"Woman leaves child in hot SUV while shopping"

[Rowdyboy]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/062204_nw_locked_in_suv.html

For Christ's sake, why do these pathetic excuses for parents keep breeding? I hope she never gets a chance to abuse any of her kids again!

[givemebackmycountry]

1. The 99 cent store.

You got to love that.
Shopping in the 99 cent store.

[Catch22Dem]

5. Lovely

Got a deal on some 99 cent SHIT, and nearly paid with her child's life. Fucking insane!

[Scout]

10. the child didn't die.

not to make excuses for the woman, but I didn't see in the story anything about the child being dead.

[Catch22Dem]

13. Yes, you're correct

I just assumed. We had a guy here in town who "forgot" to take his child to daycare. Died in the car while he was at work. Had that story stuck in my head.

[FlashHarry]

2. This happens every summer.

Though, the fact that it was an SUV is immaterial.

[Oddman]

3. Incredible - she then locks her other four kids

in the cars and goes to look for her baby. She must be a member of ther bush family . . .

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Look, it's simple...

You can NOT care for your children (or pets) and do that. You can not. The people who do this have emotional problems. Whatever the diagnosis, on the face of it they are not to be trusted with children or pets again.

[Kadie]

6. Thank goodness he was ok.

She locked her other children in the SUV while she went to look for the baby. Wow.

[PartyPooper]

7. Pets and children should not be left unattended in vehicles!

What part of that do you not understand?

:grr:

[Must_B_Free]

8. Easy to Judge

most parents have done something stupid.

[Catch22Dem]

11. Are you kidding?

No parent I've ever known personally has ever done something like that! Not even close. That's not something "stupid" it's something criminal and selfish. It's not like she left the baby in there accidentally! So, I must disagree with you completely.

[Pithlet]

17. Yes

But, I think this goes beyond just being stupid, and crosses the line into outright neglect. Almost all parents at one point or another do something that, looking back, didn't seem all that smart. Parenting is hard. But, there is no excuse for knowingly leaving a small child unattended in a car.

[SouthALdem]

9. Got another one for ya....

Heard a news report today that a father of two children was to take them to two different day care centers. He took the older child and apparently FORGOT to take the one year old. Got home and got out of the car and LEFT the one year old in the car. The child died.

WTF??? How do you FORGET your child IN the car you were just in??????

[SarahB]

12. I can't believe people are so stupid.

I hear this every year. Why do people have children if they refuse to take care of them properly? :grr:

[Rowdyboy]

14. Same thing happened earlier this year here

A grandfather took his 10 month old to work with him at a car dealership (he was a salesman). Six hours later he remembered. Six hours in a closed vehicle in 90+ degree weather.

Yeah, I've done stupid things before; I even lost a dog because I was stupid enough to leave baking chocolate within his reach. But a child is different. How do you forget? (And no, I don't have kids-maybe because I never felt mature enough to be responsible for their safety).

[napi21]

15. I treat my dogs better than that!

I have 2 little white dogs that I won't ever take shopping with me in the very hot weather! I installed an automatic starter in my car so I can take them in the somewhat milder weather, and since they are not allowed inside grocery stores, I can leave the car running with the A/C on, and the car locked. If someone were to break a window and try to steal the car, it won't move...there's a lock out system that activates and shuts the engine off if the car is put in gear.

I don't recommend this for kids, but it sure would be a better idea that letting them die!

[libhill]

16. What a sick ass country

what a sick ass world - all we deserve is to have this planet blown to hell by an asteroid. Well, maybe animals and insects should be spared, they have more sense than fukkin` humans.

[NMDemDist2]

18. it happens every year here in AZ

and lots of kids drown

[JNelson6563]

19. It's also terrible when they take them in

America's love affair with shopping is a sickening thing to behold at times. Believe me, twenty years in retail mgmt. and marketing I've seen it all.

What really sickens me is when someone takes their kids shopping (babies included) and then smacks them for crying while she (it is always a she in my experience) is trying to find the perfect outfit/shoes/jewelry/whatever. Or, they let them run wild--kids rolling on the floor wrestling, or screaming through the store. How about the mother out browsing through dresses while the newborn in her stroller screams endlessly? (and at that age they don't cry for no reason)

I've seen mothers drag kids by hair, beat them so hard they had to lift their arm over their head in order to build up the momentum for really hard hits, all manner of abuse. I have intervened whenever possible, many times going up to women twice my size and ordering them to stop it NOW. I've never gotten anything but embarrassed mumbling and hurried departures in response.

Many people are so self-centered they neglect and abuse their kids for interupting their precious shopping (or whatever) time. I can tell you neglect seems to result in more nager than your run-of-the-mill abuse.

And many wonder why there is so much anger these days.

Julie