The thing is; it's not really bad parenting/child endangerment. The child was going to get a ball, and to be quite honest any time of the day a car could come down a road and run her over. I am not saying that what the parent was doing was the right thing to do; however it is certainly not correct to say that just because of that one instance she is labelled as a bad parent. Remember that parents can always make small mistakes and that this may not happen all of the time (It could have been a one off.)