At a certain point you shift from discussing the ‘existence of’, and begin to question the ‘magnitude of’ the cultural disconnect…  I mean SERIOUSLY, what exactly did they think was going to happen to the 2, 5 and 7 year old ?….
FLORIDA – Three young children spent seven hours alone in a car in a Walmart parking lot after their parents were arrested and accused of shoplifting at the store, authorities said.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Tosheba Hope, 30, and Gerald Moultrie, 24, were arrested about 7 p.m. Monday at the Walmart at 3001 N. State Road 7 and accused of grand theft.
After being arrested, the two failed to mention that three children —ages 2, 5, and 7— were waiting for them in their parked car, said Gina Carter, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman. Hope is the mother of the three children; Moultrie is the father of one of them, she said.
The children were discovered about 2 a.m. Tuesday by a store employee who then searched for their parents inside the store. The children were upset and crying, but not physically hurt, Carter said.
[…]  According to a sheriff’s arrest report, Hope and Moultrie picked up tools and vehicle accessories at Walmart valued at $660 and failed to stop at a cash register to pay for them. As they left the store, a Walmart employee stopped them, it said.
The two had a first-appearance court hearing on Tuesday before Broward Judge John “Jay” Hurley. Both were released from jail without paying a bond.
Hope told the judge that she had three small children and was “probably pregnant” with another. (read more)