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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a friend who parked her car, engine running, along the curb, in the airport pickup line.  Bad enough really, but she also left two young kids in the car and ran in to pick a friend up.

This was about a year after 9-11, her car was surrounded by police cars when she got back.

She was in hot water with the courts and child protective services. Ultimately it was fine and she wasn’t convicted of anything and she didn’t lose her kids. The kids were of course fine.

But at the time I couldn’t help myself and burst out laughing when she told me the story. It was just so ridiculous on so many levels. Leaving your non toddler, infant, preschool kids in the car in Va, eh, no biggie, 99.9% chance they will be fine.   But to do it curbside in an airport pickup area… shortly after 9/11 well now that take a special kind of specialness. Sitcom comedy gold. I still smile when I think of it. [/quote]

But it also goes to show that by far the biggest risk in leaving your kids in the car is just “getting in trouble” with people (authority figures or busybodies) who don’t think you should have left your kids in the car.  i.e. a completely manufactured and ultimately meaningless “risk”…[/quote]

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