kids in the car

pawcall

My friend's FI just posted the following status on facebook:

I saw a 20something parent have to package up a baby and bring it in with him to the postoffice to mail a letter. he was out in 2minutes. How long are you allowed to leave a baby in a car these days? he spent more time getting the thing ready to carry than in the post office.

When one of his friends responded that he ALWAYS takes his kid out of the car, even if he's only going to be gone for 30 seconds, friend's FI said the following:

maybe in the 80's people just looked out for one another more. maybe that was why it was ok back then to leave us in the car.

seriously.  Some people apparently still think it's fine to leave kids in parked cars?!

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shabby

Uhhhh...I don't even know what to say. I feel like I hear that sort of thing with older people "oh we smoked all the way through our pregnancies, drank, let our kids eat leaded paint, etc." Yeah...and it wasn't wise, was it? People are crazy!

pawcall

This guy is 35.  He has NO excuse for thinking this is okay.

MK&Z

It just amazes me that people still think that it's ok to leave kids in the car. My dad watches my DS and my grandpa has commented to him that he  hould just leave DS in the car to run into the store. My dad of course knows better, but some people just don't get it.

cess525

I was in a Subway store once that at lunch time is usually has at least a 15 minute line.  A guy comes into the store behind me and says "Who owns the van outside?" and points towards a van on the other side of the building from where I was but nearer the pay area.

The chick 2nd from the front (about to pay goes) "Its mine"

"Ma'am you have a baby in your car crying."

"Oh I can see him he's ok, Not like he can get up and hurt himself."

Holy cow I about died.  The one time that Subway didn't have a police officer in it of course was that time.  The poor baby.

People can be such idiots.

AimeeL85

I can't believe he thinks that's ok.  It'd be safer to leave your kid home than in the car. There are a lot of crazy people out there.

My mom can be the "we used to do this/that with you kids and you turned out fine" type, with some things, but this is one thing she tells me over and over - "Never ever ever leave them alone in the car, not for a second."  Not that I ever would.  With how often she has said this to me, sometimes I wonder if I used to have another sibling that mom left in the car..

Mikejustine

People are stupid! I wont even leave my dogs in the car (not just in the summer, anytime). This kind of stupidity/ignorance is just another reason why there should be a licensing program in order to reproduce.

prostarr19

Personally, I love how he called the baby a "thing". It sounds like he's packaging up a turkey or something..

houndbaby

I never leave ds in the car, I always take him in with me

branlynn

I was in the gas station back in like July... suuuuper hot outside. this lady left her baby in the car and the car running while she was inside. um... way to get your car stolen with your baby inside. Someone said something and she said, "it's okay, the car's on and the air conditioning is running"... yes, because that's okay. I came home and told my mom and she didn't even know what to say. She would take me and my brother out of the car just to run into the gas station in the middle of a blizzard if she had to go somewhere, we were never left alone in the car. Wow.

holiday819

oh my goodness, i always bring dd in with me even to pay for gas.  you never know what could happen those 30sec. 

NJBrit

I won't even let my 14 year old stepson stay in the car. DH and I are very cautious though.

atownpreggo

Wow that's disturbing!

trudyanndac

Police officers take this very seriouly in S. FL. SAw on the news a couple days ago that a grandmother came out of the store to find her two grandson's in police custody. The officers saw that the children (2 boys 5 and under) were left loced in the car and actually broke into the car to get them out. The grandmother was literally in the store for 2 minutes and left the car running with the A/C on but was still almost arrested!! It's no joke. There have been so many unthinkable things happening to children left in cars that law enforcement is no longer turning a blind eye, and rightfully so!!

NoemiJ

Well given that he refers to the baby as "it" or "the thing" pretty much tells you that he has outdated opinions. I hope your friend is not planning on having kids with him anytime soon.