DC parents leave kids in car for wine tasting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP who said this ranks less than a 5.5 on the scale -- more like a 4.

I guess I'm just having a hard time caring. I'd have a similar hard time whether it was a single mom or black kids vs 2 parents and rich white kids. They did something that would harm their own family, how up and arms can I be about that? I feel like I limit my outrage to those out there who are going out harming or potentially harming others -- shooting up movie theaters and grocery stores full of innocent people who did nothing to them. If this is how you want to raise your kids, good for you. And reality is -- nothing happened to the kids and nothing would have happened. If it takes 2.5-3 hrs for hypothermia to set in in the upper 20s/lower 30s -- well, I'm pretty sure a wine tasting doesn't take longer than that. They would have returned in 2 hrs, cranked up the heat and gone home. And if something did happen -- they're the ones who'd have to live with it; much different from the random school/mall/movie theater shootings where someone's acts affect other families.

And for the PP who says that she's be so shocked and scared if she stumbled upon a parked car with 2 kids strapped in -- why exactly!? They're not YOUR kids. I'd hope I'd at least motivate myself to call 911 and mosey along.

Holy shit.

+1 million.
You're about as repugnant as the parents. And I'm sorry you don't care about anyone but your own kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I predict parenting classes, they don't lose their kids.

I don't think parenting classes cover topics like "don't leave your kid in a car for an hour".

Still, I hope the kids aren't taken from their parents, but that the parents are watched carefully.

Sadly, it's hard to know which topics to cover for things that should be common sense.

[Anonymous]

Which wines were being tasted?

I wouldn't leave me kids in the car for Yellowtail, but for a fine Amarone....

[Anonymous]

Wouldn't it be terrible if they were alcoholics? Or maybe that is a good thing because then they could cop a plea, go to rehab and start out fresh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:dey goin to jail

DEH , deh goin to jail.

You say tomateh, I say tomatey…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I predict parenting classes, they don't lose their kids.

I don't think parenting classes cover topics like "don't leave your kid in a car for an hour".

I bet the parenting classes given by CPS do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP who said this ranks less than a 5.5 on the scale -- more like a 4.

I guess I'm just having a hard time caring. I'd have a similar hard time whether it was a single mom or black kids vs 2 parents and rich white kids. They did something that would harm their own family, how up and arms can I be about that? I feel like I limit my outrage to those out there who are going out harming or potentially harming others -- shooting up movie theaters and grocery stores full of innocent people who did nothing to them. If this is how you want to raise your kids, good for you. And reality is -- nothing happened to the kids and nothing would have happened. If it takes 2.5-3 hrs for hypothermia to set in in the upper 20s/lower 30s -- well, I'm pretty sure a wine tasting doesn't take longer than that. They would have returned in 2 hrs, cranked up the heat and gone home. And if something did happen -- they're the ones who'd have to live with it; much different from the random school/mall/movie theater shootings where someone's acts affect other families.

And for the PP who says that she's be so shocked and scared if she stumbled upon a parked car with 2 kids strapped in -- why exactly!? They're not YOUR kids. I'd hope I'd at least motivate myself to call 911 and mosey along.

Signed,
Ayn Rand

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you posting it isn't a big deal, if this were a single mom, you would be flipping out! People are downgrading the offense (5.5?) due to the price of their house and the fact that they are a married couple with advance degrees and better jobs. Wow! Just because they reflect many of your demographics doesn't make their crime any less of an offense. Given the fact that one of them could have stayed home with the kids or both could have cancelled, it is really terrible.

+100. I'm extra offended by the news outlets not showing their mugshots or disclosing their names. If they were low SES or a minority they would not have hesitated to put them on display both on TV and in print. I think it's actually a worse offense to do this and have the means to have someone watch your child. They deserved to be shamed like any other idiot parent that does this crap!

Tell it. Where is the shot of them leaving the courthouse? I'm surprised some enterprising mommy blogger hasn't already gone down to the court or police station to get pictures of them leaving.

yeah it's too cold and windy ain't nobody got time fo dat

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15:59 is either a troll or the epitome of what's wrong with our culture.

15:59 here -- promise I'm not a troll. Just someone who is a bit jaded and trying to survive my own life without feeling like I should be my brother's keeper.

Just so you realize that if your kids were ever in an emergency situation, what would you HOPE a random mom passing by would do?

Yeah but that's just it -- I wouldn't view it as an emergency situation; no one is screaming, no one has fallen down etc. I'd walk by thinking -- 2 kids in the car, interesting -- I guess mom/dad just ran in to pick up the dry cleaning and didn't want to unstrap 2 kids. It wouldn't even occur to me that the kids had been there for more than a minute or that their parent wasn't just inside a store looking at the car through the window as they paid for their goods. So I wouldn't consider it my business. Now if I walked back and an hr later and saw them still there, maybe I'd think something was up -- but I'm not sure that I'd be motivated enough to get involved; I'd hope I'd call 911 and go on my way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which wines were being tasted?

I wouldn't leave me kids in the car for Yellowtail, but for a fine Amarone….

For Chateau Latour '64 Premier Cru wwyd?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which wines were being tasted?

I wouldn't leave me kids in the car for Yellowtail, but for a fine Amarone….

For Chateau Latour '64 Premier Cru wwyd?

No merlot, though.

[Anonymous]

Is there any new and RELEVANT information about this case? So sick of the ridiculous back and forth on DCUM. When will there be some actual news?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which wines were being tasted?

I wouldn't leave me kids in the car for Yellowtail, but for a fine Amarone….

For Chateau Latour '64 Premier Cru wwyd?

No merlot, though.

No doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which wines were being tasted?

I wouldn't leave me kids in the car for Yellowtail, but for a fine Amarone….

For Chateau Latour '64 Premier Cru wwyd?

I would allow my children to be raised by wolves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15:59 is either a troll or the epitome of what's wrong with our culture.

15:59 here -- promise I'm not a troll. Just someone who is a bit jaded and trying to survive my own life without feeling like I should be my brother's keeper.

Just so you realize that if your kids were ever in an emergency situation, what would you HOPE a random mom passing by would do?

Yeah but that's just it -- I wouldn't view it as an emergency situation; no one is screaming, no one has fallen down etc. I'd walk by thinking -- 2 kids in the car, interesting -- I guess mom/dad just ran in to pick up the dry cleaning and didn't want to unstrap 2 kids. It wouldn't even occur to me that the kids had been there for more than a minute or that their parent wasn't just inside a store looking at the car through the window as they paid for their goods. So I wouldn't consider it my business. Now if I walked back and an hr later and saw them still there, maybe I'd think something was up -- but I'm not sure that I'd be motivated enough to get involved; I'd hope I'd call 911 and go on my way.

Well fortunately the woman who found them that evening didn't share your viewpoint. You sound a bit depressed or disconnected - most people don't have to hope they would call 911 if it bothered them, they would act.