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> Some have called the police or child protective services after witnessing a parent leave a child in a car to run into Starbucks or attend a job interview. No
by xienze 8y ago
> Some have called the police or child protective services after witnessing a parent leave a child in a car to run into Starbucks or attend a job interview.
Not sure why they included this little nugget in the article. Letting your child roam free is just a little bit different than locking them in a car and possibly forgetting about them. Parents absolutely need to make arrangements such that this situation can be avoided, and I can’t fault anyone who calls the police if they see a child left unattended in a car. They don’t know how long they’ve been in there or will be in there.
- avar 8y agoThe article isn't talking about parents leaving infants in their cars, one example cited is a younger kid being left in a car with their 10 year old sibling. If you're passing buy and concerned about those kids, it's going to be pretty easy to see if they're doing fine. Much of the article is also discussing countries where the predominant weather is such that even if you left an infant in a car for 3 hours to sleep without AC they'd be fine. Sweden isn't Los Angeles.