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I never leave my small kids in the car to enter a building. Even if I just plan to spend only a couple seconds inside the building, things could somehow go bad
by manmal 10y ago
I never leave my small kids in the car to enter a building. Even if I just plan to spend only a couple seconds inside the building, things could somehow go bad (some kind of emergency), and then nobody knows about the kids. Especially in hot weather. Apart from the potential of a traumatizing situation for children, even a stationary AC might fail.
Yes, that's all not so likely, but why take any chances?
- CapitalistCartr 10y agoDriving your car is more risky than the odds the A/C happening to fail and the car abruptly overheating in a minute. A serious car accident is not so likely, but why take any chances?
- palebluedot 10y agoI don't think that is what they meant. It read to me that they meant, a personal emergency could happen to _them_ while in the store (heart attack, fall and hit head, robbery, etc..). What would have been a safe 5-minute trip could turn into a multi-hour ordeal, and nobody knows to go rescue the kid stuck in the (now lethally) hot car. Probability may be low, but it is an increased risk that can be mitigated to a certain extent by just not getting in the habit of leaving your kids in the car when running even short errands.
- mlvljr 10y agoYou may get hit by a car outside, plainly - speaking of dangers awaiting - where there is one car, there are more.
- manmal 10y agoThat is exactly what I meant, thank you.
- lamontcg 10y agoYou could pop an aneurysm alone in your home, and if the kids are too young they wouldn't know what to do until someone found your body.