Do u have the habit of leaving ur children in your car while you're somewhere?

no, i don't, especially when they are young. children, being children, should always be watched and guided. they tend to be overly curious and may tinker with things that my result in some kind of accidents. so, never leave your children alone in the car.

Hiya MMT, I have had to take my children everywhere with me despite all the comments that might arise. I found that when I had to take my Children with me in England I met with a few sarcastic remarks on the way but then you can get those anywhere. I also have got them here too. Have not had the chance to leave my kids on their own they will only appreciate that though when they have their own. I know a lot of people both sides of the ocean that have left their kids on their own I don´t actually know or bother if they were wrong or not. Everyone has their personal reasons for doing what they do.

Absolutely not! Aside from the fact that leaving young children in a car alone can almost guarantee you accomodations in the county jail, it is not a safe thing to do. By having a hard and fast rule with my grandson, "You go where I go." we avoid issues of "Do you want to stay in the car while I run in here?" If it is particularly boring and long for him, then I reward him for good behavior and turn the outing into fun afterall. Along with the fact that accidents can happen even to a parked car, there are too many people lurking in the shadows waiting to do harm to children. I live in a state where pedophiles settle after serving time. There are 11 registered pedophiles that live within a 2 mile radius of my house. The expression, "Better safe, than sorry." comes to mind.

although i know this is dangerous, i am guilty of this. but i only do this if i kow that i will only be leaving them for a few minutes, 15 minutes the most. any time more than that i bring them with me.

No way, it is absolutely dangerous. I don't have any babby. But I strongly believe that leaving children in CAR alone is extremely dangerous.

Hallo...I have never left them in the car , if there's no other adult in the car. I am afraid anything happen to them, and I have heard about such incidents that will make their parents regret all their life....So try not to leave them alone in the car!!!

My kids aren't nearly old enough to leave in the car if I go in a building that I can't see them from. The only time I've left them in the car is if I'm only going in for less than 5 minutes and I can see them. My daughter was in preschool and I had to drive her and pick her up. So I had to drag her two younger siblings and a little boy I was babysitting at the time. It was either leave them in the car which was parked right beside the school with all windows pointing out to my car, or drag 2 kids and one in a car seat into the school to get her which took less than 5 minutes. I live in a really small area so it isn't bad, but if I'm in town I'm too worried about leaving them in the car. But more so that people who are over sensitive on the subject will freak out and call the cops rather than the worry that they could be in danger.

hi moneymakingtoday no no no. never ever leave your children alone in a car and go into a store.anything and every thing can'happen. They can in fact get the car started and cause an accident, or someone can kidnap them, or one can get sick.anyone can happen and often does. We never left our children alone int our car.we knew it was not safe. and in some places it is against the law. We saw the results of leaving three children under seven along in the car. Another driver lost control of her car, plowed into the parked car with the little kids alone in it and shoved it into the store. One child had a broken arm, one a broken tooth , and all of them were bruised and scared out of their wits. no never leave children alone in cars.

When my kids were young I didn't drive but I would never leave them in the car to run into a store not for a minute. My daughter now has a 3 year old and she only leaves her when she is going to the Redbox machine to return a movie. Its right outside the store and the car is parked right infront of the machine. Otherwise, she always takes her inside the stores or any other errands she needs to accomplish. The thought of coming out of a store and finding either a child or both the car and the child gone is just to horrifying and I don't understand why people continue to do this.

I don't have any kids yet,but that sure sounds like a bad idea especially in summer. Personally I hated it as a kid when my parents left me in the car.When they said 5 minutes it sure as hell was longer than that.I guess it's okay to leave your kid in the car ONLY if it's a real emergency.

My daughter is 10 now. If I need to go into a place like 7-11, I give her the option to come in or stay in the car. However, if I go anywhere that I can't see her, she comes with me.

Only when I forget my cell or some other thing hehehe(in the driveway or garage but I run in and out of the house..takes me a few seconds) But I always take the car keys with me in case they want to test their "driving skills" hehehe

We worry about kidnappings, etc but what about this possible scenario? Parent leaves their child in the car "for just a minute" to drop off dry cleaning, a movie, etc. Then something happens to the parent in that minute - hit by a car in the parking lot, sudden heart attack, etc. The child could be in the car for hours until someone noticed him/her. The child could die in minutes depending upon the temperature. Also -- this may be a little off topic, but worth mentioning if it would cause somebody to think for a minute: I frequently notice mothers leaving their child in the cart while they unload groceries into their cars. The parent doesn't bother to even hold onto the cart and often they leave the cart/child at the rear of the car while they go to the front. This isnt taking seconds, it's taking many, many minutes. Often they are on their precious cell phone. The child is the last thing they take out of the cart! While they are so busy unloading their precious groceries and talking on their precious phones, the cart could roll into traffic, be hit by a passing car, be grabbed by an abductor, and the list goes on. The precious CHILD should be the first thing put into the car -- not the last. Leaving the door open for ventilation of course!