Parents and Their "I Just Looked Away For a Second" Moments

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Eric Lund
Oct 31, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Oh, the unparalleled panic of losing your kid at the store. It's common knowledge that kids are weird and dumb, and as it stands they shouldn't be trusted. Look away for a second and they're off trying to drink toilet water or join a new family. Sure, we eventually grow to resent the illogical things our parents do, but for a real long time it's you being the idiot.

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    Font - BestGuessGuest 1 day ago · edited 19 hours ago It happened with me and my baby sister. We were playing trust and then I went for a second to get something from the room (literally a few seconds). Next thing I know, she just dropped back expecting someone will catch her. Moral of the story, do not trust anyone too much.
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    Font - Iamthe8percent 21 hours ago @2 I looked away for 1 second and my son (1yr at the time) ate my pack of cigarettes that I thought he couldn't reach. Called poison control and they told me he'd be fine, and he'll probably throw up. When he did throw up, noticed he only ate a little bit if the tobacco, no filters or anything. I quit soon after that.
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    Font - PeopleAreIrksome 1 day ago 56 S7 E 4 I had made lunch for my daughter who was only about two years old. It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I handed it to her and realized I left her drink on the counter. I turned and grabbed the drink and when I went to hand it to her she was gone. So was the sandwich. I go to the living room and she was stuffing it into the V.C.R.. I asked her why and she said it was hungry. Poor V.C.R. never did work right after that.
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    Font - 95 S I had taken my four year daughter into a public toilet in France, which was next to a main road. As we left, Goose-rider3000 21 hours ago 6 I let go of her hand for a split second as I looked away to close the door behind us. When I looked back she was running into the main road as she'd seen her Mum on the other side. From where I stood, my view of the road was obstructed so I couldn't see if any cars were coming, and she had gone too far for me to catch her. By a complete miracle,
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    Font - RoboNinjaPirate 22 hours ago 2 2 So we took the kids (7, 3, 3 and 3) to a water park. One of us would stay in the kiddie area with 2 of the triplets and the other parent would take one of the 3 year olds and the 7 year old on a ride. It was working pretty well. Note, the kiddie area was mostly contained, but there was no gate or anything. At one of the swaps, we blinked for a second and our adventurous 3 year old was gone. Instant oh fi k panic. Get security there, staff is looking, I'm r
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    Font - catching_comets 21 hours ago · edited 12 hours ago 2 3 e5 3 3 We moved into our new house on Halloween in 2001. Most of the heavy lifting was done, so the wife decided to begin unpacking the important stuff and I would take our 8 year old daughter out trick or treating. We stepped outside and I realized I left my phone. Standing on the front porch I tell her..."Don't move, I have to get my phone. I'll be right back. Do not move." Narrator: She moved. New neighborhood. Kids and parents eve
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    Mammal - nervousdonut 23 hours ago · edited 16 hours ago 4 35 When I was a kid my mom was watching me play while hanging laundry. When she turned to hang a garment I discovered a “bouncy spot" in the grass and fell down a 100ish year old abandoned well. She said that day took years off her life.
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    Rectangle - retailguy_again 22 hours ago When my daughter was little, probably about 3, she went with me to shop for some tools. I turned away to look at something and heard behind me "Daddy, what's this?" "Uh, honey, that's an axe. Please give it to me." She did, and all was well, but I'm glad my wife wasn't there--she would have panicked.
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    Font - lankymjc 21 hours ago · edited 13 hours ago 22 3 2 I was the child in question, two years old at the time. We were at the beach, where about two feet into the sea there's a shelf where it suddenly gets twice as deep. My parents were distracted by my brother, so didn't notice me wander into the surf. When they next looked up, all the could see was my hat away floating on the water. Panic set in, and my dad sprinted into the sea. Discovered that I was still wearing the hat, and was somehow
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    Font - peripateticpeople 21 hours ago 4 Went to the toilet, leaving the newborn asleep on a blanket on the floor (on top of a large fluffy carpet). 3 year old was watching tv nearby. Came back to find baby literally rolled up in carpet like a dead body, 3 year old sitting on top, with a cushion under him too. Still don't know how he did it at all let alone so quickly, and how the baby was totally chilled and unharmed.
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    Font - shaodyn 22 hours ago I'm not the parent in this scenario, but I'll share the story anyway. I was in college, and had a club meeting. Some of the people involved were non- traditional students with a toddler, and they had the kid there at the time. OK, no big deal, he was pretty much entertaining himself. The parents were trying to pay attention to what was going on, much like the rest of us, when this one guy jumps out of his chair with a yell and grabs the kid. Turns out the kid had been
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    Font - try_new_stuff 22 hours ago 2 I was making dinner for my twin 18mo when boy twin starts to fuss, so I carefully put the knife about a foot away from the edge of the counter. I intentionally put it away from the edge because my girl twin is NOT to be trusted. I go change my boy and turn around and my girl is casually holding my large, sharp chopping knife. I had to get it from her like a hostage negotiator so she wouldn't run away with it. I couldn't figure out how she got it so I looked at
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    Font - DickyBurd 23 hours ago a2 3 2 3 My sister baked some cookies to share at work, and when her 3 year old daughter seen them on the plate on the counter she asked for one. Instead of explaining she wasn't allowed to have one, my sister lied and said they were "yucky", implying it was a bad batch. My sister, confident that her lie was successful turned her back to finish cleaning up. She heard the plate being removed from the counter and turned around just in time to see all the cookies slide
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    Font - HolyPallyGirl 1 day ago Went to pee , put my kiddos in there room with the door open and the gate up. I also had the bathroom door open...come out to find a dozen eggs cracked on the kitchen floor and into the butter and my youngest covered in peanut butter naked. My now ex husband was sleeping...I walked into our room woke him up and tagged out..my brain was fried at that point. To this day I have no clue how they escaped, they are 16&18 now.
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    Font - Italics12 19 hours ago 2 My son was 3. We were leaving Target. He left my sight as I was adjusting my bags. Maybe two seconds, tops. Poof. He was gone. I try to act cool , but my true crime podcast obsession got the best of me. The store locks down. We are all looking for him. People are checking cars outside. I'm calling my son's name louder than any intercom system. We were just about to call police. And then my toddler slides out of the cart area and acts like,"Sup?" He decided it woul
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    Rectangle - 1987mark 1 day ago Woke up once and my two sons had climbed out of a window onto a flat roof. They were 1 and 3. I still don't know how they even got the window open.
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    Font - RubyRogue13 23 hours ago · edited 19 hours ago Obligatory not a parent: I was watching my sister's kids and told them we would grill for dinner and have pie. I went to the bathroom, came back, and the pie was ALL OVER the living room. When I asked them what happened, they told me it was daylight savings time, so dinner was now. I couldn't help but laugh.
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    Font - Gamekitty2000 1 day ago Not a parent but the kid in the story. I have 2 younger sisters. They are twins and only 12 months younger than me. When I was 3 and they were 2, me and sis 1 put sis 2 in the washing machine while my mom went for a pee. She came back right in time because we were already playing with the buttons.
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    Font - ashleynr12 20 hours ago Left my son at the kitchen counter while preparing pancakes. One minute he's there, the next thing I know he's successfully empties the syrup bottle All. Over. The. Couch. I mean puddles of syrup in our cushions and pillows. First time as a parent I remember calling my mom crying because I was at such a loss for how to clean it all up.
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