And this could have just as easily been your mom (or guardian). You'll argue the point, but I will bet my entire life savings she's had her eyes off you at lea

And this could have just as easily been your mom (or guardian). You'll argue the point, but I will bet my entire life savings she's had her eyes off you at least 100 times in public for more than 30 seconds while you were growing up. It's simply called life. It happens. 99.99% of the time nothing bad happens whatsoever, and you never even think twice about it. Actually both parties probably didn't even realize it happened. Was she negligent? Who really knows. Calling her clearly negligent is just being completely disingenuous to the point of more or less full on dishonesty. Taking 20 seconds to inspect a map or tap out a SMS is not negligence, and is all the time that would have taken. You're the reason the attitude in this article exists, unfortunately. Even if you think you're being reasonable in this instance. Try living under the constant threat that you can't divide your attention for less than a minute 24 hours a day. It's an absurd thing to demand from anyone, and is not reasonable. The way "society" expects you to raise children in the US has to be the most unhealthy in the world. It's becoming absolutely absurd how much we coddle children and expect parents to stop having an adult life.