Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

We are not "overreacting." YOU are breaking the law.

A few cars away? In DC? I wouldn't would the rise in car jackings.

Yes you can.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

This is from 2014. However, my neighbor's kid was in the car, dad a few feet away with it running. Someone jumped in and took off. Fortunately they left the car about a block away.

So now one cannot buckle their kid into the car (with it already running, for AC, since it's summer) and then step away, close the door, and open the driver's door to get in, maybe saying hi to a friend walking past for a couple seconds, because someone might steal the car with the owner standing right next to it, like in this scenario? This is the level of intensity and vigilance we must maintain?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

This is from 2014. However, my neighbor's kid was in the car, dad a few feet away with it running. Someone jumped in and took off. Fortunately they left the car about a block away.

And a mom in my neighborhood was walking to the store with her infant in an Ergo carrier and someone came and assaulted her with a brick, knocking her down and stealing her phone. Thankfully she (and her baby she was carrying!) were fine in the end.

Point being, there is nothing inherently more dangerous about a baby being in a car next to their parent, vs being held by their parent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

Not everyone lives on your cul de sac.

No fool! Anything could happen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

This is from 2014. However, my neighbor's kid was in the car, dad a few feet away with it running. Someone jumped in and took off. Fortunately they left the car about a block away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

+1

Anonymous wrote:Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Omg it’s 3 minutes being 10 feet away some of y’all have lost it

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is another example of why you CANNOT leave your kids in a car (idling or not). A dad left his kid in a car in Arlington on 6PM on a Sunday and the car was stolen with the kid in it. Thankfully they got the kid back.

https://patch.com/virginia/arlington-va/car-stolen-arlington-child-inside-found-dc-police

Ok. But OPs kid is now 8.

Oh, the kid survived? What a stroke of good luck!

Can I leave my infant in the car alone to...

- get kidnapped,
- get carnapped
- die of CO poisoning
- die of heat in a hot car
- die of cold

I guess?

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, sorry, not going to worry about leaving my baby or kid in the car to use the ATM, run back inside the house for a minute, or to pay for gas inside. It’s just not much of a risk and not a big deal.

#DisposableBaby

Yeah, sorry, not going to worry about leaving my baby or kid in the car to use the ATM, run back inside the house for a minute, or to pay for gas inside. It’s just not much of a risk and not a big deal.

Anonymous wrote:This is another example of why you CANNOT leave your kids in a car (idling or not). A dad left his kid in a car in Arlington on 6PM on a Sunday and the car was stolen with the kid in it. Thankfully they got the kid back.

https://patch.com/virginia/arlington-va/car-stolen-arlington-child-inside-found-dc-police

Ok. But OPs kid is now 8.