Would you leave your child unattended?

Dublinstiofán

Was in Dundrum earlier this afternoon and was sitting in the car for about 40 minutes
waiting for a seller from Adverts. The car parked beside me had a young child strapped
into their child seat in the back. About two minutes before i was about to leave the
mother came back got into the car with shopping and went on her merry way.

Personally i wouldn't even leave a dog in the car on a warm day such as today without
supervision. I think it's a disgrace this mother thinks she can leave her 2-3 year old in
the car alone for such an extended period of time.

What is your opinion on this?

TheZohanS

Should have called the cops after 10min.

The "mother" should be ashamed of herself.

admiralofthefleet

bet you it was an SUV and the mother was an OMG

Dravokivich

Speaking not as a parent...

I can't understand how a parent would do something as stupid as that...

chin_grin

Lawl at parents' reactions! :pac:

Biggins

Would I do it?
Absolutely not. No unequivocally.

ibarelycare

Jaysus...I wouldn't do that, and I don't even like kids.

Was the kid in the car for nearly the whole 40 minutes?? Was it asleep? If it was awake surely it was distressed. Either way that's disgraceful. I definitely would have taken the reg number, called the police and had words with the woman when she got back to the car.

Fukuyama

Should have pushed the car to the other side of the carpark for the Lolz :pac:

bronte

Didn't someone's kid die from being stuck in a hot car in a similar situation?

Idiotic anyway.

ShamoBuc

I reularly leave the kids in the car when I go into a petrol station - buy the paper and come back out.
Doing your weekly shop while a child is in the car for that length of time is a fúcking joke - add in the 'heat' factor..... a pure muppet.

KeithM89_old

Nothing wrong with leaving a child in the car, just make sure to keep all the windows closed to stop any animals/insects getting in.

stovelid

The only time I can remember leaving them in a locked car is to dash in to pay for petrol. The car was locked and in sight the whole time. Until I had kids, I never realized just how hard it can be sometimes just to perform a lot of simple tasks when you're out by youirself with the kids.

40 minutes is madness though.

Aoifey!

For 40 minutes? Anything could have happened in that length of time. I;m sure the shop had trolleys she could have put the child in.

landsleaving

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

ibarelycare

landsleaving wrote: »

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

And then sold it on adverts.

ejmaztec

landsleaving wrote: »

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

Then they would have been left carrying the McCann for it

Johro

ibarelycare wrote: »

Jaysus...I wouldn't do that, and I don't even like kids.

phasers

40 minutes waiting on someone from Adverts? I'd have told them to go fcuk themselves

IngazZagni

While it's wrong for sure, it would have been a lot worse if it was on the side of the road on a public street. This however was an underground carpark with lots of security and cctv and auto plate readers. As I said though it's still wrong.

gent9662

I would do it if I could see them 100% for either the petrol station window or xtravision. No way would I do it for 40 mins!

RachaelVO

What a silly tart!!!!!! Ya shoulda called the cops, she how much of a yummy mummy she'd of been then!

hondasam

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Was in Dundrum earlier this afternoon and was sitting in the car for about 40 minutes
waiting for a seller from Adverts. The car parked beside me had a young child strapped
into their child seat in the back. About two minutes before i was about to leave the
mother came back got into the car with shopping and went on her merry way.

Personally i wouldn't even leave a dog in the car on a warm day such as today without
supervision. I think it's a disgrace this mother thinks she can leave her 2-3 year old in
the car alone for such an extended period of time.

What is your opinion on this?

You should have reported her to the gardai.

Dublinstiofán

phasers wrote: »

40 minutes waiting on someone from Adverts? I'd have told them to go fcuk themselves

I was early

Dublinstiofán

IngazZagni wrote: »

While it's wrong for sure, it would have been a lot worse if it was on the side of the road on a public street. This however was an underground carpark with lots of security and cctv and auto plate readers. As I said though it's still wrong.

It was on the side of a road on a public street! Not in the centre itself!

Dublinstiofán

hondasam wrote: »

You should have reported her to the gardai.

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

mikemac

Very warm weather and windows closed means a risk of suffocation :mad:

Dublinstiofán

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

bet you it was an SUV and the mother was an OMG

It wasn't, trust me!

chin_grin

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

Ah you should've stayed and posted the hilarious results.

Dublinstiofán

feelingstressed wrote: »

Very warm weather and windows closed means a risk of suffocation :mad:

The window was open a crack

ejmaztec

chin_grin wrote: »

Ah you should've stayed and posted the hilarious results.

The kid's probably still in the car at the pound.

hondasam

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

did the gardai speak to her or was she gone when they got there?

Lustrum

My mammy leaves me in the car on my own all the time......but then again she lets me go on After Hours on my own too!!

BostonB

KeithM89 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with leaving a child in the car, just make sure to keep all the windows closed to stop any animals/insects getting in.

What happens when you come out and the car is gone. Or just the child? Doing it while keeping the child in sight, is one thing. But a child who needs to be strapped in is very young, and for 40mins. Report them.

http://www.google.ie/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=Child+left+in+car&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=3b7eab29d45f9dfe&biw=1280&bih=857&safe=vss

Of course its not impossible to forget a child...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701549.html?sid=ST2009030602446

But at least reporting them, might save the child.

