When you drop your child off with another parent, you expect that they will be cared for properly. It’s the equivalent of leaving them with a teacher, expecting that they will protect them from harm in their care. However, one mother learned that not all moms are the same when it comes to this. The Nevada parent left her child at a birthday party expecting that she would remain with her friends until she returned. She was in for a real surprise when she went to pick her up.
Lauren Michelle (@lauren.m.100) shared a TikTok video outlining an event that left her angry. Lauren starts by saying she feels like the “worst mom ever.” She took her daughter to a birthday party at a Nevada roller rink. She asked the other parent if it would be okay if she dropped her child, ran an errand, and then came back for her. The parent hosting the birthday party said, “You can definitely leave her here.” She instructed Lauren to come back before 5.
When Lauren pulled up at 4:30, expecting everything to be okay, she was shocked by what she found. The party room was locked, and literally everybody was gone except for her 10-year-old daughter. Luckily, a friend who wasn’t there for the party saw her daughter and stayed with her while she waited for her mom. When Lauren asked the manager at the roller rink when the family departed from the party, they told her 3:30. This means they ditched the party (and Lauren’s child) long before they told her mom to be there to pick her up. As a parent, my blood would be boiling.
Lauren was seething. She called the child’s mother eight times. She wanted answers about why and how this happened. The mother ignored all her calls and her text messages. In an update video, however, she said she did finally reach the other mother. The mother told Lauren that she took the party outside the roller rink so her daughter could open a present. When they did, they no longer saw Lauren’s child with the group. So why didn’t they look for her? This is what Lauren couldn’t understand. She said the mother should have assumed responsibility for her child, as she promised.
Lauren also found out that the mom only rented the party room at the rink for 45 minutes. So, why did they think it was okay to tell her that she could come back at 4:30 – especially when they all left by that point? None of it makes sense. It makes you not want to trust anybody with your child for any amount of time, even if it’s the parent of your child’s friend.
One commenter couldn’t believe that another parent would do this. She said, “I don’t care if a kid’s mom is 4 hours late to get them…I’m not leaving a child alone anywhere. Especially one that I invited!” Another person added, “That other mom is full of it. If a mom leaves her child WITH me, that child is MINE until her mom picks her up FROMMMMMM me, eyes on the mother leaving WITH the child.” One commenter pointed out, “She’s your enemy for life.” I know, in the same situation, she would definitely be mine. Lauren is every bit justified for being frustrated and angry with this other mother. Unfortunately, I don’t think the mom sees the wrong in her actions that day.
