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• Anonymous

  Is the seven year old responsible?  Was the mother just running in to grab something quickly?  If so, maybe the state should mind their own damn business.  Does this mean I can’t leave my 11 year old alone in the car to play his iPod while I grad something?  Do I have to worry about a cop car pulling up and arresting me?

  OTOH, if she had been inside for a while maybe it could be considered endangerment. 

• Anonymous

  Is the seven year old responsible?  Was the mother just running in to grab something quickly?  If so, maybe the state should mind their own damn business.  Does this mean I can’t leave my 11 year old alone in the car to play his iPod while I grad something?  Do I have to worry about a cop car pulling up and arresting me?

  OTOH, if she had been inside for a while maybe it could be considered endangerment. 

• Anonymous

  Is the seven year old responsible?  Was the mother just running in to grab something quickly?  If so, maybe the state should mind their own damn business.  Does this mean I can’t leave my 11 year old alone in the car to play his iPod while I grad something?  Do I have to worry about a cop car pulling up and arresting me?

  OTOH, if she had been inside for a while maybe it could be considered endangerment. 

• Anonymous

  Is the seven year old responsible?  Was the mother just running in to grab something quickly?  If so, maybe the state should mind their own damn business.  Does this mean I can’t leave my 11 year old alone in the car to play his iPod while I grad something?  Do I have to worry about a cop car pulling up and arresting me?

  OTOH, if she had been inside for a while maybe it could be considered endangerment. 

• Anonymous

  I’m guessing the person who reported this didn’t know the AC was on… Glad it was reported though, if AC had not been on the outcome could have been much worse

• Anonymous

  The 7 y.o. is too young to be left in charge of an infant in a car that is left running.  I know it can be a hassle shopping with children, but there is too much that can go wrong in a short time to take such a chance with their welfare.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Wow, this is a tough one for me to call based on the limited information provided.  Part of me feels this is really wrong, yet part of me wants to give the lady the benefit of the doubt.  At least she had the sense to keep the A/C on.  However, that also means there were keys in the ignition.  VERY EASY for someone to bust a window and make off with the kids, car or both.

• Anonymous

  Most parents know that this is not an accepted practice according to the authorities. I would agree that cases should be handled individual by law enforcement as they consider the circumstances. Not enough information given to make a judgment as to this reported case.

• Anonymous

  Most parents know that this is not an accepted practice according to the authorities. I would agree that cases should be handled individual by law enforcement as they consider the circumstances. Not enough information given to make a judgment as to this reported case.

• Anonymous

  Most parents know that this is not an accepted practice according to the authorities. I would agree that cases should be handled individual by law enforcement as they consider the circumstances. Not enough information given to make a judgment as to this reported case.

• Anonymous

  Most parents know that this is not an accepted practice according to the authorities. I would agree that cases should be handled individual by law enforcement as they consider the circumstances. Not enough information given to make a judgment as to this reported case.

• Anonymous

  Im glad the cops got called 7 years old is much to young to be left in a running car and there was an infant as well? some people are just to lazy to take the time to bring there kids with them . quick stop or not. some people just dont think til somthing bad happens. 

• Anonymous

  Im glad the cops got called 7 years old is much to young to be left in a running car and there was an infant as well? some people are just to lazy to take the time to bring there kids with them . quick stop or not. some people just dont think til somthing bad happens. 

• Anonymous

  Im glad the cops got called 7 years old is much to young to be left in a running car and there was an infant as well? some people are just to lazy to take the time to bring there kids with them . quick stop or not. some people just dont think til somthing bad happens. 

• Anonymous

  Im glad the cops got called 7 years old is much to young to be left in a running car and there was an infant as well? some people are just to lazy to take the time to bring there kids with them . quick stop or not. some people just dont think til somthing bad happens. 

• Anonymous

  Im glad the cops got called 7 years old is much to young to be left in a running car and there was an infant as well? some people are just to lazy to take the time to bring there kids with them . quick stop or not. some people just dont think til somthing bad happens. 

• Anonymous

  If something bad had happened (the AC shut down, the child accidentally caused the car to move, someone convinced the child to unlock the door, etc.) then everyone would be screaming about how negligent this parent was to leave a 7 y.o. (I don’t care how “responsible” they may seem, they are SEVEN) & a baby alone in a locked car with keys, for even ONE minute. The person who reported was correct (and in my eyes, a hero for daring to get involved: call it “nosy” if you will, but they cared enough about kids that weren’t theirs; that’s what matters) and the police were correct to charge her.  Kids are a “hassle”, you have to have their welfare first and foremost at all times.  Don’t have to look too far to see the extreme end of the spectrum  in selfish “parenting”: (C. Anthony in FL).

• Anonymous

  If something bad had happened (the AC shut down, the child accidentally caused the car to move, someone convinced the child to unlock the door, etc.) then everyone would be screaming about how negligent this parent was to leave a 7 y.o. (I don’t care how “responsible” they may seem, they are SEVEN) & a baby alone in a locked car with keys, for even ONE minute. The person who reported was correct (and in my eyes, a hero for daring to get involved: call it “nosy” if you will, but they cared enough about kids that weren’t theirs; that’s what matters) and the police were correct to charge her.  Kids are a “hassle”, you have to have their welfare first and foremost at all times.  Don’t have to look too far to see the extreme end of the spectrum  in selfish “parenting”: (C. Anthony in FL).

• Millicent

  very easy for a kid to take a car out of park too, endangering themselves and others. 

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Lizotte/831880531 Jessica Lizotte

  That may not be the reason why the person called this in to the police. When my daughter was 7, she may have been mature enough to watch her little sister in the car for a few minutes alone, but it’s summer time, it’s piping hot inside a car, and if that air conditioner screws up, they could both die! I would have made the same decision and called it in. I’ve left my car running with the a/c on before, only to get back in the car later to discover that for whatever reason, the a/c kicked off. It was so hot in that car! It’s a good thing nobody was inside.

• Anonymous

  Doesn’t necessarily mean keys were in the ignition. Remote start, steering column locked, keys out, doors locked.

• Anonymous

  Doesn’t necessarily mean keys were in the ignition. Remote start, steering column locked, keys out, doors locked.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  I have yet to encounter a car that the A/C will run without the engine running.  Sure the fan will run, but the belt driving the condenser won’t be turning, therefore just adding more warm air into the car.

• Anonymous

  Indeed.

• Anonymous

  I think you missed the words  “remote start”…..  Car can be running with keys not in the ignition….just sayin

  I certainly dont agree with the mothers decision however

• Anonymous

  I think you missed the words  “remote start”…..  Car can be running with keys not in the ignition….just sayin

  I certainly dont agree with the mothers decision however

• Anonymous

  OK, I stand corrected on my original post about keys in the ignition and have since changed the sentence to accurately reflect my original point.  It doesn’t matter if keys are in the ignition or not if the motor is running.  My point is still valid that with the A/C on the kids were unneccisarly exposed to the potential for abduction.

• Anonymous

  OK, I stand corrected on my original post about keys in the ignition and have since changed the sentence to accurately reflect my original point.  It doesn’t matter if keys are in the ignition or not if the motor is running.  My point is still valid that with the A/C on the kids were unneccisarly exposed to the potential for abduction.

• Anonymous

  There is no cure for stupid

• Anonymous

  There is no cure for stupid

• Anonymous

  There is no cure for stupid

• Anonymous

  Obviously not enough details here to know the entire story, but I think an arrest is a bit overboard (unless the kids were alone for quite some time). As a general rule, I try to run errands when I don’t have the kids with me, but I personally don’t feel it is necessary to take children out of the car EVERY TIME the parent gets out of the vehicle. At Hannaford, yes, but at small places no. I do not take my kids out of the car if I have to go inside to pay for gas. I feel that they are safer strapped into a carseat in the vehicle than me trying to maneuver 2 children (who are too young to understand that it’s dangerous, not a game, to run away from mommy) through a busy area where cars are passing through. Leaving children in a vehicle is not ALWAYS wrong.  Of course, it is not always right, either, but I think there should be some degree of critical thinking that is left up to the parents.

  We (most of us) leave our kids alone in their bedrooms at night, do we not? Unattended for HOURS with no visual on the kids, and the parents aren’t even CONSCIOUS during most of this time. FOR SHAME!!! Where are the authorities? Isn’t there too much that COULD go wrong in a short amount of time  – fire, burglary, natural disaster, carbon monoxide poisoning, gas leak, etc, to take the chance with their welfare? I don’t know about you, but I read about many more house fires in the paper than stories of children harmed in a parked car.

  Deputy Tower states that due to the age of children, it was still considered endangerment. Is there some sort of law or guidance available as to when cases like this are and aren’t endangerment? As a parent, I would want to read up on this since it would appear parental judgement call may not be enough should some nosy individual disapprove of something I do and call the police. Again, I don’t know the details of this particular case, so I am not saying the actions taken in this case weren’t warranted, but I also don’t know that they were warranted.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  Wow, I’m sorry to hear that you are a parent. The answers to your questions are, no, it dosen’t matter, yes and yes…. Hope it helps.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Long/1499408399 Jack Long

  Woman = guilty… End of story.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  actually its not that easy unless of course the child is pressing the break and engaging the shift lever button at the same time. 

• Anonymous

  A 7 year old should not be left alone with an infant in a car…however, I could understand how someone could argue leaving a 7 year old in a car alone…although I wouldnt myself–my son is also 7.

• Anonymous

  A 7 year old should not be left alone with an infant in a car…however, I could understand how someone could argue leaving a 7 year old in a car alone…although I wouldnt myself–my son is also 7.

• Anonymous

  A 7 year old should not be left alone with an infant in a car…however, I could understand how someone could argue leaving a 7 year old in a car alone…although I wouldnt myself–my son is also 7.

• Anonymous

  In a fairly modern car, you are absolutely correct.  However, the story didn’t identify the type of car.  Could be an ’87 Datsun for all we know.

• HowdyNeighbor

   Somebody needs to call the police on YOU. Don’t you watch the news?! What if the air conditioning stops working? What if a stranger jumps in the car and takes off with your children? Don’t you watch the news?!?! I am absolutely stunned by your stupidity.

• Anonymous

  A little more info would shed a great deal of light on this.  Like did the police respond and get there before she got out of the store?  If she went into the store for  minute and came out then I question the charge.  Anyone have a link with these laws?  Just seems like sometimes you need to be an attorney to be a parent these days. 

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Was the fact overlooked that it took someone “time” to call it in and then “time” for the police to arrive? That does not add up to a quick. But even so no child should be left alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  My boys were 5 and 6 and we had just been to the pediatrician.  My 6 year old had just been diagnosed with pneumonia, it was snowing, the temp. was right around freezing.  The Dr. had called ahead with the prescription.  Both boys were in their car seats asleep I looked around and could see no one I knew to watch the car.  The weather was too bad to go home, call a sitter (pre cell phones), pack the boys up again to go get the sitter, go to CVS, go home, pack em all up again and then take the sitter home.  Since I could see the car at all times I ran into CVS and grabbed the prescription.  As a single Mom, the weather being what it was, and having the health of my very sick little boy to consider  I chose to leave the boys in the car with the motor running and heat on.  That is the only time that I did it but if faced with a similar circumstance I would do it again.  Do not be so quick to judge!

• Anonymous

  My boys were 5 and 6 and we had just been to the pediatrician.  My 6 year old had just been diagnosed with pneumonia, it was snowing, the temp. was right around freezing.  The Dr. had called ahead with the prescription.  Both boys were in their car seats asleep I looked around and could see no one I knew to watch the car.  The weather was too bad to go home, call a sitter (pre cell phones), pack the boys up again to go get the sitter, go to CVS, go home, pack em all up again and then take the sitter home.  Since I could see the car at all times I ran into CVS and grabbed the prescription.  As a single Mom, the weather being what it was, and having the health of my very sick little boy to consider  I chose to leave the boys in the car with the motor running and heat on.  That is the only time that I did it but if faced with a similar circumstance I would do it again.  Do not be so quick to judge!

• Anonymous

  My boys were 5 and 6 and we had just been to the pediatrician.  My 6 year old had just been diagnosed with pneumonia, it was snowing, the temp. was right around freezing.  The Dr. had called ahead with the prescription.  Both boys were in their car seats asleep I looked around and could see no one I knew to watch the car.  The weather was too bad to go home, call a sitter (pre cell phones), pack the boys up again to go get the sitter, go to CVS, go home, pack em all up again and then take the sitter home.  Since I could see the car at all times I ran into CVS and grabbed the prescription.  As a single Mom, the weather being what it was, and having the health of my very sick little boy to consider  I chose to leave the boys in the car with the motor running and heat on.  That is the only time that I did it but if faced with a similar circumstance I would do it again.  Do not be so quick to judge!

• Julie Tornquist

  Watching the news will only give you a false understanding of the actual risks that are out there.  Statistically speaking, one would have to leave a child unattended for 750,000 years for said child to be abducted and yet we have put our children in lock down just in case.  http://stats.org/stories/2009/land_free_home_scared_sept2_09.html  Before calling someone stupid you might want to take a deep breath and get a clue.

• Julie Tornquist

  Watching the news will only give you a false understanding of the actual risks that are out there.  Statistically speaking, one would have to leave a child unattended for 750,000 years for said child to be abducted and yet we have put our children in lock down just in case.  http://stats.org/stories/2009/land_free_home_scared_sept2_09.html  Before calling someone stupid you might want to take a deep breath and get a clue.

• Julie Tornquist

  Watching the news will only give you a false understanding of the actual risks that are out there.  Statistically speaking, one would have to leave a child unattended for 750,000 years for said child to be abducted and yet we have put our children in lock down just in case.  http://stats.org/stories/2009/land_free_home_scared_sept2_09.html  Before calling someone stupid you might want to take a deep breath and get a clue.

