Cadillac, I feel torn over your post...on the one hand, we all make mistakes sometime and it sucks when there are ppl there to actually witness it! On the other hand, I myself never let a 15 month old or similar aged child go very far from me, ever. I am almost always right behind them, and when I have kids this age in my care I am never ever sitting down because IMO, this age group needs constant supervision. I always say to my hubby how I am not a fan of the 12-18 month age group because I feel like they are on a mission to kill themselves! Always getting into things they shouldn't etc.. It's tough because with my own kids I am more laid back and let them do more, but not the daycare kids because of the liability. They can explore and get into trouble all they want at home, but no one is getting hurt on MY watch! I also think that the parents handled it pretty well, and I feel like if the child was in true danger, his relatives would have jumped in, so clearly it could not have been that bad.