Dublinstiofán

hondasam wrote: »

did the gardai speak to her or was she gone when they got there?

I didn't stick around. She left before i did and i saw no gards so she got away scott free. Although they do have her registration if they wanted to pay her a visit!

Lady Chatterton

I would never ever ever ever ever ever leave my kid unattended at home or in a car (but I'm extremely over protective). A neighbour's christmas tree went on fire a few years ago when they popped to the local shop, the house was destroyed by the time they got home. It really frightened the life out of me, imagine if they had left young children in bed.... very scary!

PinkFly

i see more and more of this happening....as a mother of one i wood never do this....

recently ive seen parents going out in cars of the estate i live in and leaving the kids (as young as 4) playin on the street...hour or two later and then they come back....is this the norm to do with the childer?

RachaelVO

PinkFly wrote: »

i see more and more of this happening....as a mother of one i wood never do this....

recently ive seen parents going out in cars of the estate i live in and leaving the kids (as young as 4) playin on the street...hour or two later and then they come back....is this the norm to do with the childer?

I don't know it its normal. I'd certainly wouldn't do it, but there could be a chance a neighbour is looking after them for an hour or so. There could also have been an adult in the house!

nessy382

The mother would want to be ashamed off herself thats a disgrace.. how could she be so careless????

tishandy

I was working in a home store a few yrs back (Expect more, pay less!). Security gaurd comes in with a child who he spotted getting out of a jeep he was left in on his own. Turned out he was asleep so the mother left him there while she did her shopping. He was about 3 and opened the car himself and hopped out for a wander into a busy carpark.
We put out numerous calls on the tannoy but no sign of the mum.
She was prob in another store. I took the kid down to a toy section as he was pretty scared and missing his mum. after about 20 -30 mins who comes strolling past with a trolley full but his mum. " Oh (johnny, timmy insert name here") what are you doing here. Not a bother on her she didnt even get flustered as I tried to explain to her the danger he could have gotten into. She continued off with her shopping round the store and as I watched she barely kept an eye on the little fellow who kept running out of her sight unchecked meanwhile my nerves were shot in case he made a run for the carpark.

Plazaman

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

I didn't stick around. She left before i did and i saw no gards so she got away scott free. Although they do have her registration if they wanted to pay her a visit!

:mad: Hate the fact she got away with it as she probably done it before and now will do it again. I would have wrote a note about the fact she's a shít parent and left it under the wiper.

This stuff pees me off big time. people wouldnt leave something important like a wallet or handbag in a car alone for a few minutes while they ran to shop or wherever, why do they think its okay to leave their most precious thing alone??

Same with seat belts. I often see young toddlers being bounced around car back seats, yet I bet if you gave the parents a flat screen tv, or a piece of waterford crystal, they'd make sure it was safely harnessed, but their young kids are left to bounce around...??? The mind boggles.

LG3

not a good idea to approach parent, one woman told me 'i should be ashamed of myself' cos i wouldnt buy my child a magazine, she was crying,. We cant buy our kids something everytime we go into a shop, especially kids maganines most costin €4 - €6!! I ate the woman out of it she'l defently keep her comments to herself in future, when it comes to how a parent should raise their child its a no go area!! Lady who saw child in car should have called security of the cops,.

Jenroche

No parent should ever leave their child unattended. OP, you could post the reg number on the parents forum and let them hunt her down like a pack of wolves!

Jen ;->

IrishZeus

dclane wrote: »

I would do it if I could see them 100% for either the petrol station window or xtravision. No way would I do it for 40 mins!

You still go to Xtra vision?!?

Gran Hermano

As long as she had a 'baby on board' sticker I don't see the problem.

TaraFoxglove

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Personally i wouldn't even leave a dog in the car on a warm day such as today without
supervision.

Today was a warm day?

vicwatson

What about "duty of care", she was most likely breaking the law - wreckless endangerment, abandoment, and negligence. Sounds like the type that would let children jump around the car whilst driving without being strapped in !

The COW !:mad:

Biggins

The law it is (so I have been informed) that you cannot leave a child on its own for a long period of time if its 12 or under.
40 minutes to me, I'd consider far too long.
Seriously.

We can rant and rave, make sarcastic remarks (even some stupid ones) but given that there is enough perverts around/next door and you just don't know it, they looking all the times for opportunities, etc, 40 minutes is for me just too, too long.

Its sometimes the same type of parents that later find out a child has gone missing or something has happened to them - and then they wonder how the hell such things occur!

Its called stupidity!

TaraFoxglove

Biggins wrote: »

make sartorial remarks...

Jaysus, no-one was criticising the child's clothing.

Scuid Mhór

bronte wrote: »

Didn't someone's kid die from being stuck in a hot car in a similar situation?

Idiotic anyway.

I remember reading at least three children died in separate accidents in the space of a week last year.

Biggins

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

I remember reading at least three children died in separate accidents in the space of a week last year.

Same here. Shocking events.