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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone needs to post the Salon.com story where the mother left her child in the car and some random person videotaped it and called 911.  Even though the mother was long gone by the time the police arrived, they still prosecuted her. [/quote]

These stories were about a mom who left her kids for an extended period to go tanning or to a job interview - not to an ATM 15 feet from the car.

Sometimes I leave the baby in the car while I unload groceries at my house or when I am returning the shopping cart at Safeway.

You are all overreacting - anything can happen at anyone at any time but you cant live your life in fear.
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A[b]ctually, no.  A woman left her kids in the car for five minutes, to pick up dry cleaning or something like that, and someone videotaped the entire thing and then turned her in, even though the kids were fine and she really was only gone for five minutes.  [/b]

That said, I just get cash when I buy groceries or go to the drugstore, so I don't have to go to the ATM.  [/quote]

Cite?[/quote]

Scroll up- see Salon link. She ran in to buy headphones on the way to the airport. No where in the extremely long article does it explain why she didn't buy headphones AT the airport. [/quote]

But when you go to an outside ATM, you are not going "in" anywhere. You can see the car the entire time. Thats the difference from going into a store, finding headphones, taking them to the cashier and coming back out. [/quote]

The point is someone saw her doing it, videotaped it and gave the tape to the cops.  It didn't matter if the car was or was not within her sight. [/quote]

Sure it does. [/quote]

Once again, no, it didn't. The cops and DCFS don't care about your feelings.[/quote]

Nor do they care about yours, and going to an ATM a stones throw from one’s car is not illegal [/quote]

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