Mother dumps her child at a store instead of hiring a babysitter

Yes, it’s shocking. Yes, there’s two victims here. But there’s also a sense of neglect that could have prevented the event from happening in the first place. The story also mentions that more than one child had been dumped in the store. Would it really be too much to share the cost of a minder? Are retail staff expected to fulfil childcare duties? I’m assuming this is a small quiet store, but even if a worker was serving a customer there would be nothing else in place to stop another member of the public coming in to groom the child. What would happen if the store had to unexpectedly close? There’s also nothing to stop the children of getting the idea of wandering out of the store either, where anything could happen without the mother knowing or having someone accountable for the child. There’s a lot of trust in these places for the wrong reasons.