DC parents leave kids in car for wine tasting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not that it justifies anything, but I am curious if both parents were completely 'on board' with the decision to leave the children in the car. One parent may have been opposed to the idea, but the other parent may have been persuasive and forceful on the decision. I just can't imagine two people completely agreeing to do something so terrible.

Agree. Bet it was his idea to rig up the iPhone. She will probably leave him now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that it justifies anything, but I am curious if both parents were completely 'on board' with the decision to leave the children in the car. One parent may have been opposed to the idea, but the other parent may have been persuasive and forceful on the decision. I just can't imagine two people completely agreeing to do something so terrible.

Agree. Bet it was his idea to rig up the iPhone. She will probably leave him now.

Do we imagine that dad will take the kids and fly off to France as soon as he can?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does it mean that the children will be in DC CPS? I mean, are there just "stand by" parents out there to accept 2 toddlers into their homes? Would DC CPS try to get the children into the care of family members?

yes, they have emergency foster care parents . I even remember reading about it here once. There are folks who will immediately, any hour of the day or night, open their homes to children who need placment

I wish the foster parents would post here to let us know how the kids are doing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So under your theory, they planned on taking the kids with them into the wine tasting, but since the kids fell asleep, they left them in the car?

Pp here - yes, that's my theory. As someone else posted, in France, you take kids to wine tastings. They didn't want to wake them and bring two crying kids in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The story reminded me a little of the little girl who was abducted (?) from her hotel in Portugal while her parents had dinner at the hotel restaurant.

It could have had the same outcome - these parents are lucky it is only endagering the welfare of a child.

+1. But those parents didn't use an iPhone as a baby monitor!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very common in some countries. In Scandinavia people often leave kids outside in a pram.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. Taking the children away from their parents is cruel and needless.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not that it justifies anything, but I am curious if both parents were completely 'on board' with the decision to leave the children in the car. One parent may have been opposed to the idea, but the other parent may have been persuasive and forceful on the decision. I just can't imagine two people completely agreeing to do something so terrible.

Agree. Bet it was his idea to rig up the iPhone. She will probably leave him now.

Do we imagine that dad will take the kids and fly off to France as soon as he can?

What the???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So under your theory, they planned on taking the kids with them into the wine tasting, but since the kids fell asleep, they left them in the car?

Pp here - yes, that's my theory. As someone else posted, in France, you take kids to wine tastings. They didn't want to wake them and bring two crying kids in.

This guy has not lived in france since 2000, didn't someone note? IOW, most of his adult wine-tasting-in-fancy-restaurant life, and all of his life as a father, he's been here. Enough of this BS excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does it mean that the children will be in DC CPS? I mean, are there just "stand by" parents out there to accept 2 toddlers into their homes? Would DC CPS try to get the children into the care of family members?

yes, they have emergency foster care parents . I even remember reading about it here once. There are folks who will immediately, any hour of the day or night, open their homes to children who need placment

I wish the foster parents would post here to let us know how the kids are doing!

Um, NO!!! Foster parents should not do that. Major violation of the kids privacy! I'm sure the foster parents are smart enough not to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does it mean that the children will be in DC CPS? I mean, are there just "stand by" parents out there to accept 2 toddlers into their homes? Would DC CPS try to get the children into the care of family members?

yes, they have emergency foster care parents . I even remember reading about it here once. There are folks who will immediately, any hour of the day or night, open their homes to children who need placment

I wish the foster parents would post here to let us know how the kids are doing!

Um, NO!!! Foster parents should not do that. Major violation of the kids privacy! I'm sure the foster parents are smart enough not to do that.

Just like the PP who was mining the FDA email system to share information about the mother on DCUM. Very professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So how old were these children? Does anyone know if they were adopted? Surrogates involved?

I ask b/c the reports say they left a 22-month-old boy and a slightly older girl.

I find this story something that I can not stop coming back to. You have a mom who is 46 who had a child at 43 and 44 - and now after whatever efforts went into that, you think it is OK to leave the kids in the car to go taste some wine?

She's Asian. Asian women seem to age more slowly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds to me like these kids would BENEFIT from being in foster care. Seriously, people. Take out the fact that they are highly educated and own a million dollar home. If this happened to a low SES couple these kids would be gone. These two have no business being parents.

Few children benefit from being in DC (Dysfunctional City) foster care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does it mean that the children will be in DC CPS? I mean, are there just "stand by" parents out there to accept 2 toddlers into their homes? Would DC CPS try to get the children into the care of family members?

yes, they have emergency foster care parents . I even remember reading about it here once. There are folks who will immediately, any hour of the day or night, open their homes to children who need placment

I wish the foster parents would post here to let us know how the kids are doing!

Um, NO!!! Foster parents should not do that. Major violation of the kids privacy! I'm sure the foster parents are smart enough not to do that.

Just like the PP who was mining the FDA email system to share information about the mother on DCUM. Very professional.

I'm not the person who posted earlier, but you need to drop this bc you have no idea what you are talking about and are just making yourself look dumb. This is public information. http://directory.psc.gov

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how old were these children? Does anyone know if they were adopted? Surrogates involved?

I ask b/c the reports say they left a 22-month-old boy and a slightly older girl.

I find this story something that I can not stop coming back to. You have a mom who is 46 who had a child at 43 and 44 - and now after whatever efforts went into that, you think it is OK to leave the kids in the car to go taste some wine?

She's Asian. Asian women seem to age more slowly.

didn't Seinfeld date a Caucasian Change once?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very common in some countries. In Scandinavia people often leave kids outside in a pram.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. Taking the children away from their parents is cruel and needless.

1. We are not in Scandinavia. Their actions are illegal here, in the United States, which is where they are.

2. Leaving your child in a stroller outside a shop in warm weather while you run errands may be culturally appropriate in some places. Leaving your child for an hour (and it would have been longer, if the cops didn't come) in an unheated car in the middle of winter is appropriate nowhere.

I totally agree with your first point. Your second is inaccurate- people in Scandinavia leave their well-bundled children in prams outside in the winter, including at coffee shops, etc. I am not defending the parents (I felt guilty leaving my son in his car seat while I walked 1/4 block to the parking meter machine on Saturday).