@Absurdliaisions and mobius: you both have very good points. It is true the kid could have done any of that stuff and hurt themself but it also seems like the mom was coming in looking to make sure the kid was alright. And at some point, you have to learn to trust your kids. Maybe the mom already taught the kid about knife safety, or maybe she keeps all that dangerous stuff way out of reach of the kid. And this is a debate, but a very poor debate as you each only seem to have one point, and keep repeating the same point over and over again.

I hadn't even mentioned the possibility of her getting into cleaning products in the cupboards or anything that could've been latched. I've never seen a child proofed oven or microwave. You child proof a kitchen by putting safety gates up, because no way should 2 year old be alone in one.

Her point is I don't have enough information to know that a kid alone in the kitchen could do any of those things... I asked her why not. She said the mother might not have been out of the kitchen, when the post clearly says she was. Sorry, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the ones with issues responding to the other person. I'm guessing none of you thinking this is acceptable have kids. The kid is TWO. You don't tell a TWO year old something is dangerous and figure you've done enough towards keeping them safe. And yeah, I'm sure the oven and fridge were safely child proofed and put out of reach... Honestly, you are the probably same people who would be tsk tsking if you read how this could've turned out in a newspaper. I truly hope none of you are ever responsible for children.

Mobius: AGAIN. You twisted it to mean what YOU WANTED. It doesn't SAY "My daughter was playing in the kitchen AND I WENT to have a look." There are SPACES. And PERIODS. It's all pretty VAGUE LOOKING to me. It says specifically: "Today, my two year old daughter was playing in the kitchen. I went to go have a look and she was pretend cooking." "Went to go have a look" could mean "I turned around" or any other number of things. "Went" is such an American thing. We're retarded. We take words and totally cloud their real meanings.

So, while accusing me of twisting words, you say the definitions of some words(conveniently the ones you'd like to change the meanings of so it would make what you're trying to put in the OPs mouth more plausible) don't count because you Americans are retarded ? Riiiight.... At any rate, lets ignore for a minute what the OP actually said (because you retarded Americans don't actually mean it when you use some words or whatever right?) and say she was in the kitchen, and couldn't see her kid, and was oblivious enough not to notice her kid pooping and her hand, which she could've at least smelt. She was still oblivious enough of her kid in a dangerous area like the kitchen which any child care person would tell you a two year old should not be allowed to play in unsupervised to have had it done any of the things I mentioned.

#57 / mobius: Nonsense. You know nothing about the circumstances. My two year old plays in the kitchen all the time. All the knives, the microwave, the controls for all the applicances, pretty much everything dangerous is out of her reach. Poop doesn't have to be in a bowl for a two year old to get at it. Cast your mind: * Two year old sticks hand in pants and finds some poop. * Two year old smears poop into play cup. * Parent comes in to see what's going on (start FML here). It only takes 10 seconds for all of that to happen, and doesn't involve anything dangerous or out of character for a two year old. So, basically, you need to stfu and see the humor in the OP.

88 - And your oven, your fridge, your freezer etc are all out of her reach too huh? Pretty sure half the news stories you see are about kids climbing just a little higher than you thought they could. My sister climbed up the bathroom cabinet when she was that age and got into pills on the top shelf. If you think the kitchen is a suitable place for a two year old to play you're a bad parent, and just because you're a bad parent, it doesn't make it any more acceptable for other people to be bad parents. She said the kid was playing in there. Not just left alone there for a minute, and regardless, in the same amount of time, she could've done a lot worse stuff.

zomg that is so funny. you have officially made my day. gewd day to you

I'd love to hope and pray that it was dirt...but since the 2 year old was INSIDE A KITCHEN, she would have had to have wandered outside to get the dirt, then back inside, all without the mom noticing... Oh yes, OP... **** YOUR LIFE indeed...

Isn't there another FML like this? Why would you let a child with dirty hands stick their finger in your mouth?