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Aaaaand now, as we can see in this thread, we just may be closer to figuring out why so many kids (especially UMC) have problems with anxiety...

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Yes. It’s important to never leave your child in a car that is idling with the keys in the ignition. That’s asking for trouble. I never ever leave my car idling with my kid in it. I have done things that took me away from the car for less than a minute as long as the car was within my eyesight.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

The stolen car with a baby inside just happened in Rosslyn 2 days ago: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/08/29/new-car-stolen-from-rosslyn-with-child-inside-recovered-in-d-c/

Of course, if the parent had cranked down the windows a bit and turned off/locked the car it wouldn't have happened.

Yes, exactly---it's rare but it happens. The scenario pp proposed---kidnapping a baby in a carseat next to their guardian at an atm---doesn't really happen.

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Anonymous wrote:I did a lot of mental gymnastics to make things OK when I was exhausted and desperately trying to accomplish basic tasks without complications. Leaving baby in the car is not one of those things that’s ok.

I cried every time the gas pump said see attendant. I’d drive elsewhere. Take a longer route to a drive up atm. Starbucks. Library book drop off.

You cried because it was unsafe to leave your baby in the car for 45 seconds, to walk 15 feet to the gas station attendant? No, you cried because you felt you were not allowed to do that and that someone would call the police on you (even though it wouldn’t have been illegal in many states). It’s not the situation that’s unsafe, it’s the crazy nosy cruel people who make it their jobs to make life harder for moms of babies, as some sort of garden of Eden type punishment.

Do you know that some moms SLEEP while their babies are asleep, and are like 50 feet away in an entirely different room? Ikr?!?

Are you even a parent? IDGAF about what anyone thinks. I’m not worried about cps because I’m not making self centered choice. Your examples are histrionic and your ton is garbage. I’m sorry your infant makes your skinny latte grabbing inconvenient I’m sorry your infant makes your skinny latte grabbing inconvenient. F off.

DP. Man you are unhinged.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

The stolen car with a baby inside just happened in Rosslyn 2 days ago: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/08/29/new-car-stolen-from-rosslyn-with-child-inside-recovered-in-d-c/

Of course, if the parent had cranked down the windows a bit and turned off/locked the car it wouldn't have happened.

Yes, exactly---it's rare but it happens. The scenario pp proposed---kidnapping a baby in a carseat next to their guardian at an atm---doesn't really happen.

Then don't leave your keys in your car! Sorry but no one is stealing my car when I'm standing 10 feet away if I have the keys and the doors are locked.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

The stolen car with a baby inside just happened in Rosslyn 2 days ago: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/08/29/new-car-stolen-from-rosslyn-with-child-inside-recovered-in-d-c/

Of course, if the parent had cranked down the windows a bit and turned off/locked the car it wouldn't have happened.

Yes, exactly---it's rare but it happens. The scenario pp proposed---kidnapping a baby in a carseat next to their guardian at an atm---doesn't really happen.

Then don't leave your keys in your car! Sorry but no one is stealing my car when I'm standing 10 feet away if I have the keys and the doors are locked.

But then what if you are kidnapped or drop dead at the ATM and no one knows your baby is in the locked car and they die?!?!!

Sarcasm, but I think that is what the neurotics would say.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

The stolen car with a baby inside just happened in Rosslyn 2 days ago: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/08/29/new-car-stolen-from-rosslyn-with-child-inside-recovered-in-d-c/

Of course, if the parent had cranked down the windows a bit and turned off/locked the car it wouldn't have happened.

Yes, exactly---it's rare but it happens. The scenario pp proposed---kidnapping a baby in a carseat next to their guardian at an atm---doesn't really happen.

Then don't leave your keys in your car! Sorry but no one is stealing my car when I'm standing 10 feet away if I have the keys and the doors are locked.

How will you leave ac on?

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It’s a dumb move. But looks like you have support. Go wild, Maryland.

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I would definitely do this. If you can leave the car running and pop out, I wouldn’t even think about it. If my baby is asleep in his car seat, I will unload groceries, etc. from our car and leave him in with door open. I see other families in my neighborhood doing this as well.

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Also, I don’t understand these arguments about the keys. Modern cars have keys with sensors. You can have the car running and then get out and lock it with the keys n your pocket. Nobody can get in without the key.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the urge, but don’t.


Even if it technically legal in your podunk state…don’t. Carjackings are on a major rise all over the country, in all demographics. Turning to use the atm - which was the og question- will have you distracted enough to not be supervising. Beyond that there are so many other things that can go wrong.

Lol are you closely supervising your sleeping baby while you are driving the car? And speaking of “so many things can go wrong”— that’s literally what driving in your car is, every time. So are things like leaving your baby in the care of others.

