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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be sure to find this thread and leave a "Bump" comment the next time a child is snatched from a car, or a child suffocates inside a car. And trust me, there will be a next time. So sad.[/quote]

What about the next time a child is killed in a parking lot? En route to or from where the parent's car is parked on the street & the school/store/post office/drycleaners?[/quote]

If the parents say they did everything they could to prevent it, that's one thing. Taking a risk like this--against the advice of doctors, teachers, police, principals, auto manufacturers, car seat manufacturers--that means you are irresponsible.[/quote]

But actual facts show the opposite -- unless the conditions are such that the car will get dangerously hot during this time, taking a child out of the car to cross a parking lot or do a quick errand puts the child at a far greater risk for death, harm, or injury than leaving a child in the car for a few minutes under similiar circumstances does. So if your definition of irresponsible parenting includes putting one's child at increased risk for harm, the actions of a parent who takes his or her child out of the car in this situation are objectively more irresponsible than those of a parent who leaves his or child in the car.

The strong likelihood of the individuals, groups & organizations you referenced all advising a parent against leaving his or her child in the cars in the above situation does not change the fact that, when compared to getting the child out of the car & crossing a parking lot with him or her, this is the statistically safer choice. That so many "expert" recommendations &, in some cases, even laws caution against leaving babies & young children unattended in cars under any circumstances is indicative not of how inherently dangerous it is to do so but how widespread the inability ( or perhaps ,in some cases, unwillingness) to properly access risk based on facts rather than emotions has become in the age of social media & 24/7 news cycles .[/quote]

And what is your source for these facts?[/quote]

The NPR article a PP posted a few pages back, for one. If you need proof beyond that, Google is your friend. Plenty of articles/studies from reputable sources containing these facts are out there.[/quote]

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