One of the primary jobs of being a parent is to teach your child right from wrong. Why then are so many parents not doing their cotton-picking job?

Theft is a major problem in the United States. Parents should be teaching their kids that stealing is wrong, not involving them in their own thieving behavior.

A Kentucky woman was charged with child abuse and neglect earlier this week after she allegedly left her daughter behind after the two were caught shoplifting.

Sharon Wilson's daughter was caught taking two items from the Wal-Mart. The 36-year-old woman was assisting her daughter with the theft, but left her behind during the incident and did not return.

Wilson is charged with child abuse and neglect, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

What shameful behavior. Both mother and daughter need a stop theft class.

More Mother-Daughter Theft

Two New Haven, Connecticut women were arrested Friday after they tried to leave a store with hundreds of dollars in merchandise that they hadn't paid for.

When officers arrived, they found that Lakhiya Williams-Moore, 35, had gone into a fitting room of a Bon Hom store with $600 worth of clothing and then left the store without paying for it.

With Williams-Moore was her daughter, Shaurice Council, 18, along with her four-year-old son

Williams-Moore was charged with third-degree robbery, fifth-degree larceny, and risk of injury to a minor, possession of a shoplifting device and breach of peace.

Council was charged with conspiracy to commit third-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and breach of peace.

Absolutely shameful behavior by two generations of folks. What are they teaching the poor 4-year-old grandson?

Another Wal-Mart Thief

A 22-year-old man was facing charges after he took his 3-year-old child with him on a shoplifting trip to Wal-Mart.

Matthew James Wolski is charged with child endangerment and shoplifting.

Wolski walked into Wal-Mart pushing a cart with the child inside. Wolski put several items in his cart and then walked past the registers without paying. Three loss-prevention officers stopped Wolski in the parking lot and escorted him back to the Loss Prevention Office.

One of the officers was holding Wolski’s arm, while the other two pushed the cart with the child in it.

But once they got back to the office Wolski broke free from the officers, grabbed the child and ran out to his car. Wolski threw the kid in the back of the car without restraining him in a child-safety seat and sped away from the scene.

Ironically, the next day, investigators responded to a home-invasion call, and one of the witnesses in the case was Wolski.

The deputy who was working that scene recognized Wolski as the suspect in the Wal-Mart theft. The deputy said the witness’ driver’s license identified him as Wolski, and the same car and child were present at the home-invasion scene.

Ridiculously shameful behavior. Hopefully Wolski will get a theft class and can become a role model for his child.

Sources: http://www.wkrn.com, http://hamden.patch.com, and http://www.khou.com