I agree with you in one way. Our attitudes were much different 60 years ago when my parents, including my over-protective daddy, thought it was fine for our uncle to drive 4 or 5 children to Oklahoma in the back of a pickup.
And dogs rode in the back of pickups also with nothing to hold them safely in.
But even then, I never heard of or saw anybody doing this. It still seems cruel and thoughtless to me no matter the times.
It’s what I think of when I think of Romney.