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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very common in some countries. In Scandinavia people often leave kids outside in a pram.

I don't see what all the fuss is about. Taking the children away from their parents is cruel and needless.[/quote]

1. We are not in Scandinavia. Their actions are illegal here, in the United States, which is where they are.

2. Leaving your child in a stroller outside a shop in warm weather while you run errands may be culturally appropriate in some places. Leaving your child for an hour (and it would have been longer, if the cops didn't come) in an unheated car in the middle of winter is appropriate nowhere.[/quote]

I totally agree with your first point.  Your second is inaccurate- people in Scandinavia leave their well-bundled children in prams outside in the winter, including at coffee shops, etc.  I am not defending the parents (I felt guilty leaving my son in his car seat while I walked 1/4 block to the parking meter machine on Saturday).[/quote]

Parents in Scandinavia let completely bundled up children nap in prams in eyesight in the winter, they do not leave awake children with no shoes and socks, hats, or gloves in cars unattended.[/quote]

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