Comment by dumbledoren

There is nothing nationalistic about it. I have lived in multiple countries, and in no country have I ever ! heard ! about a phenomenon like this one. In every country I lived, leaving that child alone like that would cause you to get legally prosecuted, regardless of who said what - and that prosecution would include that woman who made those threatening remarks. We are reading stories of people who even refrain from patting a child's head because it could be seen as some kind of molestation.

This is one of the hysterias and fads that visibly come out of the US frequently as the US public opinion and even the political landscape change.