• PabMainer

  Don’t ever leave young chidren or infants alone at any time or any place period…..how many times has a tragedy happened and the “responsible” adult stated I only left them for a minute….it (accidents) can and do happen in a minute and is never worth the cost….irresponsible…..

• PabMainer

  Don’t ever leave young chidren or infants alone at any time or any place period…..how many times has a tragedy happened and the “responsible” adult stated I only left them for a minute….it (accidents) can and do happen in a minute and is never worth the cost….irresponsible…..

• PabMainer

  Don’t ever leave young chidren or infants alone at any time or any place period…..how many times has a tragedy happened and the “responsible” adult stated I only left them for a minute….it (accidents) can and do happen in a minute and is never worth the cost….irresponsible…..

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  First – What right do you have to judge me?  Do you know my stepson as well as I do?  Would I leave him in there for an hour?  No!  But for a few minutes to pay for the gas or grab us some drinks in the store?  Heck yes.  Not knowing the details of the story, we can’t judge either. 

• Anonymous

  I agree 100%.  Just because someone chooses to leave a child in a car doesn’t mean it’s endangerment.  So long as people use good judgement and keep an eye on the situation, it should be OK.

• Anonymous

  I agree 100%.  Just because someone chooses to leave a child in a car doesn’t mean it’s endangerment.  So long as people use good judgement and keep an eye on the situation, it should be OK.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  The car was running – the 7 yr old could have put it into gear.   A 7 yr old is not old enough to watch a baby.  They baby could have spit up and choked in that amount of time.  Someone could have tried to kidnap them (hey, little kid, can you open the door).   If the AC went off, the heat could have killed them.  I used to take all of my kids in the store.  There is no excuse for this.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  The car was running – the 7 yr old could have put it into gear.   A 7 yr old is not old enough to watch a baby.  They baby could have spit up and choked in that amount of time.  Someone could have tried to kidnap them (hey, little kid, can you open the door).   If the AC went off, the heat could have killed them.  I used to take all of my kids in the store.  There is no excuse for this.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Exactly. 

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Leaving small children alone in a car is NOT good judgment – this is child endangerment.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Leaving small children alone in a car is NOT good judgment – this is child endangerment.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  Leaving small children alone in a car is NOT good judgment – this is child endangerment.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  This mother was gone quite awhile.  It doesn’t take very long for something to happen.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  This mother was gone quite awhile.  It doesn’t take very long for something to happen.

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  I’m sure the Judge will take all the details into account on this case.

• Anonymous

  I always learned that you don’t leave you kids in the car for any reason.  Especially when it’s 90.  My parents never left me in the car when I was little.  Next time you go to a Walmart look and see how many kids are left alone in the car.  It would scare you.  What are people thinking? 

• Anonymous

  Amen to that.  Does chrisl1977 understand that a seven year old cannot make “adult” decisions.  What if a perv saw them and “convinced” them to open the door, who could we blame then the grocery store, unbelievable. 

• Anonymous

  It scares me to death that 27 people “liked” your comment, I would like to see a social demographic of those who agrees that this was not child endangerment, nuts!  Another reason why you should have to get a license to breed.

• Anonymous

  Cars have breaks????

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  what if the 7 year old put the running car into drive? hmmm

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  As I stated, I usually don’t even have the kids with me when I run errands. I make a point to get my gas from a pay-at-the-pump station, but I don’t feel it necessary to take them out of the freakin car at the pump just because they are in the car without an adult. It is much more dangerous to have them running around the pumps than safely buckled in the car. As I also stated – CRITICAL THINKING. I would never leave my children in a vehicle where they were out of my direct  line of view or for long enough for the vehicle to heat up in the summer or cool off in the winter should something happen to the A/C or heater or in an unlocked vehicle… It is common sense, but it is not ALWAYS safer to take children out of the vehicle. WHAT IF I took the kids out of the car, and the gas station was robbed while we were in there? WHAT IF it was snowing, and a car skidded into us while we were trying to get inside the store? WHAT IF there were a thunder and lightning storm and one of my kids got hit? WHAT IF someone pulled up in their own vehicle, grabbed one or both of my children and sped off?  Where is the sense in having parents do what they KNOW is not the safest thing for their children because they are AFRAID of being arrested due to someone else’s judgement who doesn’t even know all the information used to make that decision? Not everything is black and white.  

  Just to clarify – I am by no means suggesting that people leave their kids in the car for as long as they would sleep at night or even at all – I am trying to demonstrate that according to the logic and reasoning behind why people say it is always automatically wrong to leave kids in the car, we would also not be able to leave them in their own beds at night. And YES, I do watch the news, but if I based all my thinking on what I see on the news, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that it is safer to leave my kids in a parked car at the supermarket for 10 minutes than in their own beds at night. Do YOU watch the news? Or just crime drama?

• Anonymous

  I do understand that – do you understand I was talking about an 11 y/o and not this case.  As far as this case is concerned, until we know the details one shouldn’t rush to judgement.  I’m sure the officer took everything into account before he arrested the woman, and she probably deserved it.  But in cases like some below, sometime people need to get the whole story before rushing to judgement.

• Anonymous

  I do understand that – do you understand I was talking about an 11 y/o and not this case.  As far as this case is concerned, until we know the details one shouldn’t rush to judgement.  I’m sure the officer took everything into account before he arrested the woman, and she probably deserved it.  But in cases like some below, sometime people need to get the whole story before rushing to judgement.

• Anonymous

  I do understand that – do you understand I was talking about an 11 y/o and not this case.  As far as this case is concerned, until we know the details one shouldn’t rush to judgement.  I’m sure the officer took everything into account before he arrested the woman, and she probably deserved it.  But in cases like some below, sometime people need to get the whole story before rushing to judgement.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Your average seven year old is smart enough to stay in a locked car with a younger sibling for a few minutes.  No big deal, and the chances of something happening are quite remote. It’s a lot safer than driving down the highway at 60 mph with mom at the wheel.  Kids are safer alone than being watched by uncle Chester the child molester.

• Anonymous

  Did it say that the mother was gone quite a while? Do we know that the authorities were not given her plate number and then followed up with her later? Or perhaps you have personal knowledge that wasn’t in the article?  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C4EUEVMBUBIBFM7BDCQ3G347B4 Blackie Bulger

  Some people shouldn’t breed.

• Millicent

  I was shifting a standard at age 7. Kids are pretty smart, and a 7 year old has long enough legs to reach and the coordination to engage the shift. They also watch everything, they are little sponges. So, yes, I feel a 7 year old is perfectly capable of doing that. 

• Millicent

  I was shifting a standard at age 7. Kids are pretty smart, and a 7 year old has long enough legs to reach and the coordination to engage the shift. They also watch everything, they are little sponges. So, yes, I feel a 7 year old is perfectly capable of doing that. 

• Millicent

  I was shifting a standard at age 7. Kids are pretty smart, and a 7 year old has long enough legs to reach and the coordination to engage the shift. They also watch everything, they are little sponges. So, yes, I feel a 7 year old is perfectly capable of doing that. 

• Anonymous

  Funny….last I checked we live in America, and I didn’t think our legal system worked in such a way that some random guy can read an article in a newspaper and then declare someone guilty….

• Anonymous

  Funny….last I checked we live in America, and I didn’t think our legal system worked in such a way that some random guy can read an article in a newspaper and then declare someone guilty….

• Anonymous

  Funny….last I checked we live in America, and I didn’t think our legal system worked in such a way that some random guy can read an article in a newspaper and then declare someone guilty….

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  When you are out in the public eye you just dont leave your children alone not for one second..Be with your children hold them they grow up to fast and before you know it they are out the door..Nothing is more inportant that day than your children..We live in a sick world and if you think we can leave young children alone in public we are getting sicker

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  How scary.  What is the car had burst into flames?  So many what ifs.  That is why I go with the motto “better safe than sorry”.  

• Anonymous

  You lost me when you implied that a 7 year old could be ‘responsible’ for an infant in a running car. 

• Anonymous

  Do we know that the police arrested her on the scene, or did they just get her plate number and arrest her later? I didn’t see that in the article…

• AionNV

  He does that in all the comments here.

  End of story.

• AionNV

  At 7 I was the preferred sitter for half a dozen neighbors, was always responsible for my younger sisters, and once saved one of their lives.

  Arresting mom, and traumatizing the kids, is hardly a measured response.

  Where are the pictures of the distressed mom, BDN ?  

  You never hesitate to exploit everybody else.

• AionNV

  You don’t know how long it took, so no, the speculation is meaningless.

• AionNV

  How is a stranger getting into the locked car ?

• AionNV

  Heck, at 7 I was sitting on dad’s lap DRIVING the car.

• Anonymous

  I’ll give ya a “what if” what if the nosy SOB that called the police had minded their own business.
  Nothing would have happened and the poor mother would not have an arrest record and have to deal with child protective services forever. If the caller was so concerned they could have stayed with the car until the mother came out and spoken to her. This country has been turned into a nanny state, a bunch of do gooders that does one thing very well and that is watch each other. While you are busy doing that the bureaucrats are robbing you blind.

• Anonymous

  I’ll give ya a “what if” what if the nosy SOB that called the police had minded their own business.
  Nothing would have happened and the poor mother would not have an arrest record and have to deal with child protective services forever. If the caller was so concerned they could have stayed with the car until the mother came out and spoken to her. This country has been turned into a nanny state, a bunch of do gooders that does one thing very well and that is watch each other. While you are busy doing that the bureaucrats are robbing you blind.

• Anonymous

  I’ll give ya a “what if” what if the nosy SOB that called the police had minded their own business.
  Nothing would have happened and the poor mother would not have an arrest record and have to deal with child protective services forever. If the caller was so concerned they could have stayed with the car until the mother came out and spoken to her. This country has been turned into a nanny state, a bunch of do gooders that does one thing very well and that is watch each other. While you are busy doing that the bureaucrats are robbing you blind.

• Anonymous

  I’ll give ya a “what if” what if the nosy SOB that called the police had minded their own business.
  Nothing would have happened and the poor mother would not have an arrest record and have to deal with child protective services forever. If the caller was so concerned they could have stayed with the car until the mother came out and spoken to her. This country has been turned into a nanny state, a bunch of do gooders that does one thing very well and that is watch each other. While you are busy doing that the bureaucrats are robbing you blind.

• Anonymous

  I’ll give ya a “what if” what if the nosy SOB that called the police had minded their own business.
  Nothing would have happened and the poor mother would not have an arrest record and have to deal with child protective services forever. If the caller was so concerned they could have stayed with the car until the mother came out and spoken to her. This country has been turned into a nanny state, a bunch of do gooders that does one thing very well and that is watch each other. While you are busy doing that the bureaucrats are robbing you blind.

• AionNV

  I’m so afraid I’ll be struck by a meteor !

• Anonymous

  I reread it and no place in the article did it say the 7 year old was average, also is Uncle Chester in Hannaford’s because if hes not the mother should quit being lazy and take her children in with her.

• Anonymous

  as a former 7 year old boy, leaving 7 year olds in running automobiles is asking for trouble.  i was left in a vehicle alone once. ONCE. seems my mom didn’t appreciate my driving skills. i only drove about 20 ft in reverse, and stopped when i hit the car behind me. it’s what little boys (and rarely) girls do. don’t hate the players hate the game….

• Anonymous

  girls are smarter than boys….

• Anonymous

  girls are smarter than boys….

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• AionNV

  You don’t know that.  My car can run without keys int he ignition, and it’s not going anywhere.

  And yes, at 7 I was changing diapers and burping my sisters.

• Anonymous

  Me, too. Or suppose there was an earthquake while she was in the store and the car fell down into a crack in the earth. What if a crazed ax murderer had come by and decided to chop his way into the car. What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage. 

  Hey, what planet do we still live on anymore?

• Anonymous

  Me, too. Or suppose there was an earthquake while she was in the store and the car fell down into a crack in the earth. What if a crazed ax murderer had come by and decided to chop his way into the car. What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage. 

  Hey, what planet do we still live on anymore?

• Anonymous

  Me, too. Or suppose there was an earthquake while she was in the store and the car fell down into a crack in the earth. What if a crazed ax murderer had come by and decided to chop his way into the car. What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage. 

  Hey, what planet do we still live on anymore?

• Anonymous

  Me, too. Or suppose there was an earthquake while she was in the store and the car fell down into a crack in the earth. What if a crazed ax murderer had come by and decided to chop his way into the car. What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage. 

  Hey, what planet do we still live on anymore?

• Anonymous

  Me, too. Or suppose there was an earthquake while she was in the store and the car fell down into a crack in the earth. What if a crazed ax murderer had come by and decided to chop his way into the car. What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage. 

  Hey, what planet do we still live on anymore?

• Anonymous

  I would have no problem leaving an 11 in a car alone, but not with the car running.  A 3 month old should never, ever, be left alone in a car with a 7 year old.  The fact that the car was running makes it even worse.  Seven year olds, even the most mature ones, lack impulse control. All it would take would be for the seven year old to get behind the wheel and innocently pretend to drive the car, and accidently through it into gear.  Very bad judgement on the part of the mother.

• Anonymous

  I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt, she knows her kids better than any of us do and she may have only gone in to return a movie. 

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  oh so now we are assuming this car was standard? 

