Originally Posted by Xaccers

They know their kids better than anyone else, and if they felt that it was ok to leave them for a meal while checking on them regularly, while being sat across the way from them, that doesn't strike me as irresponsible.
If they'd gone out drinking at one of the nightclubs in town with no intention of coming back for hours and having no one check in on them, that would be irresponsible.
And you do mind what people think you mean, other wise you wouldn't be going on and on about it so much