Safeway apologizes for catching thieving child

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You should go weigh in on this parenting column in the Washington Post. A Safeway guard has been fired for taking action on a 4 year old who ate something and put the bag back on the shelf. He was in trouble once before for apprehending a pregnant mother who stole food, justifying it that she was pregnant and hungry and "forgot to pay for the sandwich."

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/safeway-apologizes-after-4-year-old-is-banned-for-life/2011/11/27/gIQARahb3N_blog.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost#weighIn

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That was overkill on the part of the security guard. The parent should have been presented with the open bag of food and been required to pay for it, and then given a lecture about keeping an eye on their brat while in the store.