PSA - don’t leave your young kids in the car for *any* amount of time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad op posted this because I think there’s a lot of unseen damage being done by the zero risk pregnancy/parenting culture “why risk it?” It’s actually not harmless to be concerned about every minimal risk, it’s damaging to the mental health of parents (mostly moms) and their kids. It’s a Segway to the helicopter parenting and contributing to ppa and ppd. And it’s completely bogus, there is no zero risk parenting. It’s letting fear and anxiety dictate your decisions instead of critical and contextual thinking. Children are safer today than they have ever been.

This. I had PPA and these are the kinds of thoughts I had all the time— that I couldn’t leave my baby alone for one second, that I had to stay awake to make sure she was breathing.

It was a huge deal, after recovering, when I got ok with leaving my baby in the car to run inside and grab something I’d forgotten. Like a 30 second dash inside while the baby was in the car parked in our own garage. And she was FINE. Could something happen? Yes, something can always happen. You have to learn to accept that. You can’t control everything. But you could destroy your life, and your kids life, trying.

Parked in your own garage is different from in a public parking lot. Come on, use your brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad op posted this because I think there’s a lot of unseen damage being done by the zero risk pregnancy/parenting culture “why risk it?” It’s actually not harmless to be concerned about every minimal risk, it’s damaging to the mental health of parents (mostly moms) and their kids. It’s a Segway to the helicopter parenting and contributing to ppa and ppd. And it’s completely bogus, there is no zero risk parenting. It’s letting fear and anxiety dictate your decisions instead of critical and contextual thinking. Children are safer today than they have ever been.

This. I had PPA and these are the kinds of thoughts I had all the time— that I couldn’t leave my baby alone for one second, that I had to stay awake to make sure she was breathing.

It was a huge deal, after recovering, when I got ok with leaving my baby in the car to run inside and grab something I’d forgotten. Like a 30 second dash inside while the baby was in the car parked in our own garage. And she was FINE. Could something happen? Yes, something can always happen. You have to learn to accept that. You can’t control everything. But you could destroy your life, and your kids life, trying.

Parked in your own garage is different from in a public parking lot. Come on, use your brain.

The point is that we all have to evaluate risk. A public parking lot where you can see the car the whole time? What about a semi public lot? What if it’s the lot at your church where you know everyone?

[Anonymous]

So leaving my kid asleep napping in my garage is a no no? Thank you OP for schooling me.

Thankfully she made it to adulthood unscathed and alive but now I know.

You people are batsh$t insane.