• Anonymous

  I’ve been to the Hannaford in Rockland.  You cannot keep an eye on your car at all times and go into the store. This was definitely endangerment.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  pretty sweet to see an 87 datsun with working ac in maine

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  oh my heavens ! Gozdilla is going to attack !!!!!!!!!!!           lol nice post :D

• Anonymous

  If a parent was arrestd for child endangerment the police would be calling us. Truth hits hard…

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  What if the car has a defect and catches fire. Who will get the kids out? What if the A/C failed? You should not have any kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  Remember the lady and her daughter that went into Home Depot last year and left the two dogs in the car ? The car was running with the AC on and then it stalled…killing both dogs. Stated they were in there about 20 minutes. For these children , the time it took someone to notice, wait a bit, call police and have them arrive…there was nothing that important in Hannnaford at that time that could not have waited until the children were not with her or were better supervised. Yes, there are times when you can leve your kids for a brief moment…people who say they would not are fooling themselves…but this was not one of those time.

• Anonymous

  It amazes me how many people are defending this poor excuse of a mother. Sad…

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Perhaps we shouldn’t judge..? Hm. That’s what the arrest is for-so she WILL see a judge. If something had happened, most of you “nanny state” complainers would be the first to crab about her. There do have to be some blanket laws when the welfare of a kid is concerned…she will see they judge and THEY will hear the facts of the case. There WILL be an investigation. They will discern how serious the situation really is, and deal with it. The lesson we should all take from this is: don’t do this.

  Note: The average 7-yr old is in K-1st grade. If their parents are really entitled, lazy, careless-whatever your complaint, you really think this kid is going to be able to do a lot better? And…hello. A 7-yr old can LEAVE the locked car. By himself, wandering around. Don’t think they wouldn’t. You’ld be the first to scream irresponsible if someone mowed shorty down in the parking lot because the couldn’t see him as they backed out of a spot. Screw the “odds” game…it happens, so don’t tempt fate with a kids life. You want to mess with your own, fine. Don’t mess with a kids.

• Anonymous

  Monday was the 12th of the month!!! i’m sure she was probably spending her foodstamps, and a cart full of groceries takes awhile to fill!!!

• Anonymous

  Monday was the 12th of the month!!! i’m sure she was probably spending her foodstamps, and a cart full of groceries takes awhile to fill!!!

• Anonymous

  Monday was the 12th of the month!!! i’m sure she was probably spending her foodstamps, and a cart full of groceries takes awhile to fill!!!

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  When I was 7-8, my parents left me in the car while they picked up the dry cleaning. First thing I did was get into the driver seat and put the car in reverse. All I know is I’m glad the phone pole was there making it a short trip.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• Anonymous

  This is exactly what I was thinking.

  I would have waited to see if the parent came out of the store within a few minutes then attempted to locate her, got the attention of the store manager, had her paged…. before I called the cops.

• HowdyNeighbor

   Just like a car thief. Anybody can buy Slim Jim and it takes just a second to get in. Even a coat hanger works on some older cars. I can’t believe you even asked that question…

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  I would also like to say, without knowing all the information and not being the police officer that arrived on the scene, only going by this article I don’t think she should have been arrested. A citation to appear in court would have been as hard hitting.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  I would also like to say, without knowing all the information and not being the police officer that arrived on the scene, only going by this article I don’t think she should have been arrested. A citation to appear in court would have been as hard hitting.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  I would also like to say, without knowing all the information and not being the police officer that arrived on the scene, only going by this article I don’t think she should have been arrested. A citation to appear in court would have been as hard hitting.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  I would also like to say, without knowing all the information and not being the police officer that arrived on the scene, only going by this article I don’t think she should have been arrested. A citation to appear in court would have been as hard hitting.

• Anonymous

  What a knucklehead!

• Anonymous

  “Investigating police found that a 3-month-old baby and a 7-year-old child were in a locked car that had the air conditioning left on, he said.” The police FOUND them in the vehicle. Obviously, the police wouldn’t just go see them and leave them there. I’m sure police have more common sense then that and they stayed with the children until the mother came out.

• Anonymous

  “Investigating police found that a 3-month-old baby and a 7-year-old child were in a locked car that had the air conditioning left on, he said.” The police FOUND them in the vehicle. Obviously, the police wouldn’t just go see them and leave them there. I’m sure police have more common sense then that and they stayed with the children until the mother came out.

• Anonymous

  “Investigating police found that a 3-month-old baby and a 7-year-old child were in a locked car that had the air conditioning left on, he said.” The police FOUND them in the vehicle. Obviously, the police wouldn’t just go see them and leave them there. I’m sure police have more common sense then that and they stayed with the children until the mother came out.

• Anonymous

  What if the car is parked in your garage and catches fire overnight and burns your house flat?  And I agree people should have to get a license to procreate – but I also think there’s a certain amount of parenting that should be left up to the parents.  I live in a small town, and I can leave my child in the car and run into the store with no worries.  Would I do this the next town over, or in Bangor?  Not a chance.  It’s a matter of personal judgement – my child is well behaved, responsible, and is smart enough to keep the windows down in hot weather.  If I had any fear at all about leaving him somewhere, I wouldn’t do it.

  And the fact that 52 people liked that statement just goes to show people are sick and tired of everyone else imposing their will and judgment on them.  Your broad generalizations and quick judgements fail to take into account all aspects of a situation.  Does that mean you should not have children?

• Anonymous

  What if the car is parked in your garage and catches fire overnight and burns your house flat?  And I agree people should have to get a license to procreate – but I also think there’s a certain amount of parenting that should be left up to the parents.  I live in a small town, and I can leave my child in the car and run into the store with no worries.  Would I do this the next town over, or in Bangor?  Not a chance.  It’s a matter of personal judgement – my child is well behaved, responsible, and is smart enough to keep the windows down in hot weather.  If I had any fear at all about leaving him somewhere, I wouldn’t do it.

  And the fact that 52 people liked that statement just goes to show people are sick and tired of everyone else imposing their will and judgment on them.  Your broad generalizations and quick judgements fail to take into account all aspects of a situation.  Does that mean you should not have children?

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  I agree with you when you say the 7 year old is too young to be left in charge of the infant. NO CHILD should be left alone in a running vehicle regardless unless they’re old enough to drive. However, when you say, “I know it can be a hassle shopping with children”, it makes me very angry. If, for once, someone thinks their child is a hassle, maybe they shouldn’t have their children and they don’t deserve to be parents. Children, no matter how they behave, are NOT a hassle. Yes, kiddos can be challenging sometimes, but they’re children. I have 4 children and never once have I thought of them as a hassle and considered leaving them in the car, not even my 11 year old. I will take all 4 in shopping with me each and every time I go because I am their mother and it’s MY RESPONSIBILITY to be a parent and make sure they’re safe.  Period.

• Anonymous

  you ever use one of them slim jims? some vehicles are near impossible to break into. the point is that now days, every do gooder thinks they know better, when its the parents job to take care of their children. to bad they all think they’re the authority on parenting. why this country is turning to shi—- too many people think they need to tell everyone else how to live their lives.

• Anonymous

  you ever use one of them slim jims? some vehicles are near impossible to break into. the point is that now days, every do gooder thinks they know better, when its the parents job to take care of their children. to bad they all think they’re the authority on parenting. why this country is turning to shi—- too many people think they need to tell everyone else how to live their lives.

• Anonymous

  Why the hell would you leave a child in a running car?  And in response to Howdy – you are statistically more likely to kill your child in a moving motor vehicle than in a parked one.  Are you going to stay home now?

• Anonymous

  Why the hell would you leave a child in a running car?  And in response to Howdy – you are statistically more likely to kill your child in a moving motor vehicle than in a parked one.  Are you going to stay home now?

• Anonymous

  Why the hell would you leave a child in a running car?  And in response to Howdy – you are statistically more likely to kill your child in a moving motor vehicle than in a parked one.  Are you going to stay home now?

• Anonymous

  Why the hell would you leave a child in a running car?  And in response to Howdy – you are statistically more likely to kill your child in a moving motor vehicle than in a parked one.  Are you going to stay home now?

• Anonymous

  Why the hell would you leave a child in a running car?  And in response to Howdy – you are statistically more likely to kill your child in a moving motor vehicle than in a parked one.  Are you going to stay home now?

• Anonymous

  One thing to remember is that in cars with remote start you can keep the car running with the a/c on and the car cannot be put into gear since there is no key in the ignition.  If this were the case there was no danger of the child getting into the drivers seat and crashing the car.   I think many people are way too quick to judge without knowing all of the facts. 

  I am not sure if this woman is guilty of anything and I never will be, as I do not have all of the necessary info, but apparently all of you who make these ridiculous comments have done your research and know all of the facts. 

• Anonymous

  One thing to remember is that in cars with remote start you can keep the car running with the a/c on and the car cannot be put into gear since there is no key in the ignition.  If this were the case there was no danger of the child getting into the drivers seat and crashing the car.   I think many people are way too quick to judge without knowing all of the facts. 

  I am not sure if this woman is guilty of anything and I never will be, as I do not have all of the necessary info, but apparently all of you who make these ridiculous comments have done your research and know all of the facts. 

• Anonymous

  I’d just like to know… since when is ANY pharmacy located inside a store so you would be able to see children in a vehicle outside?? I’ve been to a lot of states and a lot of pharmacies. Never once have I seen the counters for picking up meds anywhere but the back of the store. Hmmmm.

• Anonymous

  I’d just like to know… since when is ANY pharmacy located inside a store so you would be able to see children in a vehicle outside?? I’ve been to a lot of states and a lot of pharmacies. Never once have I seen the counters for picking up meds anywhere but the back of the store. Hmmmm.

• Anonymous

  I’d just like to know… since when is ANY pharmacy located inside a store so you would be able to see children in a vehicle outside?? I’ve been to a lot of states and a lot of pharmacies. Never once have I seen the counters for picking up meds anywhere but the back of the store. Hmmmm.

• Anonymous

  My mom told me she couldn’t leave my younger brother, 14 almost 15 yrs old, in the car with the keys because that’s illegal.
  It was very hot this week, she really shouldn’t have left them whatever the weather though. At that age, they can’t exactly say “hey, you aren’t my mom!”

• Anonymous

  You lost you’re right to privacy, therefore open to judgement, the minute you expressed your opinion in the public domain.  

• Anonymous

  You lost you’re right to privacy, therefore open to judgement, the minute you expressed your opinion in the public domain.  

• Anonymous

  You lost you’re right to privacy, therefore open to judgement, the minute you expressed your opinion in the public domain.  

• Anonymous

  You lost you’re right to privacy, therefore open to judgement, the minute you expressed your opinion in the public domain.  

• Anonymous

  Point well taken :)

• Anonymous

  Point well taken :)

• Anonymous

  Point well taken :)

• Anonymous

  Funny how you know the date that people get foodstamps…hmm…

• Anonymous

  I don’t hear many people defending her. The ones who aren’t attacking her are saying that we don’t know all the details and that parents should have a reasonable amount of decision making authority in regards to their own children.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  I am sure back when you were 7 or 8 . safety interlocks weren’t standard features on vehicles.  you can’t just put a vehicle is gear now adays. and i do not know any 7-8 year olds that can step on the brake and operate the shift lever at the same time.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  I am sure back when you were 7 or 8 . safety interlocks weren’t standard features on vehicles.  you can’t just put a vehicle is gear now adays. and i do not know any 7-8 year olds that can step on the brake and operate the shift lever at the same time.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  I am sure back when you were 7 or 8 . safety interlocks weren’t standard features on vehicles.  you can’t just put a vehicle is gear now adays. and i do not know any 7-8 year olds that can step on the brake and operate the shift lever at the same time.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  I am sure back when you were 7 or 8 . safety interlocks weren’t standard features on vehicles.  you can’t just put a vehicle is gear now adays. and i do not know any 7-8 year olds that can step on the brake and operate the shift lever at the same time.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  I am sure back when you were 7 or 8 . safety interlocks weren’t standard features on vehicles.  you can’t just put a vehicle is gear now adays. and i do not know any 7-8 year olds that can step on the brake and operate the shift lever at the same time.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512104869 Roy Blenkhorn

  Hopefully the average 7 year old is going to be entering 3rd grade considering 5 year old are in kindergarden

• Anonymous

   Seven year olds, even the most mature ones, lack impulse control. All it would take would be for the seven year old to get behind the wheel and innocently pretend to drive the car, and accidently through it into gear. 
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  unless the 7 year old can reach AND push down on the brake pedal (or the clutch and brake/gas pedal in a standard) he/she CAN’T “accidentally throw it into gear”.  It’s a safetymechanism built into cars—go outside and try to put your car in gear without pushing down the brake pedal….

• Anonymous

  no they have brakes.

• Anonymous

  no they have brakes.

• Anonymous

  no they have brakes.

• Anonymous

  no they have brakes.

