Sometimes, children can misunderstand situations in the funniest ways.

This woman was working in a UK store and encountered a family that purchased a lot of stuff.

The mother bought a handbag for her little girl.

Not long after they got out of the store, they went back because the girl needed some clarification.

When she found out what the problem was, she was more than willing to help.

Read the heartwarming story below.

4 year old trust issues

I work in a clothes/everything shop in the UK.

Today, I was working at the front of the store.

I had a Chinese family come in and buy lots of stuff, including a small handbag for one of the children.

They didn’t buy any carrier bags, so they put their stuff in two baskets.

This woman told the customers that the baskets might set off the alarm on their way out.

The baskets all have tags in them that set the door alarms off.

Customers are told this when they checkout.

The family tried to go through the doors with the baskets, which set the alarms off.

I went over and sorted everything, and they were on their way.

The family went back to the store after 30 minutes.

About half an hour later, the family came back in.

One of the women (who doesn’t speak a lot of English) tried to speak to me about the handbag they bought earlier.

“I bought bag 30 minutes ago. Please show her (points at 4-year-old daughter), she took out earlier.”

I was confused as to what the customer meant, but it clicked after a bit more explaining.

The woman’s daughter thought that her mom had stolen the bag.

The customer had bought the handbag for her daughter.

But since the door alarms went off when she left due to the baskets, the daughter thought that she had stolen the bag!

Apparently, the daughter had been asking, “Mommy, why did you steal the bag?” for the past half an hour, so they came back to the shop to get me to confirm that she had bought the bag.

She explained to the little girl that her mom did pay for the bag.

I explained to the girl, “Mommy didn’t steal. She did buy the bag.”

I passed the handbag in front of the doors to show that it didn’t set the alarms off. I then passed a basket in front of the doors, which did set the alarms off.

The daughter promptly apologized to her mom and said thanks to me.

This was followed by many thanks from the mother!

That’s so sweet that the little girl wanted to make sure her mom did the right thing. That was definitely a miscommunication!

Let’s read the responses of other people on Reddit to this story.

Great job on the mom, says this person.

This user is commending the mom.

People are loving the wholesome story.

And finally, this person shares an interesting opinion.

Children value honesty, so adults should do the same.

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