The chances are slim, but sometimes cars get stolen with kids inside of them.
It happened in my hometown not too long ago. A woman left the car running with a baby inside when she went into a church food pantry to get her weekly bag of food. The car was found a bit later, baby safe.
Just this morning I'm on the phone with a friend who decided to leave her two kids (11m and 30m) in the car while she ran into a store. I asked if she was going into the gas station but no, she was going into a clothing store to buy an outfit for one of the kids. She was talking to me and the kids and mentioned leaving the car on. wtf? I told her that if she was going to leave them, don't leave the fucking keys in the car. So she locked the doors and went about her errand.
carmen, don't you know that every stranger is itching to steal a baby? I mean, someone compared it to leaving a million fucking dollars out in the open. Who wouldn't steal your kid? I know. Anyone with half a fucking brain.
All the kid snatching stories I know involve a mall or your kid walking home alone.
Now carjackings with your kid in the car, yeah, that happens. But no one wants my POS car anyway. They certainly don't want the passel of kids I left in the backseat to run into walmart for five minutes.
I'd snatch your kids. Probably leave the car, though.
but that accident had nothing to do with a baby. he's a teen.
I know.
I think she's being a dingding. A full scale ding ding. But I also think that recent experience is fueling her crazy at the moment.
Plus, you ever get in a post where you're all IF YOU KNEW ersumshit and the person comes back with WELL I DO KNOW! and then you feel like a jerk because you would have worded it differently if you did?
Yeah, I'm just trying to save us all from that lol.
Post by laurenpetro on Sept 28, 2012 12:26:36 GMT -5
back to the not fucked up part of this post, i am DYING to leave the boys when i go get grace. she gets home during their naps and at the very worst, they'd be hanging out in their cribs. they just "read" in there, anyway. i mentioned it to DH and he was all "what if ben gets his leg stuck again?" dude, he's putting it there on purpose now, and he's taking it back out and laughing. if this is the worst thing that can happen i'll be fine.
he needs to try walking the boys down to the stop on their leashes. because that went SO well last time. i had to wake ben up so he was crying, and jack was running around eating dirt. either it's stroller city or i'm leaving them asleep.
And thanks. I realize I'm not myself lately, and I'm not seeing clearly. I'm sorry I posted that dreadful story, I've taken it out of my post, and left the point I was trying to make.
I'm so sorry about your son. I can't imagine.... And thank you for deleting. Honestly, that is the kind of stuff I have nightmares about and will be mentally visualizing for days. We all do what we think is best and make decisions on a moment by moment basis. I hope none of us ever relay a story like that 1st hand.
The chances are slim, but sometimes cars get stolen with kids inside of them.
It happened in my hometown not too long ago. A woman left the car running with a baby inside when she went into a church food pantry to get her weekly bag of food. The car was found a bit later, baby safe.
Just this morning I'm on the phone with a friend who decided to leave her two kids (11m and 30m) in the car while she ran into a store. I asked if she was going into the gas station but no, she was going into a clothing store to buy an outfit for one of the kids. She was talking to me and the kids and mentioned leaving the car on. wtf? I told her that if she was going to leave them, don't leave the fucking keys in the car. So she locked the doors and went about her errand.
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
but that accident had nothing to do with a baby. he's a teen.
I know.
I think she's being a dingding. A full scale ding ding. But I also think that recent experience is fueling her crazy at the moment.
Plus, you ever get in a post where you're all IF YOU KNEW ersumshit and the person comes back with WELL I DO KNOW! and then you feel like a jerk because you would have worded it differently if you did?
Yeah, I'm just trying to save us all from that lol.
Meh, to be fair to Sue Sue, I honestly don't think her post really had anything to do with her DS2 current situation. She's posted things like this in the past and meh, I don't disagree with her.
It happened in my hometown not too long ago. A woman left the car running with a baby inside when she went into a church food pantry to get her weekly bag of food. The car was found a bit later, baby safe.
Just this morning I'm on the phone with a friend who decided to leave her two kids (11m and 30m) in the car while she ran into a store. I asked if she was going into the gas station but no, she was going into a clothing store to buy an outfit for one of the kids. She was talking to me and the kids and mentioned leaving the car on. wtf? I told her that if she was going to leave them, don't leave the fucking keys in the car. So she locked the doors and went about her errand.
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
It happened in my hometown not too long ago. A woman left the car running with a baby inside when she went into a church food pantry to get her weekly bag of food. The car was found a bit later, baby safe.
Just this morning I'm on the phone with a friend who decided to leave her two kids (11m and 30m) in the car while she ran into a store. I asked if she was going into the gas station but no, she was going into a clothing store to buy an outfit for one of the kids. She was talking to me and the kids and mentioned leaving the car on. wtf? I told her that if she was going to leave them, don't leave the fucking keys in the car. So she locked the doors and went about her errand.
See, both of these are crazy to me.
No way in hell am I leaving my kids WITH THE KEYS, much less with the car running.
And to buy an outfit? Really? For children who are not able to get themselves out of the car? Or know that they should? That's crazy talk.
But I agree that it's a judgement call over what's necessary and what isn't, etc. But even then you're walking a fine line because we'd all be lying if we said every single car trip is necessary. I mean really, which was more necessary? Leaving my kids in the car to pay for gas and get the sunday paper or driving 20 minutes up the road for some fat ass inducing quarter pounders when I have a houseful of groceries I could be making?
God, now I want a quarter pounder. I HATE YOU ALL!
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
At that point, you take them inside with you.
If you're gonna be gone long enough for them to fry in the car with all the windows down, you're gone too long to leave them in there, imo.
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
And this is all why it's probably not a great idea to leave a kid in a car.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
At that point, you take them inside with you.