• Anonymous

  In a fairly modern car, you are absolutely correct. However, the story didn’t identify the type of car. Could be an ’87 Datsun for all we know.     
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  then the kid would have to reach and press the clutch and brake/gas pedal at the same time as he/she put it in gear.  I know adults who aren’t that coordinated! lol

• Anonymous

  In a fairly modern car, you are absolutely correct. However, the story didn’t identify the type of car. Could be an ’87 Datsun for all we know.     
  ********************************
  then the kid would have to reach and press the clutch and brake/gas pedal at the same time as he/she put it in gear.  I know adults who aren’t that coordinated! lol

• Anonymous

  In a fairly modern car, you are absolutely correct. However, the story didn’t identify the type of car. Could be an ’87 Datsun for all we know.     
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  then the kid would have to reach and press the clutch and brake/gas pedal at the same time as he/she put it in gear.  I know adults who aren’t that coordinated! lol

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Why would you leave a car running all night in a garage? Kinda an odd thing for you to do. Smart people wouldn’t do that, so the car could not catch fire. Some people are not smart enough to have kids. If you leave a small child in a running car unattended for convenience sake you should have your kids taken away. 52 people may have “liked” your comment, but 2000 people that read your comment did not like it. Again, som people are not smart enough to have children.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Why would you leave a car running all night in a garage? Kinda an odd thing for you to do. Smart people wouldn’t do that, so the car could not catch fire. Some people are not smart enough to have kids. If you leave a small child in a running car unattended for convenience sake you should have your kids taken away. 52 people may have “liked” your comment, but 2000 people that read your comment did not like it. Again, som people are not smart enough to have children.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Why would you leave a car running all night in a garage? Kinda an odd thing for you to do. Smart people wouldn’t do that, so the car could not catch fire. Some people are not smart enough to have kids. If you leave a small child in a running car unattended for convenience sake you should have your kids taken away. 52 people may have “liked” your comment, but 2000 people that read your comment did not like it. Again, som people are not smart enough to have children.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Why would you leave a car running all night in a garage? Kinda an odd thing for you to do. Smart people wouldn’t do that, so the car could not catch fire. Some people are not smart enough to have kids. If you leave a small child in a running car unattended for convenience sake you should have your kids taken away. 52 people may have “liked” your comment, but 2000 people that read your comment did not like it. Again, som people are not smart enough to have children.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Why would you leave a car running all night in a garage? Kinda an odd thing for you to do. Smart people wouldn’t do that, so the car could not catch fire. Some people are not smart enough to have kids. If you leave a small child in a running car unattended for convenience sake you should have your kids taken away. 52 people may have “liked” your comment, but 2000 people that read your comment did not like it. Again, som people are not smart enough to have children.

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• Anonymous

  About 30 years ago, my best friend had the first “remote start” style car.  She drove a 1972 Chevy Impala—it was as big as a tank—and she could start the car with the key, then take the key out of the ignition without shutting it off.  It was pretty cool—and it came in handy when the starter began acting up!  Lots of fun times in that car—until we were driving down the street one night and the universal joint fell off….

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Have you ever seen a running car catch fire. Several every summer catch fire in Maine. Why would you chance it. Ask your local fire department. Portland will tell you they have several a year.

• Anonymous

  yeah i work in retail and we have to add extra staff to accomidate foodstamp week usually anywhere from the 8th to the 14th and no i don’t recieve foodstamps!!!! Just go in the store to buy a box of cereal that week and you’ll see the shelves are bear!!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EC2LG45C6UPVCBEVNLKOGYR3FA Moshe Jakob

  And yet it’s legal to allow your 7 year old to roam the streets of your town or city alone.  An 8 or 9 year old boy in Brooklyn was murdered and dismembered the other day b/c he was allowed to walk 7 or 8 blocks from day camp to meet his mother (he got lost and never made it).  No charges will be filed against the parents.  Had he been left in a car while the parents ran in for a carton of milk however, they’d be in jail.  Bizarre.

• Anonymous

  LePage most likely will approve of this, Puts a locksmith to work. LOL

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  In Maine, you must be 5 by Oct.15 to enter K. Otherwise, you have to wait until you are 6. Therefore, most 7 yr olds are in K or 1. SOME may be 5, but not too many.
   

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Some people are not smart enough to have children. How about break the window.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Some people are not smart enough to have children. How about break the window.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Again, not our call. It’s a judges’ call. If that’s the case, they dismiss at times. Depends on the history.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Again, not our call. It’s a judges’ call. If that’s the case, they dismiss at times. Depends on the history.

• Anonymous

  Just like a car thief. Anybody can buy Slim Jim and it takes just a second to get in.
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  …and car thieves operate at night, not in plain view of witnesses or cameras….

• Anonymous

  Just like a car thief. Anybody can buy Slim Jim and it takes just a second to get in.
  ***********************************************
  …and car thieves operate at night, not in plain view of witnesses or cameras….

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  This woman also lost hers, when she left her kids alone in public.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  This woman also lost hers, when she left her kids alone in public.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  This woman also lost hers, when she left her kids alone in public.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Wasn’t there a woman in a major city…can’t remember which one…who got in trouble for letting her young son ride home on the subway by himself? That may be different from state to state. I wish I could remember the city. I almost think it was NY.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Wasn’t there a woman in a major city…can’t remember which one…who got in trouble for letting her young son ride home on the subway by himself? That may be different from state to state. I wish I could remember the city. I almost think it was NY.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Wasn’t there a woman in a major city…can’t remember which one…who got in trouble for letting her young son ride home on the subway by himself? That may be different from state to state. I wish I could remember the city. I almost think it was NY.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1419974045 Nicole Foster

  Wasn’t there a woman in a major city…can’t remember which one…who got in trouble for letting her young son ride home on the subway by himself? That may be different from state to state. I wish I could remember the city. I almost think it was NY.

• Anonymous

  My thought:  My sister has a 12 year old and she can’t imagine having her get off the bus and being home alone with her younger sisters, she is not mature enough.  And she is right, the funny thing is my sister and I were “latch key” kids in the 80′s,  starting when I was 11 and she 12.  Different times my friend, different times.  7 is too young too take care of an infant, but the State shouldn’t have to tell me, because the parent should know better.

• Anonymous

  Remember the lady and her daughter that went into Home Depot last year and left the two dogs in the car ? The car was running with the AC on and then it stalled…killing both dogs. Stated they were in there about 20 minutes.
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  um,no I don’t remember the story—maybe you could post a link so we can verify this “20 minute instant dog death”.

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  For these children , the time it took someone to notice, wait a bit, call police and have them arrive…there was nothing that important in Hannnaford at that time that could not have waited until the children were not with her
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  …and if this “witness” saw the mom leaving the kids in the car and called the police immediately, and the police were just across the street at Dunkin’ Donuts and arrived there a minute later…..

  if the kids were left in the car for half an hour while mom was filling her cart—yeah, that’s bad…but if she was parked in the 15-minute Pharmacy Parking space for five minutes while picking up a ‘scrip for the infant…..nothing wrong with that. (just in case you are wondering—yes, I’ve raised my own, all the way to adulthood, and left them alone in the car for several minutes)

• Anonymous

  Article lacks how long the children were left in the car, it happens some children are left int heir car for a few minutes, some people need to mind their own business, I am sure someone drove by saw the kids in the car and grabbed their cell phone to call the cops.  

• MARINE73

  No, no, no, you NEVER leave a child or children alone in a car under any circumstances, not even for a few minutes!  Do you know how long it takes a car thief to break into a car?  If the engine is running, they know the keys are in there!  Do you think they care about your children?  Please, chrisl1977, don’t  bring your 11 year old unless he can go into the store with you.   

• MARINE73

  No, no, no, you NEVER leave a child or children alone in a car under any circumstances, not even for a few minutes!  Do you know how long it takes a car thief to break into a car?  If the engine is running, they know the keys are in there!  Do you think they care about your children?  Please, chrisl1977, don’t  bring your 11 year old unless he can go into the store with you.   

• MARINE73

  No, no, no, you NEVER leave a child or children alone in a car under any circumstances, not even for a few minutes!  Do you know how long it takes a car thief to break into a car?  If the engine is running, they know the keys are in there!  Do you think they care about your children?  Please, chrisl1977, don’t  bring your 11 year old unless he can go into the store with you.   

• Anonymous

  maybe she had it on remote start, and the second the brake or shifter is touched it shuts off…just saying…not saying she was right to do that.

• Anonymous

  maybe she had it on remote start, and the second the brake or shifter is touched it shuts off…just saying…not saying she was right to do that.

• DonHorchKingofMen

  Huh????

• DonHorchKingofMen

  Huh????

• Anonymous

  if she was simply running inside to pay for her gas and she could see them the whole time then it’s no problem at all.  but if they were out of her view and she was in there for any extended period of time then it’s definitely an issue. 

• Anonymous

  if she was simply running inside to pay for her gas and she could see them the whole time then it’s no problem at all.  but if they were out of her view and she was in there for any extended period of time then it’s definitely an issue. 

• Anonymous

  if she was simply running inside to pay for her gas and she could see them the whole time then it’s no problem at all.  but if they were out of her view and she was in there for any extended period of time then it’s definitely an issue. 

• Anonymous

  if she was simply running inside to pay for her gas and she could see them the whole time then it’s no problem at all.  but if they were out of her view and she was in there for any extended period of time then it’s definitely an issue. 

• Anonymous

  Actually, you can pull the clutch in a parked standard out of gear into neutral without pushing the clutch.

• Anonymous

  11 year old?  For goodness sake, are you saying an 11 year old can’t sit in a car?  I was babysitting at 10!!  Definitely a 7 year old and infant shouldn’t be alone in a car, but 11 – come on Marine….

• Anonymous

  11 year old?  For goodness sake, are you saying an 11 year old can’t sit in a car?  I was babysitting at 10!!  Definitely a 7 year old and infant shouldn’t be alone in a car, but 11 – come on Marine….

• Anonymous

  11 year old?  For goodness sake, are you saying an 11 year old can’t sit in a car?  I was babysitting at 10!!  Definitely a 7 year old and infant shouldn’t be alone in a car, but 11 – come on Marine….

• Anonymous

  11 year old?  For goodness sake, are you saying an 11 year old can’t sit in a car?  I was babysitting at 10!!  Definitely a 7 year old and infant shouldn’t be alone in a car, but 11 – come on Marine….

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Marshall-Jr/100000973548036 Larry Marshall Jr

  I think what some of you more reasonable folks are missing is that  even if the Judge does not convict, DHHS will be forever  in her life, up her arse  day in day out,FOREVER.  What if she could see the car at all times? What if  the car was equipped with  a remote starter that will not let the transmission engage. what if..what if ..what if one of a thousand different scenarios  took place and this mother was certain of her children’s well being  and  other  reasonable persons might agree . She will still  have a social worker type  ,wielding more power and control than a State Trooper could bring to bear ,in her life for a long while.. All because some asshat ,know it all  had a bad spell with a cell phone handy
          Or she could be  some Methadone Mommy who needs to be locked up, Who knows.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Marshall-Jr/100000973548036 Larry Marshall Jr

  I think what some of you more reasonable folks are missing is that  even if the Judge does not convict, DHHS will be forever  in her life, up her arse  day in day out,FOREVER.  What if she could see the car at all times? What if  the car was equipped with  a remote starter that will not let the transmission engage. what if..what if ..what if one of a thousand different scenarios  took place and this mother was certain of her children’s well being  and  other  reasonable persons might agree . She will still  have a social worker type  ,wielding more power and control than a State Trooper could bring to bear ,in her life for a long while.. All because some asshat ,know it all  had a bad spell with a cell phone handy
          Or she could be  some Methadone Mommy who needs to be locked up, Who knows.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Marshall-Jr/100000973548036 Larry Marshall Jr

  I think what some of you more reasonable folks are missing is that  even if the Judge does not convict, DHHS will be forever  in her life, up her arse  day in day out,FOREVER.  What if she could see the car at all times? What if  the car was equipped with  a remote starter that will not let the transmission engage. what if..what if ..what if one of a thousand different scenarios  took place and this mother was certain of her children’s well being  and  other  reasonable persons might agree . She will still  have a social worker type  ,wielding more power and control than a State Trooper could bring to bear ,in her life for a long while.. All because some asshat ,know it all  had a bad spell with a cell phone handy
          Or she could be  some Methadone Mommy who needs to be locked up, Who knows.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Marshall-Jr/100000973548036 Larry Marshall Jr

  I think what some of you more reasonable folks are missing is that  even if the Judge does not convict, DHHS will be forever  in her life, up her arse  day in day out,FOREVER.  What if she could see the car at all times? What if  the car was equipped with  a remote starter that will not let the transmission engage. what if..what if ..what if one of a thousand different scenarios  took place and this mother was certain of her children’s well being  and  other  reasonable persons might agree . She will still  have a social worker type  ,wielding more power and control than a State Trooper could bring to bear ,in her life for a long while.. All because some asshat ,know it all  had a bad spell with a cell phone handy
          Or she could be  some Methadone Mommy who needs to be locked up, Who knows.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Marshall-Jr/100000973548036 Larry Marshall Jr

  I think what some of you more reasonable folks are missing is that  even if the Judge does not convict, DHHS will be forever  in her life, up her arse  day in day out,FOREVER.  What if she could see the car at all times? What if  the car was equipped with  a remote starter that will not let the transmission engage. what if..what if ..what if one of a thousand different scenarios  took place and this mother was certain of her children’s well being  and  other  reasonable persons might agree . She will still  have a social worker type  ,wielding more power and control than a State Trooper could bring to bear ,in her life for a long while.. All because some asshat ,know it all  had a bad spell with a cell phone handy
          Or she could be  some Methadone Mommy who needs to be locked up, Who knows.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  Again, NONE are in Kindergarten…. and I have a HUGE HUGE family with tons of kids and only one has been 7 in first grade…. but at the end of the school year – like NOW… that 7 year old was awaiting the 2nd grade.

• Anonymous

  The old pharmacy in brewer had the “pick up” right at the front – with HUGE windows right there…… there’s one….

• Anonymous

  so is casey anthony, but her story is just starting

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  Dude, stitcher said “to pay for gas”… as in 20 feet away… car in sight.. gone 1.5 minutes… really… the air will stop…. stranger steals a locked car…. really…. while paying for gas…..   I never left my kids in a car, but geesh… back off…..

• Anonymous

  It doesn’t say he isn’t average either. If you knew anything about child development you’d know that age seven is considered the “age of reason,” when most kids make a critical leap  in thinking and brain development to be able to sit in a car for a few minutes while mom goes in the store. I trust GM or Ford more than uncle Chester to mind the kids safely unattended with air conditioner on and car running.  You were never a parent were you? Because if you were you wouldn’t think like such a clueless dolt.

