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Couple signs up for parenting classes after leaving toddler in car
"This is life-altering," says the mom, who with her hubby has been charged with leaving their 2-year-old alone in a car for 15 minutes. "I am mortified and horrified. I never got a speeding ticket. We just want to pay our taxes and raise our son." (Lohud.com)
April 25, 2008 | Permalink
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"We just want to pay our taxes and raise our son.""
That's two steps ahead of Wesley Snipes.
Posted by: G-Man | Apr 25, 2008 7:47:05 AM
"""I never got a speeding ticket. We just want to pay our taxes and raise our son."""
That is some funny chit right there. Do they also have a house with a white picket fence, a dog and desire 2.3 kids?
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Apr 25, 2008 7:47:39 AM
What was her point about paying taxes? That she helps pay the officer's salary? Whatever....
Just goes to show that "more mature parents" (being in their mid 30's)...doesn't mean "better parents".
Posted by: Cherie | Apr 25, 2008 7:49:09 AM
Take the child now.....there is no doubt that people this stupid can only raise a kid to be an idiot, give him new parents and a fighting chance.
Posted by: JJ | Apr 25, 2008 7:57:56 AM
Gotta love that Nanny State telling people how to raise their children.
15 minutes in a locked car with climate control on is a crime? I dunno man...seems like BS to me.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Apr 25, 2008 8:00:40 AM
Oh, is it sizzler season already?
Posted by: Howie Feltersnatch | Apr 25, 2008 8:01:35 AM
So Sean within that 15mins nobody can break one of the windows in the car and run off with the child?
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Apr 25, 2008 8:09:37 AM
ISN`T THAT A CROCK
Posted by: ULTRA | Apr 25, 2008 8:12:35 AM
TAG according to statistics there is less than a 1 in a million chance of a child being abducted by a stranger. not that it doesn't happen, but more children die in house fires than get abducted by strangers. so should we outlaw allowing children into houses?
Posted by: oldewave | Apr 25, 2008 8:13:02 AM
Asshole, if someone is crazy enough to smash out car windows and steal children, the parent's presence is not likely to be a deterrent.
Posted by: Violent Acres | Apr 25, 2008 8:13:41 AM
So two adults have a sleeping child in their care and need some yogurt, and they think the best option is for both of them to go in and leave the child alone in the car? What the hell? Could they not agree on which one had to stay with the kid and which one got to go on the exciting yogurt-buying adventure?
Posted by: someguyinKC | Apr 25, 2008 8:15:22 AM
"So Sean within that 15mins nobody can break one of the windows in the car and run off with the child?"
yeah, paranoid me, that's what I wold think to. He!!, I worry about someone doing just that with my 115 rottweiler (damn son-of-a-b_tch has always been so friendly) But that is probably absurd as he matures he gets increasingly standoffish around strangers approaching my property. I've found those dogs are surprisingly good at reading character and intention.
Posted by: sometimesilie | Apr 25, 2008 8:16:55 AM
"What the hell? Could they not agree on which one had to stay with the kid and which one got to go on the exciting yogurt-buying adventure?"
SNORK. LOL!
Posted by: sometimesilie | Apr 25, 2008 8:19:07 AM
Who the Hell wants to pay taxes (besides this nut)?
I was left in the car alone hundreds of times when I was a kid. Now it's a felony (although there should be severe punishment for that remote control air conditioning part).
Posted by: * | Apr 25, 2008 8:19:51 AM
Violent Acres and Oldewave you both just made yourself look like complete asshats with those comments. I'm sure you will have a retort but I won't read it till later this evening as I must go do some work now.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Apr 25, 2008 8:21:49 AM
Yeah, we were left in cars and we also didn't need seat belts and we all left our doors unlocked. Times have changed! Somethings for the worse but when laws are put into effect to protect those who can't protect themselves I'm all for it! And age doesn't matter stupid is stupid!
Posted by: aj | Apr 25, 2008 8:38:08 AM
If a parent can put their child (and mine!) at risk by not vaccinating or not teaching about safe sex and not feeding them a proper diet, they can put them at risk by leaving them in a car for 15 minutes.
I couldn't find any stats on the web to back up my hunch, but I must agree with oldewave.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Apr 25, 2008 8:38:45 AM
I mean, shit, what's to stop an attacker from crushing the back of the wife's head with a bat and taking the child from her as she loads groceries into the car?
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Apr 25, 2008 8:57:03 AM
"I mean, shit, what's to stop an attacker from crushing the back of the wife's head with a bat and taking the child from her as she loads groceries into the car?"
Uh, your ignorance is amazing....WTF does one have to do with the other? I guess you're saying that since it is always possible that a car you are riding in can be hit, people may as well drive with their eyes closed and have the kids ride on the roof.
Posted by: JJ | Apr 25, 2008 9:14:47 AM
Now the kid will be traumatized for life by being left alone in a parked car for 15 minutes. And the AC was running -- the horror!
Seriously, though, leaving the kid alone was needless -- why couldn't one of them have stayed in the car? (LOL about not wanting to miss the exciting yogurt-buying experience!) But for once, the punishment (parenting classes and concurrent public humiliation) is in line with the offense.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Apr 25, 2008 9:14:48 AM
TAG, JJ, ...Amen...
Do you people that are yacking on about it not being that dangerous to leave a 2 yr old in a car for 15 minutes with no supervision even HAVE children?
If the kid was left WITH climate control on the car must've been running? or at least have the keys in it... When my son was just 18 mos he climbed out of his car seat and shifted the car from park into drive and the car started coasting into the street...luckily I was only about 50 ft away but I was engaged in conversation and not watching him. Not only were these parents TOTALLY irresponsible but they're just plain stupid! My gdaughter could get out of her carseat, unlock the car door and open it when she was 2. Even if the kid was sleeping, what if he woke up and got scared because Mom and Dad weren't there...and left the vehicle to run around the parking lot????
I'm guessing that if you decide not to wear a seat belt you probably have about 1 in a million chance of dying in an accident today....but you probably wear your seatbelt...why tempt fate and leave your child unattended in a car where he/she can risk being abducted????
Posted by: Cherie | Apr 25, 2008 9:28:39 AM
This whole issue is so overblown now. My mom would leave me and my brother in the car when she went shopping all the time. She rolled down the windows, and gave us something to entertain ourselves. Nothing bad ever came out of it.
Posted by: Joe | Apr 25, 2008 9:39:28 AM
On the other hand, i definitely think it'd be a bad idea to leave toddlers or younger in a car.
Posted by: Joe | Apr 25, 2008 9:40:42 AM
To be safe, let's just sterilize them. These days there can be no reason to leave your child alone in the car for any reason.
Posted by: Farmer Bob | Apr 25, 2008 9:41:59 AM
Joe, I'm guessing since you remember your mother doing this, you were not a toddler. Sure, my mom left my sister and I in the car when I was maybe 9 or 10, and she was 11 or 12....but not as infants or toddlers.
I am thinking the same thing, that many commenters have never had a baby to know how much trouble a 2-year-old can get himself into in 15 seconds much less 15 minutes. It has nothing to do with remote controller air-conditioning and everything to do with leaving a small child unattended for an extended period of time.
I don't buy their bogus story either. Why would two people need to go into a store to buy yogurt? Wouldn't one person stay in the car? It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.
Posted by: person | Apr 25, 2008 9:44:35 AM