If you're gonna be gone long enough for them to fry in the car with all the windows down, you're gone too long to leave them in there, imo.
A new grocery store opened in my town and it has reserved parking spaces next to the cart corrals for parents with kids. I LOVE that. Little touch that made the store a lot more appealing to me for sure.
I grocery shop with Andy in his moby though. So he goes into the car when I do.
EVERYTHING YOU DO PUTS YOUR CHILDREN AT RISK AND MAKES YOU A BAD MOTHER!
HTH
That's the other part that makes me ragey. It's never the fathers we're discussing. Most fathers get to run out and put gas in the car without trying to decide if it's worth unbuckling everyone and dragging their asses into the mini mart and back out again while saying, no, I'm not buying any chips, no, we aren't getting a slurpee, OMG STOP TALKING TO ME I JUST WANT SOME DAMNED GAS, YO!
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
But if you don't leave the car running, it can get extremely hot (depending on where you live). Which is probably more dangerous than the very small risk of the car being stolen with the child inside).
Very true. But it's not hot here today. And this friend has a remote starter. So she could have locked the doors and then started the car from the outside and the AC and/or heat would start. That's what I do if I have my dogs with me and have to run into a store (like to pay for gas. I choose not to leave them for longer trips). I start the car with the remote starter so that they get cool air.
Post by karinothing on Sept 28, 2012 12:39:30 GMT -5
I guess I don't really see why people feel the need to leave their kid in the car. SURE it is less truoble to take them out. But honestly, we have been taking DS in and out of the car for really brief trips since he was a newborn (we never used the infant seat as a carrier). He is used to it. He deals. It doesn't make our lives anymore difficult.
I guess I just get annoyed that people are like OMG you don't know how annoying/difficult it is to get the kid out of the car for two seconds. Well, that is life. Deal with it. I am sick of people complaining about crap like that. Like peoplr who say "well I leave my kid in the car while I load the groceries in the house." You know what? I don't have that option becuase my car is 6 stories under my house. Somehow I manage to carry the kid and a weeks worth of groceries upstairs. I think suburban parents need to man up.
We have also had a couple car jackings here with kids in the car, so it makes me inclined to never chance it.
I guess I don't really see why people feel the need to leave their kid in the car. SURE it is less truoble to take them out. But honestly, we have been taking DS in and out of the car for really brief trips since he was a newborn (we never used the infant seat as a carrier). He is used to it. He deals. It doesn't make our lives anymore difficult.
I guess I just get annoyed that people are like OMG you don't know how annoying/difficult it is to get the kid out of the car for two seconds. Well, that is life. Deal with it. I am sick of people complaining about crap like that. Like peoplr who say "well I leave my kid in the car while I load the groceries in the house." You know what? I don't have that option becuase my car is 6 stories under my house. Somehow I manage to carry the kid and a weeks worth of groceries upstairs. I think suburban parents need to man up.
We have also had a couple car jackings here with kids in the car, so it makes me inclined to never chance it.
I never left the kids alone in the car when I lived in NYC for obvious reasons. But now that I'm in the suburbs I will without a problem. Yesterday I left Emma in the car while I walked Julia to the door at school, everyone does that here (I was parked right out front). I've also done it at the post office or other places like that. I never understood the hysteria either as long as it's not extreme weather and the car's locked.
I wish we could do this at my son's school. But the freakin sanct-mommies are up in arms about it.
I gotta tell ya, not having a car really simplifies this for me. She goes where I go, she steps where I step, she touches nothing.
But then she pesters you the whole live long day and regales of stories of what she's getting for Christmas FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE DAMNED HOLIDAY!
fml
I'd prefer that. I mostly get angry babbling followed by a very clear RIGHT NOW, complete with fist in palm and disapproving look. And no idea what I did wrong.
I guess I don't really see why people feel the need to leave their kid in the car. SURE it is less truoble to take them out. But honestly, we have been taking DS in and out of the car for really brief trips since he was a newborn (we never used the infant seat as a carrier). He is used to it. He deals. It doesn't make our lives anymore difficult.
I guess I just get annoyed that people are like OMG you don't know how annoying/difficult it is to get the kid out of the car for two seconds. Well, that is life. Deal with it. I am sick of people complaining about crap like that. Like peoplr who say "well I leave my kid in the car while I load the groceries in the house." You know what? I don't have that option becuase my car is 6 stories under my house. Somehow I manage to carry the kid and a weeks worth of groceries upstairs. I think suburban parents need to man up.
We have also had a couple car jackings here with kids in the car, so it makes me inclined to never chance it.
Oh, and I may have taken the key fob thing (the unlocker-button thing) off my keys last winter so I could leave T in the car and leave it running and lock the doors.
I guess I don't really see why people feel the need to leave their kid in the car. SURE it is less truoble to take them out. But honestly, we have been taking DS in and out of the car for really brief trips since he was a newborn (we never used the infant seat as a carrier). He is used to it. He deals. It doesn't make our lives anymore difficult.
I guess I just get annoyed that people are like OMG you don't know how annoying/difficult it is to get the kid out of the car for two seconds. Well, that is life. Deal with it. I am sick of people complaining about crap like that. Like peoplr who say "well I leave my kid in the car while I load the groceries in the house." You know what? I don't have that option becuase my car is 6 stories under my house. Somehow I manage to carry the kid and a weeks worth of groceries upstairs. I think suburban parents need to man up.
We have also had a couple car jackings here with kids in the car, so it makes me inclined to never chance it.
Are you serious with this?
I am serious about the first paragraph and the last. The middle is TIC.
BUt I do think it is silly when people complain about how much work it is to do stuff that I just end up dping becuase I live in an urban area.