• Anonymous

  It doesn’t say he isn’t average either. If you knew anything about child development you’d know that age seven is considered the “age of reason,” when most kids make a critical leap  in thinking and brain development to be able to sit in a car for a few minutes while mom goes in the store. I trust GM or Ford more than uncle Chester to mind the kids safely unattended with air conditioner on and car running.  You were never a parent were you? Because if you were you wouldn’t think like such a clueless dolt.

• Anonymous

  Three years ago I had to run into hannaford.  My son was in the back seat.  He was 12.5.  He is short for his age, but nobody can tell that when he is sitting down.  Some old sea hag rapped on the window and yelled until he rolled the window down- she wanted to know how old he was so she could “report his mom” for leaving him there.

  I came back in moments, got in the car, and my son told me what happened and pointed to the lady who was just walking into the store.  I got out and had a word with her.  How dare she rap on the window and engage an unknown child like that?  I have taught my kids NOT to talk to strangers, but he felt like he “had to” open the window because she wouldn’t stop.  I gave her an ear full — sea hag.

  That is nothing like this, but I just remembered that day and felt like venting.  7 is too young – but I am trying not to judge – after all, I was prejudged and that hag was completely wrong.

• Anonymous

  Three years ago I had to run into hannaford.  My son was in the back seat.  He was 12.5.  He is short for his age, but nobody can tell that when he is sitting down.  Some old sea hag rapped on the window and yelled until he rolled the window down- she wanted to know how old he was so she could “report his mom” for leaving him there.

  I came back in moments, got in the car, and my son told me what happened and pointed to the lady who was just walking into the store.  I got out and had a word with her.  How dare she rap on the window and engage an unknown child like that?  I have taught my kids NOT to talk to strangers, but he felt like he “had to” open the window because she wouldn’t stop.  I gave her an ear full — sea hag.

  That is nothing like this, but I just remembered that day and felt like venting.  7 is too young – but I am trying not to judge – after all, I was prejudged and that hag was completely wrong.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  Your first statement wanting a link, Google it. The point of mentioning it was not the time but the fact the car stalled and shut off the AC, killing the dogs. As for these children I feel that was the biggest danger to them , then the possibility the 7 year old may put the car in gear. As for the rest of your comment I guess I don’t know how to answer that. Did you read the story somewhere else with more detail or are you just trolling ? Does it say somewhere the witness watched the mother walk away as opposed to happening upon the children when they arrived at the store or came out/by ? You are assuming the police were already near by ? As for you leaving your kids in the car for several minutes at time, well I didn’t. I maybe ran to the mail box out side the post office or ran in to pay for gas but no, not out of site. If I was going in some place they came with me. As I said I don’t believe she should have been arrested but it was wrong if it is how the story reads…I have learned though that the paper is not often the best source for the whole story.

• Anonymous

  Dumbarse.

• Anonymous

  How is it endangerment when there is no law stating an exact age that a child is “old enough” to be left alone?

• Anonymous

  BS

• Anonymous

  So cars only catch fire while running? Never heard of electrical fires?

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  This is a double edged sword. If a child died in a car then people would be saying why didn’t anyone intervene or help.

• http://www.facebook.com/stacey.thurston.mclaughlin Stacey Thurston Mclaughlin

  This is a double edged sword. If a child died in a car then people would be saying why didn’t anyone intervene or help.

• Anonymous

  Holy sh*t the majority of people commenting on here about what could happen in a case like this and on and on, you really are the ones who shouldn’t breed because you clearly have no critical thinking skills whatsoever which means there will just be more stupid people commenting.  Seriously, the AC could stop running, the 7 yr old is going to shift the car into park, a stranger is going to break in and steal not just the car, but the kids too.  Wow.  A smarter question “how did she plan on getting back into the locked, running car when remote entry systems won’t work if the car is running, and the majority of vehicles no longer have keyholes” apparently the 7 yr old was going to let her in.  I was smart enough at 7 to sooth the infant and wait for my mother and unlock the door for her when she came out:)

• Anonymous

  Holy sh*t the majority of people commenting on here about what could happen in a case like this and on and on, you really are the ones who shouldn’t breed because you clearly have no critical thinking skills whatsoever which means there will just be more stupid people commenting.  Seriously, the AC could stop running, the 7 yr old is going to shift the car into park, a stranger is going to break in and steal not just the car, but the kids too.  Wow.  A smarter question “how did she plan on getting back into the locked, running car when remote entry systems won’t work if the car is running, and the majority of vehicles no longer have keyholes” apparently the 7 yr old was going to let her in.  I was smart enough at 7 to sooth the infant and wait for my mother and unlock the door for her when she came out:)

• Anonymous

  Holy sh*t the majority of people commenting on here about what could happen in a case like this and on and on, you really are the ones who shouldn’t breed because you clearly have no critical thinking skills whatsoever which means there will just be more stupid people commenting.  Seriously, the AC could stop running, the 7 yr old is going to shift the car into park, a stranger is going to break in and steal not just the car, but the kids too.  Wow.  A smarter question “how did she plan on getting back into the locked, running car when remote entry systems won’t work if the car is running, and the majority of vehicles no longer have keyholes” apparently the 7 yr old was going to let her in.  I was smart enough at 7 to sooth the infant and wait for my mother and unlock the door for her when she came out:)

• Anonymous

  Chris, I wouldn’t leave my child in a running car.  I’m simply pointing out that Stitcher is saying that there are times when the child can be left alone in the car.  Stitcher failed to realize that this is a locked, running car.  The child can put it in drive and even the best intentioned person couldn’t stop it without causing danger to the children or other people. For example, busting a window to get in or using another car to stop it. 

• Anonymous

  That’s right, don’t take them into the public eye. keep them at home in their cages and you have nothing to worry about.

• Anonymous

  i hear ya, but i have a friend whose 4 yr daughter managed to get mom’s minivan in gear, and smashed momma’s legs between the van and the car port wall.  my friend was in two casts for months.  will she ever leave her kid in the car, even for a minute?  i doubt it.

• Anonymous

  HowdyNeighbor keeps his 7 year-old strapped to his back at all times, wrapped in a bullet-proof snuggie. 

• Anonymous

  my car goes in to drive from park…. 1980 plymouth champ!

• Anonymous

  my car goes in to drive from park…. 1980 plymouth champ!

• Anonymous

  my car goes in to drive from park…. 1980 plymouth champ!

• Anonymous

  my car goes in to drive from park…. 1980 plymouth champ!

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  To be fair (not that that’s fashionable around here, but), a vehicle doesn’t have to be running to catch fire.  All it has to have is an electrical system, which, I think you’ll find, most automobiles have these days.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  To be fair (not that that’s fashionable around here, but), a vehicle doesn’t have to be running to catch fire.  All it has to have is an electrical system, which, I think you’ll find, most automobiles have these days.

• Anonymous

  The 7 year-old could have rebuilt the engine and changed the oil too but it is highly unlikely. 

• Anonymous

  Time to give DHHS a call!

• Anonymous

  you shouldn’t have been texting

• Anonymous

  you shouldn’t have been texting

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  Everybody’s assuming nearly everything in this comment stream.  It’s the National Association for the Making of Assumptions in here.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  Oh, sure, that’s a spectacular idea.  Google “dead dogs in car”.  What’s the worst that could happen? :)

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  “What if Godzilla climbed out of Rockland harbor and went on a rampage.”

  That would be, beyond any shadow of doubt or argument, the greatest thing ever to happen in Rockland or, indeed, anywhere on the coast of New England.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  so god forbid the store got robbed or the parent got hurt or in some trouble who would know that her 3 month old and 7 year old were in the car alone… she could of been rushed to jail or hospitol… how long would the 7 year old wait in the car reguardless of the parent instruction and then who knows what kind nice child molseter would of offer the child a ride to find his parent of just grab them and go… oh wait the 3 month old is in the car still  can call help when the car ran out of gas and the brain started to fry! what do i know im not judging you or them… but wake up who would leave a 3 month old in a car in for even a second, it could of choked! oh wait the 7 year old genius can do cpr BAD JUDGEMENT CALL!! I’m sure the police, (when the parent ran in the Hannafords to pay for gas…) were just sittting in the parking lot waiting for them to do this. Anytime I called the police it would take minimum of 30 mins for them to show up prob longer, so picking up her small amount of items.

• Anonymous

  I have raised 5 kids and I have a very reasonable clue on child development from school and real life. At least ask yourself this before you pretend to know anything about me or child development. If the 3 month old started to choke can the 7 year old save her, would she know what to do and how long to find her mom in the store with the baby alone in the car? Also from your comments I am to assume you or someone you know was molested and that is a very sad situation. But to claim that a car can watch a child better than a responsible non-pedophile person, well those are the words of a clueless dolt.

• Anonymous

  I have raised 5 kids and I have a very reasonable clue on child development from school and real life. At least ask yourself this before you pretend to know anything about me or child development. If the 3 month old started to choke can the 7 year old save her, would she know what to do and how long to find her mom in the store with the baby alone in the car? Also from your comments I am to assume you or someone you know was molested and that is a very sad situation. But to claim that a car can watch a child better than a responsible non-pedophile person, well those are the words of a clueless dolt.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car. Even on days when no AC is needed, the distance you will be away from the non-running car would be the most important factor. I can see leaving a 7 year old in a car that is not running while you step up to the nearby window and buy some ice cream cones. Running inside a store is a different thing.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car. Even on days when no AC is needed, the distance you will be away from the non-running car would be the most important factor. I can see leaving a 7 year old in a car that is not running while you step up to the nearby window and buy some ice cream cones. Running inside a store is a different thing.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car. Even on days when no AC is needed, the distance you will be away from the non-running car would be the most important factor. I can see leaving a 7 year old in a car that is not running while you step up to the nearby window and buy some ice cream cones. Running inside a store is a different thing.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car. Even on days when no AC is needed, the distance you will be away from the non-running car would be the most important factor. I can see leaving a 7 year old in a car that is not running while you step up to the nearby window and buy some ice cream cones. Running inside a store is a different thing.

• PaulNotBunyan

  It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car. Even on days when no AC is needed, the distance you will be away from the non-running car would be the most important factor. I can see leaving a 7 year old in a car that is not running while you step up to the nearby window and buy some ice cream cones. Running inside a store is a different thing.

• listenuppeople

  She did not endanger these kids… Nanny State… If the car wasn’t running and it was hot than yes.. There was no endangerment here

• Anonymous

  Something could have gone wrong – maybe the car could have stalled out and there goes the air conditioning on a hot day – or maybe nothing would have gone wrong – in which case she should thank her lucky stars, but I just think that most Moms would not take that chance.  She dropped the ball on this one. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  And just think how easy it would be for someone to kidnap your kid out of your car just because you went into the store to grab something quickly. Then I’m guessing that you would be blaming someone for that.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  And just think how easy it would be for someone to kidnap your kid out of your car just because you went into the store to grab something quickly. Then I’m guessing that you would be blaming someone for that.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I beg to differ! My mother left one of my younger brothers in her running car with the keys left in it when he was about three years old, and she had just run into my grandmother’s house quickly to put a load of laundry in her washer . He managed to somehow put the car into gear, and it rolled down her driveway, backwards, across the road (a busy road connecting a state road to I-95), through the guardrail and about 50 feet down an embankment. Don’t assume things can’t happen unless you have seen evidence of the opposite happening.

• Anonymous

  what ever happened to ‘it takes a village’?  i leave my child alone, at school, and art class, boy scouts and soccer practice occasionally….and it’s good for him.  the coaches and other care providers get to tell them the SAME things i have been for the last 7 years. and they HEAR it when they say it.  stop making it about being and not being with your children, you’re losing me, i just think the more adults that can surround my kids the better, and sometimes, it’s good for me to not be around!

• Anonymous

  what ever happened to ‘it takes a village’?  i leave my child alone, at school, and art class, boy scouts and soccer practice occasionally….and it’s good for him.  the coaches and other care providers get to tell them the SAME things i have been for the last 7 years. and they HEAR it when they say it.  stop making it about being and not being with your children, you’re losing me, i just think the more adults that can surround my kids the better, and sometimes, it’s good for me to not be around!

• Anonymous

  what ever happened to ‘it takes a village’?  i leave my child alone, at school, and art class, boy scouts and soccer practice occasionally….and it’s good for him.  the coaches and other care providers get to tell them the SAME things i have been for the last 7 years. and they HEAR it when they say it.  stop making it about being and not being with your children, you’re losing me, i just think the more adults that can surround my kids the better, and sometimes, it’s good for me to not be around!

• Anonymous

  what ever happened to ‘it takes a village’?  i leave my child alone, at school, and art class, boy scouts and soccer practice occasionally….and it’s good for him.  the coaches and other care providers get to tell them the SAME things i have been for the last 7 years. and they HEAR it when they say it.  stop making it about being and not being with your children, you’re losing me, i just think the more adults that can surround my kids the better, and sometimes, it’s good for me to not be around!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  So you’re trying to say that someone can’t convince your stepson to open the door of the car with giving him some lame excuse to do so? It seems to me that you’re awfully naive to believe such a thing, especially with all of the dangerous people that can do things to children.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  So you’re trying to say that someone can’t convince your stepson to open the door of the car with giving him some lame excuse to do so? It seems to me that you’re awfully naive to believe such a thing, especially with all of the dangerous people that can do things to children.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  So you’re trying to say that someone can’t convince your stepson to open the door of the car with giving him some lame excuse to do so? It seems to me that you’re awfully naive to believe such a thing, especially with all of the dangerous people that can do things to children.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  I agree realist38. It amazes me how many ridiculous and irresponsible things that parents do , and then make up reasons and excuses for their said actions.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  Statistics just show the reported cases. What about the cases that go unreported? Also, statistics are just a probability number.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZSBAAXFEXTIBDSRA5X3FA6TSG4 jersey

  The average 7 year old is in first or second grade not K-1

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZSBAAXFEXTIBDSRA5X3FA6TSG4 jersey

  The average 7 year old is in first or second grade not K-1

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZSBAAXFEXTIBDSRA5X3FA6TSG4 jersey

  The average 7 year old is in first or second grade not K-1

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  Car thieves operate in the daylight too. Also, bank robbers and store thieves operate in front of witnesses and cameras too. What’s your point by making this statement?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  Maybe that’s why my mom had such a hassle grocery shopping with my brothers and I when we were kids. She just didn’t bother to leave us in the car in both the hot and cold weather, or try her chance at letting us get kidnapped by someone.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  Maybe that’s why my mom had such a hassle grocery shopping with my brothers and I when we were kids. She just didn’t bother to leave us in the car in both the hot and cold weather, or try her chance at letting us get kidnapped by someone.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FAQ3OHFMP33PV4FJCA5HNJFSUE JenniferS

  Kudos to you for keeping all 4 of your kids safe! That’s a really hard challenge with all of the safety hazards and creepy people in the world.

