You read about it every day in the news. Because people just can't seem to learn. Headline: Child gets mauled and killed by family pet. So let's enforce that in a children's book so they can learn stupidity when they are real young. If it didn't happen in real life so much, then it would be a cute story. But why a Rotwieler? Why not a golden retriever? And why can't the mother be getting the mail from the mailbox or doing something a little more sensible. Mother leaving the house to go shopping while leaving a Rotwieler to look after the baby is just a plain dumb story and any responsible adult wouldn't buy or read this book. Stick with the time tested books like Seuss or Eric Carle.