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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, my kid is 7 years old. I left him inside the car with it running while I went to go pick up my medication from the pharmacy. He asked me to, since he didn’t want to come in with me. I tried to tempt him but he wasn’t into it, so I told him he could stay in the car. I come out and a security guard started yelling at me, questioning me about where I was and saying I can’t leave my kid alone in the car until he is a teenager. He also went to my car and questioned my child. My kid is responsible because he has a special needs brother.  For example, he is responsible in the morning for making sure his brother gets to his classroom because we aren’t allowed in (the school suggested this to us). Thoughts? Is it really a crime to leave a 7 year old in the car for 10 minutes? [/quote]

I’m really surprised by all the people excoriating you.[b] Assuming this is a super quiet and super safe neighborhood, I don’t think it’s a big deal. [/b]But with the caveat that it has to be a super safe neighborhood. Not one where there’s a lot of crime – violent and petty.

I think it’s good to give a little bit of independence. OP probably left the car running so it wouldn’t overheat. I’ve done this before, like if I run inside a restaurant to grab my already-prepared curbside order.

But maybe the security guard knew something you didn’t? About the neighborhood’s safety? Come to think of it, my super safe CVS does not have a security guard. So maybe the neighborhood isn’t as safe as you assumed it to be? Where do you live OP?[/quote]

Yeah every CVS in Mayberry has a security guard assigned to the parking lot.  Get a clue.[/quote]

OP didn't say CVS. She said pharmacy. And we don't even know if this security guard was for the pharmacy (though that would not be atypical -- pharmacies even in safe neighborhoods often have higher security because of liability and regulatory issues around the drugs they stock) or if the pharmacy was in a shopping center with a guard or perhaps the car was parked in a paid lot with it's own security to ensure compliance with payment policies.

It is fascinating to me that a lot of people instantly imagined an urban CVS where carjacking is rampant and the CVS could be held up at any moment. I actually live in the city and have places like that near me and I assumed OP was in the burbs in a safer neighborhood because that's where I would do something like leave a 7 yr old in a car for a few minutes outside a pharmacy.[/quote]

Like the mom who left her kid in the car with the engine running on M Street and got it carjacked? Like that?

Look up the CVS off Sangamore in MoCo. Gets robbed all the time. 
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