• Anonymous

  So what is the age of a child that can be left in a car? I think we need to know so we are clear. Just saw something like this happen today…infant had just fallen asleep so pre-teen child stayed in car with infant while mom and third child went to playground. car was running with AC on. where do you draw the line?

• Anonymous

  So what is the age of a child that can be left in a car? I think we need to know so we are clear. Just saw something like this happen today…infant had just fallen asleep so pre-teen child stayed in car with infant while mom and third child went to playground. car was running with AC on. where do you draw the line?

• Anonymous

  So what is the age of a child that can be left in a car? I think we need to know so we are clear. Just saw something like this happen today…infant had just fallen asleep so pre-teen child stayed in car with infant while mom and third child went to playground. car was running with AC on. where do you draw the line?

• Anonymous

  So what is the age of a child that can be left in a car? I think we need to know so we are clear. Just saw something like this happen today…infant had just fallen asleep so pre-teen child stayed in car with infant while mom and third child went to playground. car was running with AC on. where do you draw the line?

• Anonymous

  So what is the age of a child that can be left in a car? I think we need to know so we are clear. Just saw something like this happen today…infant had just fallen asleep so pre-teen child stayed in car with infant while mom and third child went to playground. car was running with AC on. where do you draw the line?

• HowdyNeighbor

   Children are kidnapped in broad daylight all the time. Any parent who doesn’t believe and leaves their child alone in a parking lot doesn’t deserve to have children.

• HowdyNeighbor

   Read the article. She wasn’t pumping gas. She was in the grocery store, well out of sight of her car, and she left them alone long enough for somebody to call the police AND for the police to arrive. That also leaves plenty of time for somebody to break into her car and take off with her kids. She deserves to go to jail and her children need the government to intervene in their care.

• Anonymous

  How would a 3 month old start to choke? 

• Anonymous

  How would a 3 month old start to choke? 

• Anonymous

  How would a 3 month old start to choke? 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YY4RWDGTWHJ62GNFFQD722T54A Lisa

  Can you Say,  I AM STUPID

• PaulNotBunyan

  Ask a cop, a judge and your lawyer to answer that. I bet they’ll all tell you I was right when I posted earlier “It doesn’t matter how reliable the AC is because you don’t leave kids that young in a running car.”. Here’s a Kansas law as an example but we don’t need a specifically worded law like it. The DA can find something that fits the situation like child endangerment or manslaughter. Don’t leave kids in a running car and don’t make it easy for kids to steal a car.

  Unattended motor vehicle.
  (a) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to
  stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition,
  removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon
  and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or
  side of the highway.
       
  (b)   For the purpose of this section, unattended shall not be construed to
  mean a motor vehicle with an engine that has been activated by a remote starter
  system, when the motor vehicle is locked and when the ignition keys are not in
  the motor vehicle.

• Anonymous

  She had an infant. If you can’t be responsible parents! You shouldn’t have children. What do you want ? Another Casey Anthony.

• Anonymous

  She had an infant. If you can’t be responsible parents! You shouldn’t have children. What do you want ? Another Casey Anthony.

• Anonymous

  Your stepson is not the issue! You, as a parent is. And, he your stepson? Wow what’s wrong with his father? Does he have the same attitude as you?  

• Anonymous

  we are talking a 7 year old and a 3 month old…please if ur not intelligent enough to figure that one out, then there is no hope

• Anonymous

  have you ever left a 7 year old around anything…..they explore……and a running car if very dangerous….not to mention a 3 month old needing a adult to take care of them…..how lazy are you that you can not take them into the store….

• Anonymous

  r u kidding………have you smoked away ur brain cells

• Anonymous

  u guys are a bunch of nuts….would you let your 7 year old stay home and watch your 3 month old while you went to the store…..no because you can not trust them…they are too young……..they still need babysitters….this women had no common sense, and for all you moon bats out there defending her……shame on you…….there is no excuse to leave these 2 kids alone in a running car to run into a Hannaford store……that is not called good parenting skills…..maybe DHHS needs to be in her life, she obviously makes poor choices as a parent

• http://twitter.com/DirigoBlue Gerald Weinand

  17-A MRSA §554.C. Otherwise recklessly endangers the health, safety or welfare of a child under 16 years of age by violating a duty of care or protection.

• Anonymous

   7 year old play with toys with small parts….

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  i know someone who left there 2 year old sleeping in the car…when the child woke up they unbuckled themselves…and locked all the doors, started playing with the car steering wheel and electronics, the mother could not get into the car and had to call someone to unlock the doors….sorry but it is dangerous…..and lazy

• Anonymous

  An 7 year old cannot be responsible for an infant.  Yes, you can leave your 11 year old.  Just use common sense for Heaven’s sake.   I don’t like the state involved in my life any more than needed either, but in this case, it was needed.  It is irresponsible.

• Anonymous

  An 7 year old cannot be responsible for an infant.  Yes, you can leave your 11 year old.  Just use common sense for Heaven’s sake.   I don’t like the state involved in my life any more than needed either, but in this case, it was needed.  It is irresponsible.

• Anonymous

  A voice of common sense, rocky.  Right on.

• Anonymous

  A voice of common sense, rocky.  Right on.

• Anonymous

  A voice of common sense, rocky.  Right on.

• Anonymous

  A voice of common sense, rocky.  Right on.

• Anonymous

  You mean your wife, or nanny raised the 5 kids ……………and she, or you never left a sleeping child in a car seat unattended for a few minutes while they ran into a store? I doubt it. Every mother I’ve ever know relishes a few minutes of a sleeping kid and will leave them asleep in the car seat. 

  And the “what ifs”?   what if there was an earthquake or tidal wave or meteor crash. Or this or that.

  Most cars I’ve owned will run for hour and hours until they run out of gas with no screwups.  Are they better than people?,…….. no of course not, ……..but sometimes the real world intrudes.

• Anonymous

  You mean your wife, or nanny raised the 5 kids ……………and she, or you never left a sleeping child in a car seat unattended for a few minutes while they ran into a store? I doubt it. Every mother I’ve ever know relishes a few minutes of a sleeping kid and will leave them asleep in the car seat. 

  And the “what ifs”?   what if there was an earthquake or tidal wave or meteor crash. Or this or that.

  Most cars I’ve owned will run for hour and hours until they run out of gas with no screwups.  Are they better than people?,…….. no of course not, ……..but sometimes the real world intrudes.

• Anonymous

  You mean your wife, or nanny raised the 5 kids ……………and she, or you never left a sleeping child in a car seat unattended for a few minutes while they ran into a store? I doubt it. Every mother I’ve ever know relishes a few minutes of a sleeping kid and will leave them asleep in the car seat. 

  And the “what ifs”?   what if there was an earthquake or tidal wave or meteor crash. Or this or that.

  Most cars I’ve owned will run for hour and hours until they run out of gas with no screwups.  Are they better than people?,…….. no of course not, ……..but sometimes the real world intrudes.

• Anonymous

  You mean your wife, or nanny raised the 5 kids ……………and she, or you never left a sleeping child in a car seat unattended for a few minutes while they ran into a store? I doubt it. Every mother I’ve ever know relishes a few minutes of a sleeping kid and will leave them asleep in the car seat. 

  And the “what ifs”?   what if there was an earthquake or tidal wave or meteor crash. Or this or that.

  Most cars I’ve owned will run for hour and hours until they run out of gas with no screwups.  Are they better than people?,…….. no of course not, ……..but sometimes the real world intrudes.

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t believe 110 people (at this point) have ‘liked’ chrisl1977′s comment regarding these children being left alone in a running car!  If this were a kitten in a washing machine or a dog tied up, those same people would be out for blood and want the death pentalty imposed.  This country is upside down.  Crazy that animal life is valued above human life more and more every day. 

• PaulNotBunyan

  You’re seeing this because a lot of people are too lazy and selfish to do what’s right, even when it  puts their own children at risk.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  I agree…..and how old does a kid have to be to push in a cigarette lighter, pop it out and burn something?  Then if the kid burned themselves, the parent would sue the auto maker because the cigarette lighter was not child proof.

  I believe any reasonable person would clearly think a 7 year old and a 3 month old should NOT be left alone in a car.  Whether it was running/not running is irrelevant at this point because they never should have been in that position in the first place.

• Anonymous

  The point is, with even a very small chance that something could go wrong, why would you take the unnecessary risk?  If she can leave them in the car, she can take them in the store with her.  Maybe that just wasn’t the convenient thing to do.

  At age 7, I too would have been able to open the door, but that doesn’t mean I was hanging out alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  The point is, with even a very small chance that something could go wrong, why would you take the unnecessary risk?  If she can leave them in the car, she can take them in the store with her.  Maybe that just wasn’t the convenient thing to do.

  At age 7, I too would have been able to open the door, but that doesn’t mean I was hanging out alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  The point is, with even a very small chance that something could go wrong, why would you take the unnecessary risk?  If she can leave them in the car, she can take them in the store with her.  Maybe that just wasn’t the convenient thing to do.

  At age 7, I too would have been able to open the door, but that doesn’t mean I was hanging out alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  The point is, with even a very small chance that something could go wrong, why would you take the unnecessary risk?  If she can leave them in the car, she can take them in the store with her.  Maybe that just wasn’t the convenient thing to do.

  At age 7, I too would have been able to open the door, but that doesn’t mean I was hanging out alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  The point is, with even a very small chance that something could go wrong, why would you take the unnecessary risk?  If she can leave them in the car, she can take them in the store with her.  Maybe that just wasn’t the convenient thing to do.

  At age 7, I too would have been able to open the door, but that doesn’t mean I was hanging out alone in a car.

• Anonymous

  Nice personal attack tony29 – considering you know nothing of my stepson, me, or our family that must give you all the information you need to form a judgement.  If his mother, his father, and I all feel he is old enough and responsible enough to handle a situation then you can go pound sand as far as your opinion is concerned.  Posters like you are the reason BGN shouldn’t allow commenters.

• Anonymous

  Man you are numb – cars catch fire without a key being in the ignition a lot more than you would think.  Now that you know this, are you going to leave your car parked outside on the street?  Life is about measured risks – without even knowing it, you park your car in your garage and assume the risk of it catching fire due to electrical reasons is far less than it not.  So who do you blame on that one fateful night when you are wrong?  Do I get to tell you your not smart enough to have kids then?

• Anonymous

  Man you are numb – cars catch fire without a key being in the ignition a lot more than you would think.  Now that you know this, are you going to leave your car parked outside on the street?  Life is about measured risks – without even knowing it, you park your car in your garage and assume the risk of it catching fire due to electrical reasons is far less than it not.  So who do you blame on that one fateful night when you are wrong?  Do I get to tell you your not smart enough to have kids then?

• Anonymous

  Man you are numb – cars catch fire without a key being in the ignition a lot more than you would think.  Now that you know this, are you going to leave your car parked outside on the street?  Life is about measured risks – without even knowing it, you park your car in your garage and assume the risk of it catching fire due to electrical reasons is far less than it not.  So who do you blame on that one fateful night when you are wrong?  Do I get to tell you your not smart enough to have kids then?

• Anonymous

  You pump gas with kids in the car?? Don’t you know the dangers of fire while pumping gas???

• Anonymous

  No JenniferS, unlike most people today I take responsibility for my choices no matter the consequences.  Just like the responsibility to educate my child against trusting strangers.  However this is reality, not the black and white world you appear to live in, and bad things happen all the time where there is nothing you can do to protect from.

• Anonymous

  I wasn’t saying you should leave an infant in the car, and frankly I wouldn’t have left an infant in the car with my 11 y/o even for a few moments…I would have left him home with his mom or taken him in the store with me. 

• Anonymous

  I wasn’t saying you should leave an infant in the car, and frankly I wouldn’t have left an infant in the car with my 11 y/o even for a few moments…I would have left him home with his mom or taken him in the store with me. 

• Anonymous

  I wasn’t saying you should leave an infant in the car, and frankly I wouldn’t have left an infant in the car with my 11 y/o even for a few moments…I would have left him home with his mom or taken him in the store with me. 

• Anonymous

  I wasn’t saying you should leave an infant in the car, and frankly I wouldn’t have left an infant in the car with my 11 y/o even for a few moments…I would have left him home with his mom or taken him in the store with me. 

• Anonymous

  Looked at your profile – you have a post that uses statistics – isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black?

• Anonymous

  Several catch fire in garages, parked with the keys in the house during the winter as well.  Go ask your local fire department.

