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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes, this is all really disheartening. Trust me, I am not a “mommy martyr”, and in general I think that a lot of expectations on parents are way too high. But not leaving a young child (or children) alone in a car seems like a no-brainer. It’s disturbing there are posters bragging about doing this. We get it, you’re an irresponsible parent - why is that something you seem proud of? Is it more hassle to bring the kid in with you? Sure. But oh well, that’s going to happen sometimes. [/quote]

OP’s kid is 7.  That means he’s in 2nd grade.  If you can’t leave your 2nd grader alone in car for 10 minutes, it’s either because they have profound special needs, or more likely it means that you are absolutely failing as a parent.

And everyone needs to be real - I’m not looking up the dumb@$$ arbitrary laws of whatever state I happen to be in before I use *my own judgement* to determine what I think my child can handle before I pop into a store for a few minutes.

Some of you really need to grow a spine.[/quote]

It’s not about your spine or your kid’s spine. It’s about what other people can do to 7 year olds. [/quote]

If you want to talk about what people "can" do to other people then almost no one should be left in a car alone. I'm 5' tall and weigh 100 lbs. People can do all kinds of things to me if they want and yet I am alone in public all the time.

In MD the law says you can't leave a 7 yr old alone in a car but you can leave an 8 yr old alone in a car. Are 8 yr olds more impervious to what other people can do? Of course not.

This is about the maturity level of the child. Most states have determined a 7 yr old is mature enough to sit in a car alone. Because they are. Just because you can imagine all kinds of crazy things that could happen to that 7 yr old doesn't mean they have even a remote chance of them happening. [/quote]

I’m sure some 15 yr olds would be very safe drivers. And some 19 year olds can drink safely.  But we live in a society here, whether or not you agree with every rule.[/quote]

Yes and in VA where OP lines and in 42 of 50 US states it is legal to leave a 7 year old alone in a car. Yet we have many posters in this thread arguing OP is a bad person for doing it.

What's next? Yelling at parents who let their kids get drivers licenses when they can legally do so? Getting mad at colleges that permit 21 year old students to drink at campus events with alcohol?

Which is it? You have to follow the law (in which case OP is fine and the security guard was out if line) or you have to use your own judgment (in which case you need to accept people may have different judgment than you)?[/quote]

Everyone here knows that, in reality, OP’s kid was fine. There was an extremely small risk of anything happening in that short amount of time.

Posters just want to play hall monitor and complain about her “breaking the law” - even though it’s not illegal in VA.

Argumentative twats. 
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OP posted thinking she would get all kinds of outraged agreement that she was the victim of an injustice. She posted to DCUM. An anonymous message board on the internet.

Some people did agree and some did not and they are all arguing about it. And some people resort to vulgar name-calling.

What part of this is surprising to you?

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I’m 100% aware that DCUM is filled with judgmental, argumentative twats.

This thread is exceptionally offensive because the kid was clearly fine. Posters just want to judge and criticize OP for sport. Gross.

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Totally agree. All of the shock and concern on this thread is feigned -- none of these people actually care about this child's well being (which is fine and if anything was most impacted by having the security guard bang on the window and yell at him for no freaking reason).[/quote]

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