Police: Shoplifting mother caught with parenting book

"A 37-year-old Oxford woman was arrested Jan. 2 for allegedly shoplifting a parenting book while accompanied by her two young children."

In her defense, I'd note that she cannot be held responsible because she had not read the book yet.

It's a classic case of Mudd's Robots Paradox, an established legal defense. If she had read the parenting book, she would have known not to shoplift it in front of her children. But if she had read the parenting book, she would have had no need to shoplift it.

Well, except as a gift.