• Anonymous

  Man stop beating the Caset Anthony story to death…during that entire two years the media focused on her, how many other children were losts, kidnapped, hurt, or maimed that we never heard about because they weren’t white and photogenic.  Guilty or not, she can never be tried again under double jepordy so get the heck over it. 

• Anonymous

  Amen!

• Anonymous

  Before making that call, take a good look at yourself and see if you are in that group.

• Anonymous

  And this is the point I’ve been trying to make! 

• Anonymous

  huh?

• Anonymous

  like to see u do that if its a standard it cant be parked in gear,dah

• Anonymous

  like to see u do that if its a standard it cant be parked in gear,dah

• Anonymous

  like to see u do that if its a standard it cant be parked in gear,dah

• Anonymous

  like to see u do that if its a standard it cant be parked in gear,dah

• Anonymous

  like to see u do that if its a standard it cant be parked in gear,dah

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  What planet are you from. Spontaneous combustion of cars without running. You are not smart enough to have kids

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  What planet are you from. Spontaneous combustion of cars without running. You are not smart enough to have kids

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  What planet are you from. Spontaneous combustion of cars without running. You are not smart enough to have kids

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Hopefully your kids get taken away. You are not smart enough to have kids. So sad they will grow up behind other kids their age because of you.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Hopefully your kids get taken away. You are not smart enough to have kids. So sad they will grow up behind other kids their age because of you.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Ya that happens all the time compared to cars that are running

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Ya that happens all the time compared to cars that are running

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Ya that happens all the time compared to cars that are running

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Ya that happens all the time compared to cars that are running

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  Ya that happens all the time compared to cars that are running

• Buzlno

  I beg to clarify! That car was either an ’88 m0del or earlier (approx) or the brake/shifter interlock was messed up for that to happen.  Some models will let you put it in D or R from N w/o brake application, but never from P unless that interlock is stuck on.  And after 30 years as a mechanic, I’ve never seen one stuck that way. 

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MMAVVRLYVW7PZJPX3WUPKZJYLE a little peace

  I really hope the mom is allowed to make a statement as to what was going on.  She is being slammed really hard by people that don’t know anything about the situation. 

• Buzlno

  Why would anyone ‘pull’ a clutch unless it was stuck to the floor?  Plus a standard can be shifted clutchless while driving down the road, too (although unless you’re good at it, the synchro’s won’t last too long).

• Buzlno

  Why would anyone ‘pull’ a clutch unless it was stuck to the floor?  Plus a standard can be shifted clutchless while driving down the road, too (although unless you’re good at it, the synchro’s won’t last too long).

• Buzlno

  Why would anyone ‘pull’ a clutch unless it was stuck to the floor?  Plus a standard can be shifted clutchless while driving down the road, too (although unless you’re good at it, the synchro’s won’t last too long).

• Buzlno

  Why would anyone ‘pull’ a clutch unless it was stuck to the floor?  Plus a standard can be shifted clutchless while driving down the road, too (although unless you’re good at it, the synchro’s won’t last too long).

• Buzlno

  Why would anyone ‘pull’ a clutch unless it was stuck to the floor?  Plus a standard can be shifted clutchless while driving down the road, too (although unless you’re good at it, the synchro’s won’t last too long).

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Anonymous

  DUH!!  You must be one of those that leave it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake right??

• Buzlno

  Ya, it’s a real ‘bear’when the shelves are ‘bare’.
  Just funnin’ ya!    Good comeback to Smrty, caryn!

• Buzlno

  Ya, it’s a real ‘bear’when the shelves are ‘bare’.
  Just funnin’ ya!    Good comeback to Smrty, caryn!

• Anonymous

  Anyone would leave a child in running car is an unfit parent.  Get off your high horse. 

  Accidents happen in seconds and it makes no difference if you in the store for a minute or two or an hour.  All it takes is a few second for a creep to get into the car or for the child to play driver. 

  You hear stories of kids and even pets putting cars into drive.  It happens.  It really does.  No Excuses.

• Anonymous

  Anyone would leave a child in running car is an unfit parent.  Get off your high horse. 

  Accidents happen in seconds and it makes no difference if you in the store for a minute or two or an hour.  All it takes is a few second for a creep to get into the car or for the child to play driver. 

  You hear stories of kids and even pets putting cars into drive.  It happens.  It really does.  No Excuses.

• Tyke

   You see bears on shelves?

• Buzlno

  To add to Ben’s comment: Some slightly older Fords, mostly the Windstar vans, are famous for their ignition switches overheating when shut off,  starting a fire.  I witnessed this in a parking lot while I was sitting in my car.  A little smoke from a vent. then poof!  Post Toasties!

• Buzlno

  To add to Ben’s comment: Some slightly older Fords, mostly the Windstar vans, are famous for their ignition switches overheating when shut off,  starting a fire.  I witnessed this in a parking lot while I was sitting in my car.  A little smoke from a vent. then poof!  Post Toasties!

• Anonymous

  you mean, people who have food stamps buy cereal???? NO!!  say it isn’t so!

• Tyke

   You take the battery out of your car every night?

  No?

  It could indeed short out and start a fire then.

• Tyke

   You take the battery out of your car every night?

  No?

  It could indeed short out and start a fire then.

• Anonymous

  Responsible parents never leave a 3 month old in the care of a 7 year old… EVER. Responsible parents should never leave a 7 year old unattended in a running vehicle – too many things can go wrong and it doesn’t matter if the child can put the car into gear or not… he/she can pull the locks up and let a stranger in.  No…  you just don’t do it, not even for a minute.    

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Lenore Skenazy was her name and she allowed her 9 year old son to ride the New York subway alone. 
  Her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FreeRangeKids?sk=wall

• Anonymous

  Yep exactly. So many more things could have been done in the name of looking out for the children beside getting DHHS involved. 

• Anonymous

  There is just as much risk letting your child walk across the parking lot, leaving them at school, how about letting them take music lessons from a creepy old pedophile…..

  There are risks in every single thing we do every single day. We need to give our kids some credit and teach them to be responsible so they can handle all the risks and “what ifs” that they WILL be faced with.

• Anonymous

  There is just as much risk letting your child walk across the parking lot, leaving them at school, how about letting them take music lessons from a creepy old pedophile…..

  There are risks in every single thing we do every single day. We need to give our kids some credit and teach them to be responsible so they can handle all the risks and “what ifs” that they WILL be faced with.

• Anonymous

  There is just as much risk letting your child walk across the parking lot, leaving them at school, how about letting them take music lessons from a creepy old pedophile…..

  There are risks in every single thing we do every single day. We need to give our kids some credit and teach them to be responsible so they can handle all the risks and “what ifs” that they WILL be faced with.

• Anonymous

  There is just as much risk letting your child walk across the parking lot, leaving them at school, how about letting them take music lessons from a creepy old pedophile…..

  There are risks in every single thing we do every single day. We need to give our kids some credit and teach them to be responsible so they can handle all the risks and “what ifs” that they WILL be faced with.

• Tyke

   Actually that may be the most readable and logical post bangorsamhas ever made!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUXQMOMFW26EODLA7I3WZLSNPM Jeff C

  How many 7 year olds do you know that are responsible enough to fight off a kidnapper, assailant, or any other type of criminal?  Not many i am sure…you need counseling.

• Anonymous

  this is ridiculous -no matter how you cut it – its wrong to leave young children alone in a car-running or not.

• Anonymous

  this is ridiculous -no matter how you cut it – its wrong to leave young children alone in a car-running or not.

• Anonymous

  this is ridiculous -no matter how you cut it – its wrong to leave young children alone in a car-running or not.

• Anonymous

  this is ridiculous -no matter how you cut it – its wrong to leave young children alone in a car-running or not.

• Anonymous

  this is ridiculous -no matter how you cut it – its wrong to leave young children alone in a car-running or not.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LW4FB6KENKESPHTKPN56PHDVQA Greg

  Typically in these kinds of cases the “single mother” previously accused their children’s father(s) of being a danger to the wellbeing of their own children, to gain strategic advantage in divorce custody disputes.   Does anyone know if this is the case here?    

• Anonymous

  Maybe your kids can’t be trusted but that doesn’t mean everyone’s kids can’t.

• Anonymous

  Maybe your kids can’t be trusted but that doesn’t mean everyone’s kids can’t.

• Anonymous

  Maybe your kids can’t be trusted but that doesn’t mean everyone’s kids can’t.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=675506821 Rachel Monk Allen

  I’m completely disgusted with all the people defending this woman. I’m a parent and would never leave my child in the car (specially on a hot day) to “run” into a store, specially Hannaford for that matter. And may I ask who can “run” into Hannaford or any Supermarket for that matter? A 3 month old child?! come on people. How hard is it to pull the carseat out and have your 7 year old walk with you into the store. Much quicker than blasting the a/c, locking doors, and telling your 7 year old not to talk to strangers and to stay in his seat cuz mommy will be right back. If you don’t have the responsibility and common sense to be a parent than maybe you should of thought twice. I’m sorry, I know we all have the right to our opinions and I never comment on news articles but i’m blown away by all the people defending this woman and her actions. There are so many different scenario’s that could of played out here, thank god those children are ok. It could of turned out ALOT worse.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=675506821 Rachel Monk Allen

  I’m completely disgusted with all the people defending this woman. I’m a parent and would never leave my child in the car (specially on a hot day) to “run” into a store, specially Hannaford for that matter. And may I ask who can “run” into Hannaford or any Supermarket for that matter? A 3 month old child?! come on people. How hard is it to pull the carseat out and have your 7 year old walk with you into the store. Much quicker than blasting the a/c, locking doors, and telling your 7 year old not to talk to strangers and to stay in his seat cuz mommy will be right back. If you don’t have the responsibility and common sense to be a parent than maybe you should of thought twice. I’m sorry, I know we all have the right to our opinions and I never comment on news articles but i’m blown away by all the people defending this woman and her actions. There are so many different scenario’s that could of played out here, thank god those children are ok. It could of turned out ALOT worse.

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=675506821 Rachel Monk Allen

  I’m completely disgusted with all the people defending this woman. I’m a parent and would never leave my child in the car (specially on a hot day) to “run” into a store, specially Hannaford for that matter. And may I ask who can “run” into Hannaford or any Supermarket for that matter? A 3 month old child?! come on people. How hard is it to pull the carseat out and have your 7 year old walk with you into the store. Much quicker than blasting the a/c, locking doors, and telling your 7 year old not to talk to strangers and to stay in his seat cuz mommy will be right back. If you don’t have the responsibility and common sense to be a parent than maybe you should of thought twice. I’m sorry, I know we all have the right to our opinions and I never comment on news articles but i’m blown away by all the people defending this woman and her actions. There are so many different scenario’s that could of played out here, thank god those children are ok. It could of turned out ALOT worse.

• Anonymous

  Can we have people arrested who do this to their animals without the air conditioning?

• Anonymous

  wow. way to stereo type.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BUY67LOCK4324INLWGYFFRNJOM Robert

  No for you it won’t because if you read the article, she was charged due to the age of the children.  Look at the law book on line and you will see the ages allowed to be left alone in any circumstance not just in a car.  And it was someone who called the police not an officer out looking to arrest someone.  If the police did nothing at that point then they would be blamed for letting this happen.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BUY67LOCK4324INLWGYFFRNJOM Robert

  No for you it won’t because if you read the article, she was charged due to the age of the children.  Look at the law book on line and you will see the ages allowed to be left alone in any circumstance not just in a car.  And it was someone who called the police not an officer out looking to arrest someone.  If the police did nothing at that point then they would be blamed for letting this happen.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BUY67LOCK4324INLWGYFFRNJOM Robert

  No for you it won’t because if you read the article, she was charged due to the age of the children.  Look at the law book on line and you will see the ages allowed to be left alone in any circumstance not just in a car.  And it was someone who called the police not an officer out looking to arrest someone.  If the police did nothing at that point then they would be blamed for letting this happen.

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  That is just plain dumb. Stupid is as stupid does. The moon could crash into the Earth tomorrow too. The point is you do not leave small children in a car unattended. Again, some people are just too dumb to have kids

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabelle-Wallace-Warren/1674549096 Isabelle Wallace Warren

  Remote starters are known to start fires in vehicles at times. I doubt this is well known. It was news to me a few weeks ago when I asked an auto repair shop head mechanic/manager about installing one. Looking just a little on the internet it seems spilled drinks from the dashboard add to the risk. This is the deciding factor in my thinking the risks to the children were appropriate for the arrest.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabelle-Wallace-Warren/1674549096 Isabelle Wallace Warren

  Remote starters are known to start fires in vehicles at times. I doubt this is well known. It was news to me a few weeks ago when I asked an auto repair shop head mechanic/manager about installing one. Looking just a little on the internet it seems spilled drinks from the dashboard add to the risk. This is the deciding factor in my thinking the risks to the children were appropriate for the arrest.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabelle-Wallace-Warren/1674549096 Isabelle Wallace Warren

  Remote starters are known to start fires in vehicles at times. I doubt this is well known. It was news to me a few weeks ago when I asked an auto repair shop head mechanic/manager about installing one. Looking just a little on the internet it seems spilled drinks from the dashboard add to the risk. This is the deciding factor in my thinking the risks to the children were appropriate for the arrest.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabelle-Wallace-Warren/1674549096 Isabelle Wallace Warren

  Remote starters are known to start fires in vehicles at times. I doubt this is well known. It was news to me a few weeks ago when I asked an auto repair shop head mechanic/manager about installing one. Looking just a little on the internet it seems spilled drinks from the dashboard add to the risk. This is the deciding factor in my thinking the risks to the children were appropriate for the arrest.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  An electrical fire in a car only happens when the car is RUNNING.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/RobertZarvin-Darius-Julia-Shaffer/1448746639 RobertZarvin Darius Julia Shaf

  Are we talking 8 minutes here, or n afternoon spent in a casino?  If it’s closer to the first scenario, drop this cruel prosecution, now. If you must meddl, chrge her with excessive idling – you probably have a law for that too.

