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I absolutely think that you should never leave a child in the car by his/herself to do anything. It is a danger to there lives. I think that if you are in that big of a hurry then for the most part you should have left earlier. There is no reason to run into a gas station and leave your children, go into the post office, nothing. If people were more involved with there children then they would realize what a precious, god givin gift that they have received just by having a child. My husband is a fire fighter and the stories he tells of ignorant parents who leave there children in the cars so they can run into a store are horrific..........100 degrees outside...lady goes into grocery store and leaves sleeping two year old in back seat..........car not running!!! People wake up and slow your lives down enough to realize your children are your life and our future. If we take care of them then we will raise individuals who will make the world a better place.

I would like to comment to the sarcastic comment made by Dr. Phil regarding the woman from Chicago stating, "that she would not leave her child in the car for any amount of time because it was to dangerous".  Dr. Phil made the comment stating "maybe she should be followed", but for his information their are a lot of responsible parents such as myself that would not take that risk with their child and never has.  I think society and people such as himself give most the okay that this is acceptable/normal behavior that they carry on from their generation of parenting.  Their parents may have done one or all of this examples giving that child and now parent the thought process that it is okay because my parents did it.  How many times have we heard that?  This is a conscious choice that one should make while factoring the risk in what can happen in today's society. E.g. kids dying in cars while parents run into facilities, carjackings with children in the car, another vehicle striking vehicle with children left in the vehicle.  These are just a few examples of what could happen in that moment of walking away from your vehicle and leaving a child inside.  I don't want to just focus on leaving  children in a vehicle but leaving children in the home or not being attentive to them while out shopping, family activities or even just outside of your home is an issue as well.  These action has shown me children being hit by cars, abducted by strangers, and sexually assaulted. 

 

I thought I was over protective and paranoid about being too careful with my daughter but it is nice to know that their are parents that understand the risk that we take in our decisions that may affect our children.  I'm also not naive to know that we take risk everyday and things can happen that is not in our control but being cautious in my opinion helps reduce the risk.