Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well I think the responses here are very telling. I suspect those defending the parents have left their children alone. When my kids were young I was shocked at parents we knew who left their kids. One mom told me she left her son home in his crib to get her husband from work because they only had one car and she was only gone 10 minutes. I was speechless. A lot can happen in 10 minutes and she could have gotten in an accident or broken down and been gone longer. I knew other moms who defended leaving little ones in the car while they ran into a school for pickup/drop off or even into a store. All made it seem like other parents were overcautious or paranoid. In fact, these parents are violating the law. Even if not, parental instinct should kick in. I know the foster care system is awful but arresting the parents was not overkill. They needed to receive the message loud and clear and be closely monitored when the kids are returned.
I disagree with your assessment of danger.
I once had several moms tell me I was wrong for walking my dog along the culdesac (NOT a 1/4+ walk, I live in the same culdesac and was gone <5 min) while my baby was asleep. I still think they're psycho. My dh would be gone M-F during the week and the dog needed to go outside, considering my kids slept 7:30-7:30. Dog couldn't poo without some sort of brisk movement outside.
I also had an elderly lady go off on me for buckling my kids in the car, locking the door, and returning my cart to the Aldi cart return. I physically couldn't carry my baby that far at the time, while wrangling my 2 year old. She said I should just abandon the Aldi cart, which I personally think is a rude thing to do.
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