feeding them to the point of malnourishment. Continuously leaving them on their own for days while you party. Not allowing them the ability or opportunity to Bathe or have Medical Treatment. Locking them in a car with windows up on a hot day for hours. That's neglect.

One of my children would habitually wander off on their own no matter how many times I tried to instill in him not to and how dangerous it could be. So the last time he did so in a mall, I made myself scarce. Finally he looked up and realized he could not find me. He got worried, he got scared. He cried. And I let it happen. Not because I was neglecting him, but because he needed the lesson.

He was eventually picked up by mall security and taken to the office. I approached them and explained what was going on and if I could take more time before collecting him. And if in the meantime they give him nothing more than some water and nothing like "a treat".

He never wandered off again.

He grew up. Got married. And although he had sworn he would never do that to his kids, he had a boy just like he used to be. He eventually taught his son the same lesson and he has never dashed off since either.

So not having seen the episode in question, I'm of the opinion it is still not wicked/evil. At most jerkish.