Leaving children unattended in cars

slarkin123 · 30-05-2012 01:00PM

I wouldn't leave my dog in the car let alone the kids. My 2 sons are car mad and i know if they were left they'd be in the front seat and up to no good before i could make it to the shop door.

starbelgrade · 30-05-2012 01:06PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

I will occasionally leave the kids in the car when I nip in for a pint, but only if they are asleep. Leaving kids awake in a car is just downright irresponsible.

You leave the kids in the car while you go for a pint?

Fuck me.

Lollipops23 · 30-05-2012 01:09PM

zerks wrote: »

Had to deal with the effects of some moron leaving a toddler alone in a van before,the kid was locked in and let off the handbrake,the car park is on a slope.Cue the van rolling down through the carpark with a screaming child inside as myself & 3 other guys tried to stop it before it went through the wall at the back of the supermarket.

I can't understand how someone could leave a toddler in a car and go off to do a grocery shop that would take almost an hour to complete.I don't mind someone nipping in for a paper or something and leaving the car within view but heading off into a supermarket and pretty much forgetting about the child is unforgivable.

jesus, that's horrendous- apart from the obvious danger of leaving a curious toddler alone in a van for the guts of an hour, i'd be terrified of him suffocating to death in the heat

You're always hearing horrible stories of stuff like that happening to little ones, imagine if something happened to hold up the parent in the shopping centre, the kid could easily fry in the temps we've had this week.

vicwatson · 30-05-2012 01:18PM

Child neglect is an offence, suprised the Garda didn't know that.:rolleyes:

Acoshla · 30-05-2012 01:51PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

You leave the kids in the car while you go for a pint?

Fuck me.

Pretty sure Safe Surfer was joking :rolleyes:

My childminder used to leave myself and her two kids in the car while she did the weekly shop, we would've been 9, 8 and 5, although she did it for a few years so ages varied. She'd lock all the doors, we could open the windows if we wanted (no electric ones back then!), we generally just sat there getting bored and annoying each other. I think the longest we were alone in the car was 2 hours, I remember it stretching on forever while I had to tolerate her awful son.

Lollipops23 · 30-05-2012 01:59PM

Acoshla wrote: »

Pretty sure Safe Surfer was joking :rolleyes:

My childminder used to leave myself and her two kids in the car while she did the weekly shop, we would've been 9, 8 and 5, although she did it for a few years so ages varied. She'd lock all the doors, we could open the windows if we wanted (no electric ones back then!), we generally just sat there getting bored and annoying each other. I think the longest we were alone in the car was 2 hours, I remember it stretching on forever while I had to tolerate her awful son.

eh, hope you mentioned it to your parents? she was getting paid while you were locked up.

DirtyBollox · 30-05-2012 02:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

We used to be left in the car, one time I was "driving" it and the steering lock kicked in!

I thought that I'd broken it and scarpered! :eek:

i did that loads of times and never said anything to anyone about it. my kid logic at the time was surprised that i lived through the day!!!

du Maurier · 30-05-2012 02:06PM

Milk & Honey wrote: »

It is an extremely serious and stupid thing to leave children that age unattended, whether in a car or anywhere else. Something could happen to the parent e.g. knocked unconscious or the like and the children would be left stranded for god knows how long. Contact the HSE and report it. It amounts to child neglect and they will send a social worker out to investigate.

Cop on and get a little perspective. There's no need for a social worker to investigate this.

Morag · 30-05-2012 02:07PM

the groutch wrote: »

I would report the Ban Garda involved (assuming you have her name/ badge number), sounds like being a woman (and possibly a mother) she over-sympathised with the mother, and didnt do her job effectively.

(awaits barrage of abuse)

There is no such thing as a Ban Garda anymore.

Acoshla · 30-05-2012 02:11PM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

eh, hope you mentioned it to your parents? she was getting paid while you were locked up.

Yep but that was in the 90's when you could do things like that to kids

We could've easily gotten out if we wanted to by opening the door out the window.

Fromthetrees · 30-05-2012 02:14PM

This is my contribution to the thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OdKow7IAuw

Lollipops23 · 30-05-2012 02:43PM

Acoshla wrote: »

Yep but that was in the 90's when you could do things like that to kids We could've easily gotten out if we wanted to by opening the door out the window.

ah yeah, the being left alone this by your parents (as I said in the other thread) was fair enough back then, but I would have thought your childminder would've known better.

mrsdewinter · 30-05-2012 02:54PM

zerks wrote: »

Had to deal with the effects of some moron leaving a toddler alone in a van before,the kid was locked in and let off the handbrake,the car park is on a slope.Cue the van rolling down through the carpark with a screaming child inside as myself & 3 other guys tried to stop it before it went through the wall at the back of the supermarket.

I can't understand how someone could leave a toddler in a car and go off to do a grocery shop that would take almost an hour to complete.I don't mind someone nipping in for a paper or something and leaving the car within view but heading off into a supermarket and pretty much forgetting about the child is unforgivable.

Jesus Christ - that's awful! The parent was an idiot

smash · 30-05-2012 03:05PM

Put a ginger wig on them and nobody will steal them! they might still be able to release the handbrake though.

scholar007 · 30-05-2012 03:40PM

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

More people like dogs over children?

Something I can never get my head around - you need a licence to keep a dog but any neanderthal gets more mikey money the more kids they churn out whether they care for them adequately or not - No licence or suitability test.

pickarooney · 30-05-2012 04:19PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

This is my contribution to the thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OdKow7IAuw

Mmm, GILFy

Acoshla · 30-05-2012 04:37PM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

ah yeah, the being left alone this by your parents (as I said in the other thread) was fair enough back then, but I would have thought your childminder would've known better.

My childminder was thick as sh*t, by the time I was 10 she used to leave me babysitting her son while her and her 11 year old went down town, the final straw.

MickCol · 30-05-2012 05:01PM

Was the Gard tall and dark hair? If so not surprised, have had a number of dealings with her before and she is useless

MagicSean · 30-05-2012 05:05PM

The Garda will likely forward a report of the incident to the HSE who will deal with it.

flutterflye · 30-05-2012 05:07PM

MagicSean wrote: »

The Garda will likely forward a report of the incident to the HSE who will deal with it.

Or won't deal with it.
They have a massive backlog and most cases don't get looked into properly.
But that's a different matter.

Sparrow90 · 30-05-2012 08:45PM

MickCol wrote: »

Was the Gard tall and dark hair? If so not surprised, have had a number of dealings with her before and she is useless

Yep, she was tall with dark hair. Didn't really get the impression she was going to follow up. I know there probably wasn't much to be done, but I don't think a caution would have been unwarranted.

Lots of people on here are saying "oh I was often left in the car as a kid". Were you really left alone at 3 years old though?? The little boy still had a car seat ffs! Also, when the mother returned, the little one was running all over the place, and wasn't listening to her at all. Several times he ran to the other end of the car park when she wasn't looking (this happened like 4 times in front of the Garda). Certainly wasn't the type of kid who could be left in the charge of his 6 year old sister!! : L

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