When I went to the mall, I left my kids at home. I just abandoned my children.
You left your kids alone? Why would you abandon them?
Oh yeah, I totally forgot to take them with me.
It was really irresponsible of you to abandon you kids when you went to the mall. Your kids need someone around to take care of them or else they could get hurt. You should have either stayed at home or taken them to the mall with you.
You're so dramatic. They were fine when I got back.
That may be so, and I'm glad they were okay, but there was no guarantee that they would be. Any one of them could have gotten out of the house and disappeared, or gotten hurt inside the house with no adult around to help. As a parent, you need to be responsible for them.