would you judge someone who brings their kid to the grocery store?

[Princess2R]

I have heard some stores about this but I am currently faced with this situation of having to wait 3+ days or taking my 2 year old to the store.

 

[littlejimmy]

no

 

[sam_gordon]

Will you be judged? Yes.
Should you be judged? IMO, no.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Voted "no" only because there wasn't a "no" option with stronger language. Ignore the shamers - that fault is their own and they need to BACK OFF! Take a list, don't dawdle, go at a less crowded time (just before close we found has been best - shortages are about over now), but GO and don't be ashamed of being a parent.

 

[skyblue17]

No. Not everyone has the option of shopping alone. However, I would suggest making sure the child is in a stroller or cart to limit interaction with others.

 

[Disneylover99]

I have heard some stores about this but I am currently faced with this situation of having to wait 3+ days or taking my 2 year old to the store.

No. I would not judge you.

But I’m annoyed when couples bring their young children, who wander around touching everything at grocery stores that request only one person per family shop if possible.

 

[anniemae]

I would not judge and and if I was in the situation, I would absolutely take my child. Just follow any rules i.e. mask, go in and out quickly, wash up after. easy.

Not everyone is in a situation where they can leave a child home while they shop. Also, things seem to be loosening up a bit. There are no longer huge lines to get into stores, more things are opening, more people are out and about. Personally, I have noticed more kids with parents in grocery stores in the past few weeks.

 

[JenBush]

Of course not and I think people who do are terrible. Not everyone has the luxury of having someone available to watch their children.

 

[Kittyblue]

No. No one knows your situation and it's nobody's business anyway.

 

[barkley]

in the stores i've been in that someone has had a little one with them it seems to brighten the mood of the other shoppers. they've always either been in their parent's cart or if they were older-holding on to the cart. with the exception of toddlers they were always masked but just seeing a little one is so rare these days around us that it kind of brings a sense of normalcy and hope. the best shopping trip i went on was when there was a little one who made a point of waving and saying 'hello' to everyone he passed. the other shoppers replied kindly, waved back and you could see in their eyes that they were smiling underneath their masks.

 

[PlainJane]

My husband is the child of a single mom to three kids. I just rolled my eyes at comments disparaging these parents, they're obviously written by people who have lived very sheltered lives.

In most places you have to shop in person with SNAP benefits, though shout-out to Kroger for making pick-up available for these families. I don't know of anywhere that allows WIC benefits to be used for grocery pick-up or delivery.

 

[tileman]

No

 

[Nox]

I don't.

Full disclosure: I'm not a parent.

But I feel like parenting is hard enough without people judging you because you can't get someone to come watch your child while you go to the grocery store.

What I WILL judge someone for is when you see a small takeout restaurant, with a sign that says "MAX 6 PEOPLE," and yet mom, dad, and all three children all go inside.

 

[kimblebee]

Need a third option...depends

Would I judge you if you and your kids were wearing masks and taking all precautions (distancing, not touching everything in sight)? No

Would I judge you if you were there without masks and taking no precautions? Yes

Just because things are open does NOT mean the virus is just magically gone.

 

[Moliphino]

I would assume a single adult with a child/children was doing it out of necessity. Multiple able bodied adults together with kids are the ones I might side-eye, because there's clearly a person there who could stay home or in the car with them.

 

[spiders]

Knowingly or unknowingly, you’re getting judged and you’re judging others.

The decision you have to make is if you care or don’t care. There are very few people in this world whose opinion I actually care about.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

DD#2 had no choice, as they needed food, and SoIL#2 was suddenly sent on a 3 day away in the field. He only received 24 hours notice, as the other SSgt who was supposed to go ended up in the hospital (car accident, and she' s 4 months pregnant, so the doctors were being extra cautious with her).

She only bought enough to get by until SoIL got home (so I think 4 days worth?). And yes, GS#2 was in the cart seat the whole time, and both wore their masks.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I don't believe small children are banned from shopping w/ their parents in my state. This does not mean individual stores don't have that rule but haven't seen any.

 

[wildride]

Absolutely not some people have no choice.

I think what would I do? I was a single parent for the first eight years of my son life, I’d have to take him with me.

 

[BLAZEY]

Many of the stores here only allow 1 adult with in with kids, so if you show up in line with 2 adults and kids in line your 2nds adult would be asked to remain outside with the children while the other adult shops. I had to take my 11 year old shopping at walmart to pick up some new clothing items. She's grown about 3" in the time since this started and needed new clothes. Nothing fancy but she wanted to pick them out and I wanted to try and size them as places aren't taking returns right now.