Posted on 04/20/2015 9:14:41 AM PDT by No One Special
Never, actually. If the four year old was asleep and the one year old wasn’t, I would park right next to the house, open the door to the house so the 7 year old could go in, unbuckle and wake up the four year old, unbuckle the one year old, let them both out of the car and into the house.
Maybe it should. You need to be aware that you are being sized-up by the cop the whole time. He’s looking for a tell-tale bulge that could be a concealed weapon, checking your eyes for signs of intoxication, making mental note of your clothing, your facial features, etc. It’s their training and most of them are pretty good at it.
There’s being careful and protective, then there’s helicoptering with hawsers for apron strings.
It’s a miracle any of us kids from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s survived, obviously.
Don't bet your life on it. You, obviously have not had any interaction with CPS in Alaska. Enough said, for now. When this current mess is over, I will have plenty to say.
Did no one teach you how to lock the doors?
During her first Wyoming winter, I’d leave my daughter alone (infant) if the trip inside was going to take me less than 5 minutes and I had a clear line of sight to her the whole time. (Post office is the perfect example) I’d leave the car on with the heater running and lock all the doors.
In what way is that unsafe? Is that less safe than dragging an infant into -10* weather?
I was more concerned with protecting her newborn lungs from the frigid cold.
Well, it’s safer to slaughter the sheep than to fight the wolves.
Just sayin’
LOL!
Well said.
What are the odds that a kid who is never left alone for five minutes will grown up to be a balanced adult?
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Good questions. Our society is swiftly moving in the wrong direction.
Yes—completely nuts.
Mrs. H had also read this article and we were discussing it over dinner. We’re going to do our utmost to get one more step away from the meddling do-gooders—and we’re already in a very small town in the Ontario near north. The locals are great—they are mostly all cousins of each other—but the cottagers can be a pain in the backside.
Imho, the closer one is to the cities, the worse it is, but it seems to be almost everywhere.
I agree. But I think there are MUCH better ways to handle the situation. Seeing your mother arrested by the cops cannot be a good experience for small children.
They have to do something with all the free time they have due to not arresting illegals, ignoring drug traffickers, and looking the other way when politicians and their families are breaking laws.
I have had several cops in my family, so I know there are good ones, but in many places, the cops are terrified of the real criminals, so they spend their time harassing little old ladies who fail to stop for a full three seconds at a stop sign or don’t turn on their blinker far enough in advance of a turn. Raising revenue is FAR more important than fighting real crime and it’s a lot easier to deal with nice law-abiding citizens than to confront actual criminals.
You’re not a parent.
So you have no clue.
The stranger abduction rate in the US is miniscule, and has been dropping for decades.
Do you know how much hell has been unleashed into the lives of those children, because a self-righteous pig-fornicator decided they had to call the cops and stay there until the mother was arrested “for the children”?
Do you even recognize that they were hurt badly by the state intruding into their lives?
Do you know how much in lawyer’s fees, and that the mother has to live in mortal terror now, because now she is recognized as an “irresponsible parent” to the point of having been arrested?
Likely not. Because feelgood, because for the children.
On several occasions I’ll see a kid that seems a bit too young and alone and keep an eye on them. Shortly mom or dad comes into view.
One time, outside the video store, there was a car with 5 or 6 kids in it, all pretty young (8 or younger). I watched for a bit and no adult. I walked over to the car, driver’s window down, keys in the ignition.
I looked at the oldest boy and asked where their mom was.
“Inside.”
“Okay. I’m going to take the keys and give them to your mom.”
Once inside I called out loudly “Excuse me. Who is the person with all the kids out in the car. I have your keys!”
The lady sheepishly ran up and got them. I’m glad I didn’t get shot reaching into the car (but I was looking!).
Maybe I was a jerk, but hey - I didn’t call the cops!
I give all my kids two pair of scissors and a lightning rod before sending them out to run naked through the forest in a thunderstorm. We also store all of our silverware in light sockets to teach kids about electricity. I don’t allow bb guns though—they are too dangerous—all my kids are given real .22s at age six so they can learn that guns are not toys.
Paranoia can destroy Ya.
Or in the case of Pharisee type such as yourself, destroy others.
A pox upon such busybodies!
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