The Christmas episode when Penny got arrested

[prestige]

I was watching the christmas episode when Penny was arrested for shoplifting, why would Wilona take Penny (a minor child, pending adoption) shopping to leave Penny alone at the department store to shop on her own, and told Penny if she get lost; here is some cab fare money to catch the cab home, what type of mother is that?

So that means that Wilona went straight home from the department store without Penny?

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by prestige

I was watching the christmas episode when Penny was arrested for shoplifting, why would Wilona take Penny (a minor child, pending adoption) shopping to leave Penny alone at the department store to shop on her own, and told Penny if she get lost; here is some cab fare money to catch the cab home, what type of mother is that?

So that means that Wilona went straight home from the department store without Penny?

Yeah she was only like 11 so that was weird. lol A 11 year old kid waving down a cab in downtown chicago

[prestige]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Yeah she was only like 11 so that was weird. lol A 11 year old kid waving down a cab in downtown chicago

EXACTLY, and Wilona still did not have the approval paperwork on the adoption yet either

[*ROGER*]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Yeah she was only like 11 so that was weird. lol A 11 year old kid waving down a cab in downtown chicago

I also live in an urban area in New York though. And when I was 11 I never would have been allowed to wander around a department store by myself or expected to take a cab home. Willona showed crappy parenting skills in my opinion.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by *ROGER*

I also live in an urban area in New York though. And when I was 11 I never would have been allowed to wander around a department store by myself or expected to take a cab home. Willona showed crappy parenting skills in my opinion.

That was mainly because she was a "unplanned parent" LMAO

[*ROGER*]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

That was mainly because she was a "unplanned parent" LMAO

True, Penny was an unexpected surprise!

[prestige]

Originally Posted by *ROGER*

I also live in an urban area in New York though. And when I was 11 I never would have been allowed to wander around a department store by myself or expected to take a cab home. .

Or what type of cab driver will pick up a minor child flagging him down to catch the cab home without a parent

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by prestige

Or what type of cab driver will pick up a minor child flagging him down to catch the cab home without a parent

Another good observation

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by prestige

Or what type of cab driver will pick up a minor child flagging him down to catch the cab home without a parent

I would guess that it happens a lot in big cities where public transportation is a main way of getting from point A to point B. It would be like a child catching a city bus.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by *ROGER*

I also live in an urban area in New York though. And when I was 11 I never would have been allowed to wander around a department store by myself or expected to take a cab home. Willona showed crappy parenting skills in my opinion.

My mom use to drop me and my best friend off at the movies and at the mall when I was 11 and 12. We were never kidnapped

[*ROGER*]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

My mom use to drop me and my best friend off at the movies and at the mall when I was 11 and 12. We were never kidnapped

But she dropped you off in her car. You didn't have to take a cab where who knows what kind of person could be driving.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

My mom use to drop me and my best friend off at the movies and at the mall when I was 11 and 12. We were never kidnapped

She wasn't coming back to pick yall up?

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

She wasn't coming back to pick yall up?

She would come back to pick us up later that night. There were times when we were dropped off at the movie theater at 12pm and she would come back to pick us up at around 7 or 8. Same with the Mall, she would drop us off and come back at 9pm when the Mall closed to pick us up. When we were 12-15 every year she would drop us off at the State Fair (Which if you've ever been to the TX state fair, it isn't in a nice area, practically in the middle of the Ghetto) later that night she would pick us up. I think that nowadays some parents are a tab bit over protective.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by *ROGER*

But she dropped you off in her car. You didn't have to take a cab where who knows what kind of person could be driving.

But that could be with any public transportation.

[prestige]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I would guess that it happens a lot in big cities where public transportation is a main way of getting from point A to point B. It would be like a child catching a city bus.

Young Minor kids alone "normally" do not catch cab rides to take home... and as far as the city bus, you really don't see 11 year old kids alone on the bus, why would a parent allow their minor child to catch a bus to a certain address without a responsible known adult?