These people have never seen any of the news stories in which cars are stolen with children in them? Have they been living on the moon? I know there's no limit to parental stupidity. We had a case here last week in which a guy went into a convenience store, leaving a toddler in a *running* car, which was instantly stolen. The perps dropped the kid off at a school they passed, but the kid spent the night alone in the cold. It's definitely the right thing to call children's services, although they're probably too overworked to do much. In some states, it's illegal to not report suspected child abuse and endangerment.
That's insane troll logic!
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Ginger - Mar 17, 2006 10:05:06 am PST #4131 of 10001
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Cashmere - Mar 17, 2006 10:06:03 am PST #4132 of 10001
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if you can't find a drive up ATM, leaving Em in the car might be the best choice. Fumbling with your card, and trying to watch a toddler could leave you vulnerable to robbery or worse.
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 10:07:39 am PST #4133 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Exactly. It's the only reason I leave her in the van. The ATM is behind the bank building. It's a good neighborhood, but it's also a moneyed neighborhood (Lord know why WE live there).
beth b - Mar 17, 2006 10:09:38 am PST #4134 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
A lot of kids have died out here in the summer , because they were left in the car for 'a few minutes'. Thanks for calling, Trudy.
thanks for the update on VW,brenda. I am hoping there will be another one soon.
and my thoughts are with you, CalBil.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2006 10:10:00 am PST #4135 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I recently read a court decision where the facts involved repossession of a car -- left unlocked and running -- with a sleeping baby in the back seat. Baby was returned to parents, car was not.
Trudy, you did what you could.
beth b - Mar 17, 2006 10:11:08 am PST #4136 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and if you can see the car ( and it isn't running) I see no good reason to get Em out while you are at the ATM.
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 10:12:25 am PST #4137 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
No, never running. And I'd NEVER do it in the summer. EVER.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2006 10:14:35 am PST #4138 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
NYC keeps having children DIE and ACS is getting all sorts of grief but from what I saw today its the police who are the weak link.
Granted, not exactly a scientific sampling.
I was just so stunned. And addled on cold medicine. Now I don't know why I wasn't calling 911 right away.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2006 10:16:22 am PST #4139 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
aimee, within sight of the baby seems reasonable to me
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 10:20:21 am PST #4140 of 10001
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NYC keeps having children DIE and ACS is getting all sorts of grief but from what I saw today its the police who are the weak link.
Tangentially, we still, regularly, multiple times a year, get people leaving newborns to die in trash cans here in LA, despite the fact that we have a very well publicized law in this city (or possibly state, I forget what level it came from) that the parent can drop the baby off at any police station, fire station or hospital, no questions asked, and be free from harassment or prosecution.
And they throw the baby out to die anyway.
People suck.