While it's tough to criticize the decision to leave a child in the car for a few minutes -- happened to me all the time as a child -- I'm forever scarred by seeing a dead child pulled out of a car in the office complex next to mine [1]. The dad was bashing his head against a tree trying to knock himself unconscious because he was so overcome with grief. Officers were trying to restrain him when his wife showed up and went completely (understandably) histerical, pounded her fist on the ground and screaming at her husband.
I can't fathom how one could begin to process and move on from such an incident.
So while I don't think it should be illegal to leave a child in the car, personally that's a line I'll not cross with my kids.
I can't fathom how one could begin to process and move on from such an incident.
So while I don't think it should be illegal to leave a child in the car, personally that's a line I'll not cross with my kids.
[1]http://www.khou.com/news/Baby-left-in-hot-truck-dies-in-Aust...