would you leave your kids alone in a car?

I know that's how social services operate, but how could any parents be allowed to get away with such neglect? That poor 7-year-old shouldn't have been expected to be their babysitter for that long. When my kids were little, I took them in everywhere with me. Even thought it was a hassle sometimes, I never left them alone. I was afraid of what might happen if they were alone, plus I knew that everywhere I took them gave them more opportunities to learn about life. For awhile I was carrying the mail for hte industrial plant where I worked. It was a heavy woven and leather bag, and in the mornings it would often be very full. My husband was working overtime in those days, so I'd take my 5 year old and my 2 year old into the post office with me to pick up and deliver the mail. It would have been easier leaving them in the car, and it was 6:00 a.m. in a smaller town with no one much around, but I never ever considered it.

That's disgusting. People like that shouldn't have kids. If you wanted to be able to go places on your own then you shouldn't have spread your legs! I saw a similar thing where I live but I actually witnessed it. I saw a running car with a newborn baby in the back seat and no one else in the car or anywhere around. It was at the grocery store. I don't think they should get their kids back, ever. Not even visitation.

That is so wrong. They dont deserve thos kids. With the oldest being 7, who knows how many tims this was done before. People like this make me sick. I have 4 children and I would never leave them in the for any amount of time. I am so glad we can pay at the pump with debit cards now so I dont have to go into the gas station anymore. I also just red a story about a women putting her 1-2mo old in the microwave and turning it on. I wanted to throw-up when I heard that. The poor baby. To think that someone is twisted enough to sit there and listen to the baby cry like that. I pray that someday these people will wake up and realise what they did was wrong.

That is ridiculous. Leaving newborns in a car at all is stupid. But some people don't think about what they are doing. I don't think they should have gotten their kids back that easily.

It's amazing how irresponsible people can be. I hope they never get their kids back. I am a 23 year old male, I have a very hectic life, yet I take my 2 year old daughter with me everywhere I go. I could never leave her like that.

no i would not do that and the reason is below: Hundreds of Kids Involved Each Year in Accidents When Left Alone in Cars You're just dashing into a store to grab some milk, dropping a letter off at someone's house, returning a video rental, or grabbing the dry cleaning. There's no harm in leaving your child in the car for just a minute...right? Wrong! For various reasons, hundreds of kids each year are involved in potentially fatally accidents when left unattended in a vehicle. Whether it's from gear-shifted crashes, sweltering temperatures, locking parents out of a car, trunk entrapments, or playing with windows and getting limbs (or necks even) caught, horrific accidents can and do happen in a blink of an eye. And, in some states, it can be considered a misdemeanor offense of leaving a child in the car alone; the offense can become a felony if there are resulting injuries. It's easy to understand why parents feel it is okay to leave a child alone in a car for a very small amount of time to perform a quick errand. These parents who don't think twice about leaving a child alone for just a wee minute typically dote on their youngster and would never willingly place him/her in harm's way. Waking a sleeping child or getting a toddler out of a child seat in freezing cold or less-than-ideal weather is sometimes such a hassle, when the errand can be done single-handedly within a minute or two. But, while the actions can be explained, the consequences could never ever be undone if the unthinkable does occur. As a result, the sound parenting advice remains the same: don't ever leave a child in a car alone, even for a moment. For more information about car safety, statistics, legislation and a first person's account of a tragic ending to a precious boy named Harrison, check out the national non-profit organization, Kids in Cars.

that s horrible. the only time i leave my son in the truck is if im running in to pay for gas ath the gas station. going shopping though is rediculous. no they shouldnt get their kids back that easily. hell no!!!

I don't think you should ever leave a small child in the car alone. I make my daughter go with me everywhere and she is almost 8. There are so many things that can happen to them. When my cousin was 10, his grandma left him in the car to run in the house.. he hopped into the drivers seat and drove right through the garage into the kitchen.

No, they need some help before they can raise kids again. I feel bad when I put my baby in the car seat, and go back to lock the house door. I'm only ten feet away for 30 seconds! An hour and a half, in the middle of a parking lot where anyone could nab them? These parents have problems. Possibly just pure stupidity, but problems.

NO! they should have not been returned that easily to the parents...anything could have happened...not to mention they could have been kidnapped as well. they could have very easily passed out in the car, or been hurt. The parents should be punished and the kids need a safer enviroment to live in.

i don't know why people would do such things. honestly i did for about 2 seconds and the car and my baby were in my view the whole time. (i parked at the post office to put a letter in the mailbox...i didn't know there was a drive through one) but i don't understand how then can leave them in the car for long amounts of time. if they stay in the car, so do i...

that is NONSENSE!! I've left my kids in the car if I had to run into a store quickly but they are 11 and 13...there is no way in hell I'd leave little ones like that especially newborns! thats crazy....

No way! dont ever leave your kids alone in a car. it's dengerous, maybe your kids can be kidnap!

I make double and triple sure I take my daughter every where I go. I would never ever leave her alone in the car. If something bad happened to her.....

I cannot imagine ever doing this. It amazes me that people can get their children back after something like this. The laws are not made to protect the children.

I don't leave my daughter alone for more than a few minutes when she's in another room in our house. There's no way I would ever leave her alone in a car when she could get abducted.

No way should they have gotten the kids back that easily. They should have been put in jail. Kids can die or be kidnapped if left alone in a car while parents go shopping.

Did your parents ever leave you in the car when you were growing up? 4 of us were left for sometimes up to an hour, even in the heat. It was too much trouble to drag 4 kids through the grocery store.

That is horrible, as a mum stories like this upset me as it makes you wonder how they are with the kids at home....do they leave them alone to go out for the night? etc.. I take my kids everywhere....take them out even when paying for petrol as you just never know who is around or what can happen with cars.

hell no, thats crazy, there's no telling what would have happened, i could see if there was a teenager that was responsible enough to watch after the younger kids, but for them to be so young, thats crazy!