California mother-of-two breaks her silence after wild backlash over viral video revealing why she NEVER returns her shopping cart

A Southerner California mother of two who recently went viral for saying she never returned her shopping cart has now responded to her haters.

Dr. Leslie Dobson, a Los Angeles-based clinical and forensic psychologist, with more than 300,000 followers across platforms, posted the divisive post on TikTok last week.

“I’m not returning my cart and you can judge me all you want,” she claimed in a clip that has been viewed nearly 11 million times.

“I don’t get my groceries in the car, I don’t get my kids in the car and leave them in the car to return the cart. So if you give me a dirty look…fuck off.”

As the video became widely viewed, many began labeling Dobson — mother of a two-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter — as “entitled” or a “Karen” and suggested she take her children to return the cart. or consider the “shopping cart theory.”

Dr. Leslie Dobson, a Los Angeles-based clinical and forensic psychologist, went on air today to defend her position on not returning her shopping cart

The mother of two, pictured with her son, daughter and husband, claimed she feared her children would be kidnapped if she left them alone while she returned her cart.

But today in an interview with KTLshe defended her position, revealing how she is dealing with the backlash and why she thinks people are upset.

“I’m shocked, but also very happy, because I’ve received hundreds – maybe thousands – of messages from mothers saying, ‘I’ve gone on the spot, I’m looking at my surroundings and I’m more aware now’.

“I know the video was provocative, but that’s what I wanted… I wanted to draw attention. It’s the bigger picture of ‘We must give ourselves the power to trust our intuitions.

“Coming from the mindset of someone who has worked with predators for 20 years, I know how they think, and I know what they’re looking for, and that’s a vulnerable moment.

“When you return to your car you will be watched for a significant amount of time, so if you choose social niceties over protecting your children, I just wanted to say that it is not necessary.”

Leslie Dobson, a Los Angeles-based psychologist and social media creator, took the internet by storm after sharing that she refuses to return shopping carts

Dobson also revealed that since making the video, she has received death threats and been dunked online.

The mother had already posted another video hit back at her critics earlier this week.

“It’s May 31 and about six million people are freaking out because I didn’t return my shopping cart because my kids were in the car,” she said in a clip on Instagram.

“So I want to give you some statistics. Last year, 265 children were abducted from parking lots in America. Half of them have been sexually abused.’

Although Dobson does not cite her source, the statistic appears to come from a report by a nonprofit called Kids and Car Safety.

Dobson, who is married, claimed that single mothers who returned their shopping carts were “the ideal predator to look at you and grab you.”

The group claimed they determined the number by “reviewing news stories” and acknowledged that law enforcement does not keep statistics on children abducted in this way, indicating the figure was unreliable.

“As a single mother returning your shopping cart, you are a first for a predator to look at you and grab you,” Dobson continued.

She shares two children with her husband Wesley Cook, a clinical psychologist.

Dobson then gave another excuse: Returning a shopping cart means leaving a car running and empty, which is illegal in some states.

“Many responses said they would turn on the car, let the kids breathe and return the shopping cart,” she said. “Well, in Los Angeles it’s at least a twelve-minute walk to any given parking lot. You could go to jail.”

California vehicle code does not allow a car to be parked on a highway or public street, largely as a measure to prevent motor vehicle theft.

In SacramentoInstead of Los Angeles, it is a crime to leave the ignition key in an unattended vehicle in a public place, including parking lots.