The truth is that something could always happen. Statistically, your child is more likely to be in a car accident than to be snatched from your car when you are standing a few feet away. They are more likely to fall off a piece of furniture or choke on food they grab off another child’s plate at daycare than to overheat in a car in a few minutes time. I’m really not sure why people are so fixated on this situation as so dangerous. Life is inherently dangerous, but we assess risk and find a way to figure it out. I think many people on this thread are being incredibly hypocritical here.

Because it's easy to take your child out of the car fir a trip to the ATM. Meanwhile, it's hard to structure your life in such a way that your child is never in a car/susceptible to a car accident. Life is dangerous, yes. No one is denying that by saying not to take a completely unnecessary risk.

It’s not necessarily easy to take your child out of the car to go to an ATM, and doing so isn’t necessarily safer than leaving them in the car. I have a 5 year old with special needs that is a severe elopement risk. He’s not going to reliably stand by my side at an ATM. The risk of him running off into road is much greater than the risk something is going to happen to him in the car. And when he and his twin sibling were younger, but old enough to be out of carrying car seats, it would be very hard to take them out of the car. I'm not going to set up a tandem stroller to go 10ft. I'd leave one in the car while I'd carry the other into the house. And yes, I'd leave them in the car to walk up to an ATM as long as I could still see them.

This. It’s not always easy to get your kid out of the car to run a quick errand. What about stopping somewhere to pick up two heavy bags that need to be loaded into your trunk? Do you need to get a sleeping baby out of the car and into a carrier to complete this task?

Also, if going to an ATM poses such a high risk of being robbed, what god does bringing your baby do? Say you take the car seat out of the car and carry it over to the ATM. You will need to put car seat down to use the machine. Can’t someone come grab the car seat and run? Can’t the rob you right there next to your baby? Wouldn’t you rather your baby be safely in the car in the extremely remote chance this happens?

It’s just so weird that people in this thread are FREAKED OUT about the possibility of either a carjacking or a child overheating (rare things that are extremely unlikely to happen, especially if you know the crime rates in the neighborhood and are only gone a few minutes) but will handwave all the stuff that could happen if you get the baby out of the car.

I think people are uncomfortable with risk and think that if they are vigilant they can control it, but you can’t. Most actions carry some risk. You have to accept it and stop judging people for taking slightly different risks than you.

Those stories about people taking the car with the baby aren't about someone trying to kidnap the baby. Baby is incidental. The thief wants the car, sees the keys are in the car, and realizes the car can be taken easily and quickly. They don't know the baby is in the car.

I agree this is rare, but it's incorrect to compare it to someone kidnapping the baby next to you. That doesn’t happen.

The stolen car with a baby inside just happened in Rosslyn 2 days ago: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/08/29/new-car-stolen-from-rosslyn-with-child-inside-recovered-in-d-c/

Of course, if the parent had cranked down the windows a bit and turned off/locked the car it wouldn't have happened.

Yes, exactly---it's rare but it happens. The scenario pp proposed---kidnapping a baby in a carseat next to their guardian at an atm---doesn't really happen.

Then don't leave your keys in your car! Sorry but no one is stealing my car when I'm standing 10 feet away if I have the keys and the doors are locked.

How will you leave ac on?

If it’s not hot then no need. If it is, use two keys if you need to. And there are newer cars that have features where you don’t need the ignition for it to be running?

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely do this. If you can leave the car running and pop out, I wouldn’t even think about it. If my baby is asleep in his car seat, I will unload groceries, etc. from our car and leave him in with door open. I see other families in my neighborhood doing this as well.

The original question was not for the suburbs. I would not do this in dc.

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Anonymous wrote:No. A child should never be left in a car for any reason.
If you don't want to lug a baby around, use condoms.

Ok, you’re nuts. When you got out of the car to pump your gas, you took your baby’s car seat out with you and pumped gas with the bucket seat on the ground next to you?

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Sure, just keep an eye on ‘em.

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Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

This is from 2014. However, my neighbor's kid was in the car, dad a few feet away with it running. Someone jumped in and took off. Fortunately they left the car about a block away.

So now one cannot buckle their kid into the car (with it already running, for AC, since it's summer) and then step away, close the door, and open the driver's door to get in, maybe saying hi to a friend walking past for a couple seconds, because someone might steal the car with the owner standing right next to it, like in this scenario? This is the level of intensity and vigilance we must maintain?

First, that isn't what happened. Second, I said NOTHING about buckling your kid in and walking around the car.

Dad was far enough away, with his back turned, that the person had time to get in and drive away. He was not beside the car.