[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, parents do things that could be seen as risky........parenting isn't an exact science.
I left my child to go and peg out my washing...while I was pegging out my washing, if she had hurt herself would I be charged with child neglect?
Many, many parents will have done similar things. I do not say that this is right, but that is the reality.......they should have been safe in their room.....they were not tied to a lampost outside a pub...or left in a push chair outside a pub.

Anyway, this is precisely the situation which re-hashing the same old, same old does.....so I will sign off from this thread, I have said everything many times in the other thread relating to this issue......and I have not changed my mind.