Would you leave your child in a car alone?

theoretica

PasturesNew wrote: »

Apart from getting VERY hot, VERY quick, in summer, what if:

- while gone you were run over and knocked out and taken to Hospital?

Would having the kid run over with you really be better?

restless6

What if- whilst running across the forecourt, my car got hit by a metorite or abducted by aliens!!!!!!!!!

What if's can really stop you living

Newly_retired

How does a lone parent manage to get the baby, the toddler and the buggy and the shopping into the house in one go, if they don't actually have a drive to park on, or even if they do?

Jagraf

Isnt the whole petrol issue a moot point as you can pay at the pump mostly now. And also shopping can be delivered (mostly). So that risk is taken care of.

lush_walrus

No I don't leave our children in the car alone, especially in petrol garages. I remember a couple of incidents where children were left in cars and they were either hit by another car or caught fire or let the hand break off. It's not fear of others getting to them they can be strapped in and child lock on, it's the fear of something happens and they can't get out.

Petrol I fill up without them in the car not only fearful of all of that but also it's an easier life!

Everyone should be free to make their own choices though, I certainly wouldn't think anything if I saw kids in a car without an adult.

lush_walrus

Newly_retired wrote: »

How does a lone parent manage to get the baby, the toddler and the buggy and the shopping into the house in one go, if they don't actually have a drive to park on, or even if they do?

You have to take a leap of faith. I always grabbed the baby and toddler got them in the house into the living room with the baby gate up. Closed the front door just incase today was the day they learnt to get out of the gate. Then ran the bags to the house until all was outside the door. Opened the door and took them all inside.

To be fair I could park on our drive but found it just the same to park on the road outside our house.

seven-day-weekend

I didn't drive when my son was small, so the situation did not arise. I did leave him outside shops though.

I would not do it now.

ripplyuk

My dad regularly left me in the car alone when out shopping. He seemed concerned more about kidnapping than anything else and always locked me in. I knew not to touch the handbrake and how to open the lock if necessary.

What surprised me is the amount of people I know who leave their child in the car for extended periods if the child is asleep upon arriving home. I have family members who do this with the car parked on a very steep hill (So steep I won't even park my empty car there!).

pigpen

Newly_retired wrote: »

How does a lone parent manage to get the baby, the toddler and the buggy and the shopping into the house in one go, if they don't actually have a drive to park on, or even if they do?

the pushchair stays in the car
the children are put in the house with the ipad, a banana and a beaker of juice..


I could then go out for a 5 hours (or as long as the battery lasts) and they'd not notice!

Usually I just have shopping delivered and they help take it to the kitchen.

peachyprice

pigpen wrote: »

the children are put in the house with the ipad, a banana and a beaker of juice..

But what if they chocked on the banana/juice/ipad? :rotfl:

Life if full of 'what if's' and we all perceive dangers differently, all our children are different and we (hopefully) all judge where we feel our children will be safest, that doesn't make us worse/better parents.