  I think this sort of mindless prosecution becomes more and mnore common the less experience people have raising children. I would estimate that something over 50% of the US population has little or no idea of how to raise children – make that 75% among cops and prosecutors.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  You’re an idiot…and so are the 3 [current] people who liked your comment.

• Anonymous

  I call bullpoop on that one.  Electrical current runs through modern cars all the time, even without the engine running.  That’s how the computer, stereo, etc. retain their settings and how things like remote car starters work.  Any small defect in the wiring could result in a fire at any time.  My wife’s car just had a recall on an issue with the ignition system where a fire could start at any time.

• acadiawoods

  If this mother left her locked car running with the air conditioner on, the baby in his car seat and the other child in hers, I don’t see a problem.  I think the arresting officer should have exercised better judgement than to arrest this mother unless there were other issues that haven’t been reported.  I don’t see the “endangerment”.  Actually it seems pretty safe.  Now this mother has an arrest on her record that will be there for life even without a conviction.  This big brother stuff is too much.

• Anonymous

  Exactly, Rachel!! The fact is, someone (who was there) felt the situation was dangerous enough to call the police. The word of the day: UNFIT

• http://twitter.com/daneosco Daniel Eosco

  I don’t know all the details here, as does no else really. But when were kids my parents left us in the car to run into the store, drop off the vacuum cleaner, whatever, it WASN’T a CRIME! Wouldn’t it have been nice if she came out of the store and found someone standing there that said, “I was hoping you’d come back soon, I was just keeping and eye on your kids for you, have a great day”. Instead those poor kids had to be witness to our over-reactionary attitude about everything nowadays. 

• http://twitter.com/daneosco Daniel Eosco

  I don’t know all the details here, as does no else really. But when were kids my parents left us in the car to run into the store, drop off the vacuum cleaner, whatever, it WASN’T a CRIME! Wouldn’t it have been nice if she came out of the store and found someone standing there that said, “I was hoping you’d come back soon, I was just keeping and eye on your kids for you, have a great day”. Instead those poor kids had to be witness to our over-reactionary attitude about everything nowadays. 

• Anonymous

  In these days, you just can’t trust that someone won’t snatch your kids. At least this mom left the A.C. on.

• Anonymous

  In these days, you just can’t trust that someone won’t snatch your kids. At least this mom left the A.C. on.

• 525_44

  Not a good idea especially with a 3 month old!
  What if the car had stalled and the AC stopped working. What if the car had power locks and windows?
  Unless the 7 yr old knew how to turn the engine back on it could have turned tragic.

  I occasionally left my children in the car when running to get something from the general store, times were different, everyone knew each other and I could see my kids while in the store. If I had to go into a store where I couldn’t see them, I would take them with me.

  I never would have left a 3 month old alone in a car no matter what.

• 525_44

  Not a good idea especially with a 3 month old!
  What if the car had stalled and the AC stopped working. What if the car had power locks and windows?
  Unless the 7 yr old knew how to turn the engine back on it could have turned tragic.

  I occasionally left my children in the car when running to get something from the general store, times were different, everyone knew each other and I could see my kids while in the store. If I had to go into a store where I couldn’t see them, I would take them with me.

  I never would have left a 3 month old alone in a car no matter what.

• 525_44

  Not a good idea especially with a 3 month old!
  What if the car had stalled and the AC stopped working. What if the car had power locks and windows?
  Unless the 7 yr old knew how to turn the engine back on it could have turned tragic.

  I occasionally left my children in the car when running to get something from the general store, times were different, everyone knew each other and I could see my kids while in the store. If I had to go into a store where I couldn’t see them, I would take them with me.

  I never would have left a 3 month old alone in a car no matter what.

• 525_44

  That’s pathetic especially if you are serious.

• 525_44

  That’s pathetic especially if you are serious.

• 525_44

  That’s pathetic especially if you are serious.

• 525_44

  That’s pathetic especially if you are serious.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Man, one of 5 people in a thousand flagged that…go figure.  Don’t assume something like that didn’t happen, it makes you appear worse than her.  Is that better?

• 525_44

  These days that is putting a child at risk. Too much could go wrong, if the car had stalled could this 7 yr old have been able to start it again? How about if it had childproof locks on the doors?

• 525_44

  These days that is putting a child at risk. Too much could go wrong, if the car had stalled could this 7 yr old have been able to start it again? How about if it had childproof locks on the doors?

• Anonymous

  Show me a single parent out there who has never left their child in a car once, ever, for any reason.

  Right. Didn’t think you could.

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Well—-technically, I agree with you, but I’ve seen it done over and over and over, especially when it’s -10. Would I leave a 3-month-old with a 7-year old? Probably not. But since we don’t know the exact circumstances, it’s all too easy to judge why it was done from one short article. Personally, until I learn otherwise, I do feel for the mother, who may have simply had too much on her plate on the day and didn’t think. That may seem incomprehensible to some people–I say it’s all too easy to point fingers, especially if you’ve never had kids, and without having all the facts. Some posters would do well to remember that before they just spout off from their high horses and hit “send.”

• Anonymous

  Thank you for showing some common sense. I get the impression that a bunch of regular users on these boards would have been first in line to burn people at the stake if they’d been around in the 1600′s.

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I’m starting to wonder if we brought a stake, some rope, and a match if they would do it today!

• Anonymous

  I know people will hiss and scream at you for posting this (as I’m sure they will at my posts), but as a parent of two well-adjusted, perfectly normal grown sons–who: gasp!–survived being left in the car on occasion just fine, thanks–I say bravo. A little common sense goes a long way, and many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute. You’ve elucidated the finer points perfectly.

  Let’s see what really happened in this case as hard facts come out, and then decide. Would I have left an infant that age in the car? No, but depending on the actual circumstances at the time (was the 7-year-old in a car seat as well, etc.) and the temperament of the 7-year-old involved–and who would know that better than his MOTHER–and how long she was *really* in absentia, this may turn out to be a bit of a witch hunt. Or not. I’m reserving judgement until we know more.

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  “many posters here are seeing this issue as a sanctimonious absolute.”

  Yeah, that’s pretty common here!

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  Having more facts would help and there is no doubt this parent loves her children.  This was a wreckless act and as we know tragic accidents happen in seconds.  Hopefully, she and others will learn.  

• Anonymous

  There are lots of reasons why you don’t do this. One is, someone could have just taken the car and the kids, big problems then wouldn’t you say. Two, the 7 year old could have tried to put the car in gear. I know that happens, I did it more than once at that age, even a big tractor, hitting a pole and causing a whole section of town to go without power. She got lucky that all she may get is a fine, maybe have to deal with DHS, but her kids ended up safe, thank god.

• Anonymous

  There are lots of reasons why you don’t do this. One is, someone could have just taken the car and the kids, big problems then wouldn’t you say. Two, the 7 year old could have tried to put the car in gear. I know that happens, I did it more than once at that age, even a big tractor, hitting a pole and causing a whole section of town to go without power. She got lucky that all she may get is a fine, maybe have to deal with DHS, but her kids ended up safe, thank god.

• Anonymous

  There are lots of reasons why you don’t do this. One is, someone could have just taken the car and the kids, big problems then wouldn’t you say. Two, the 7 year old could have tried to put the car in gear. I know that happens, I did it more than once at that age, even a big tractor, hitting a pole and causing a whole section of town to go without power. She got lucky that all she may get is a fine, maybe have to deal with DHS, but her kids ended up safe, thank god.

• Anonymous

  There are lots of reasons why you don’t do this. One is, someone could have just taken the car and the kids, big problems then wouldn’t you say. Two, the 7 year old could have tried to put the car in gear. I know that happens, I did it more than once at that age, even a big tractor, hitting a pole and causing a whole section of town to go without power. She got lucky that all she may get is a fine, maybe have to deal with DHS, but her kids ended up safe, thank god.

• http://twitter.com/z_gryphon Ben Hutchins

  Well, no, actually, it couldn’t.  If a celestial event took place that was capable of so significantly disrupting the Earth-Moon system that the Moon could hit the Earth, the event itself would cause such havoc that any possible collision between the two bodies would be the least of anybody’s problems.  In terms of probability, that’s so much less likely than an electrical fire in a parked car (which happens quite frequently, relative to the number of parked cars in the world) that it’s effectively impossible.  Even a nearby supernova (and there aren’t any stars in our neighborhood massive enough to become supernovae) wouldn’t cause the Moon to collide with the Earth.

  The point is, if you’re going to bust out a worst-case scenario to prove to the rest of the kids how much cleverer you are, you should probably do some research first.

  Ironically, I think you’re right that small children shouldn’t be left unattended in cars, but your charming habit of breaking out the personal attacks at the first sign of disagreement pretty much ensures that no one is going to care what you think.  Or, to put it in terms you may be more comfortable with, you’re too abrasive to have kids.

• http://twitter.com/fakelepage Fake Paul LePage

  What if the mom left her pit bull in the car to guard them? It would probably be easier if she just trained the pit bull to go in and buy the cigarettes for her.

• http://twitter.com/fakelepage Fake Paul LePage

  What if the mom left her pit bull in the car to guard them? It would probably be easier if she just trained the pit bull to go in and buy the cigarettes for her.

• http://twitter.com/fakelepage Fake Paul LePage

  What if the mom left her pit bull in the car to guard them? It would probably be easier if she just trained the pit bull to go in and buy the cigarettes for her.

• Anonymous

  7 is too young to be left responsible for a 3 month old baby for one..let alone take care of themselves….and also…the fact that the world is loaded with pedofilers and far too many abductions. I wouldn’t leave my child alone at that age.

• Anonymous

  7 is too young to be left responsible for a 3 month old baby for one..let alone take care of themselves….and also…the fact that the world is loaded with pedofilers and far too many abductions. I wouldn’t leave my child alone at that age.

• Anonymous

  7 is too young to be left responsible for a 3 month old baby for one..let alone take care of themselves….and also…the fact that the world is loaded with pedofilers and far too many abductions. I wouldn’t leave my child alone at that age.

• Anonymous

  7 is too young to be left responsible for a 3 month old baby for one..let alone take care of themselves….and also…the fact that the world is loaded with pedofilers and far too many abductions. I wouldn’t leave my child alone at that age.

• Anonymous

  Leaving a car running with children in it means it is unlocked and that anybody could open the door and drive off.  So yeah, that’s irresponsible.

• Anonymous

  Leaving a car running with children in it means it is unlocked and that anybody could open the door and drive off.  So yeah, that’s irresponsible.

• Anonymous

  guilty conscience?

• Anonymous

  I knew a 4 year old who was left in a running car alone..and the child did move the car…right into the side of the store where his mother was.  Also if a Standard is left running and not braked properly..it can jump a gear and roll…ask my neighbor who was letting his car warm up and it ended up in the ditch across the street lol

• Anonymous

   haha the one i saw was late 9o’s

• Anonymous

  no excuse for it no matter what the circumstance was

• Anonymous

  and adult can be abducted…

• Anonymous

  and adult can be abducted…

• Anonymous

  and adult can be abducted…

• Anonymous

  me thank you

• Anonymous

  um, I pretty sure there are more days than just the 8th thru the 14 LMAO…

• Anonymous

  um, I pretty sure there are more days than just the 8th thru the 14 LMAO…

• Anonymous

  so because you live in a small town there’s no bad people who may harm your child…hmm guess they all moved to the city LOL

• Anonymous

  so because you live in a small town there’s no bad people who may harm your child…hmm guess they all moved to the city LOL

• Anonymous

  what does this have to do with leaving young children unsupervised….back to the subject

• Anonymous

  what does this have to do with leaving young children unsupervised….back to the subject

• Anonymous

  you are incorrect thankyou

• Anonymous

  you are incorrect thankyou

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  I am guessing your kids are mentally deficient. In any event I am sure they are dysfunctional

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  I am guessing your kids are mentally deficient. In any event I am sure they are dysfunctional

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  I am guessing your kids are mentally deficient. In any event I am sure they are dysfunctional

• http://www.Verizonsucksass.com Johnny Test

  I am guessing your kids are mentally deficient. In any event I am sure they are dysfunctional

• Buzlno

  Then it was or still is broken.   I have seen a few that had been tampered with by shade tree cheapies too! 
   I’ve been a mechanic for 30 years, so give my explanation some credit!   HA HA!

• Buzlno

  Then it was or still is broken.   I have seen a few that had been tampered with by shade tree cheapies too! 
   I’ve been a mechanic for 30 years, so give my explanation some credit!   HA HA!

• Buzlno

  Then it was or still is broken.   I have seen a few that had been tampered with by shade tree cheapies too! 
   I’ve been a mechanic for 30 years, so give my explanation some credit!   HA HA!

• Buzlno

  If a standard is left in gear, running, and properly braked, IT WILL STALL!  
  You seem to know a lot of bad drivers…..One wonders if you even know how a standard shift, or any car, works at all!

• Anonymous

  My mom did something similar, and when my brother got out of the car to go inside to look for her, he got lost.  When she returned 5 minutes later and found him missing, she called the police.  The police found him. Case closed.  This isn’t child neglect or child abuse. 

  Comments here would seem to show that some people actually believe that moms should carry their kids in a pouch like a kangaroo, and never let them leave that pouch until reaching puberty. Here is an even more horrific story of how Big Brother now considers itself a better mother than Mom is:

  http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/mothers-who-sleep-can-be-charged-with-criminal-neglect-2509468/

  It would appear that the new definition of “childproofing” a home encompasses removing the child from the home.