I don't remember the movie, but I think the kid had like chicken pox or something, and the mom was like I NEED TO RUN ERRANDS ARE YOU GONNA BE OK BY YOURSELF? Then she took off, but the kid was like seven or eight. There was no way he should have been on his own. Don't get me wrong, my dad left me alone one time when I was seven, but it wasn't the whole friggin' day!