It seems like it happens more and more every summer. Now I am not a parent, I am an uncle however, but regardless, how the fuck can you forget that your child is in the back of a car? I mean seriously?! Anytime I am with my nieces or nephews in my car, they are my 1st priority, not the $2.50 gallon of milk that i just bought. I don't know, sometimes I feel that there should be a license to be a parent, very similar to a drivers license, you have to pass a test to make sure that you are mentally capable of raising and caring for a child but thats just my

I agree! And you always hear, "I forgot they were in there" bullshit. I'm a parent and I would love to personally beat the living shit out of the sick fucks in this world that abuse and neglect children!!!

Originally Posted by kempenstein

I agree! And you always hear, "I forgot they were in there" bullshit. I'm a parent and I would love to personally beat the living shit out of the sick fucks in this world that abuse and neglect children!!!

I just don't understand how someone can forget that their child is in the car, I mean if you are that forgetful, then I have to wonder what else are they forgetting about?

I imagine if they are a pain in the ass to get out of the car, you might leave them in it. I've seen kids just scream & hang onto whatever they can to keep from being dragged out of a car before. In that case, I can understand leaving them there a few minutes, but for hours & saying you forgot is BS.

I'm not.. a parent.But yeah.. that is just insane. "Oh.... I forgot because...." Oh please..stfu. You should not forget.There your kids!

Intentionally leaving kids in a car is wrong and those parents should have their kids (and their car) taken away from them and they should have to spend a day or two in an all black Dodge Miranda with plastic seats, the windows rolled up and the doors locked in the middle of Sierra Vista, AZ in July.

Forgetting a kid is in a car can happen and those parents end up sick with regret, remorse, and worry for years even if the kid did not die and was only trapped in the car for a minute or two.

Every parent, at some point in their parenthood, has done something that lead to unintentional danger for their kid - anything from accidently serving your kid undercooked chicken, or taking your child's training wheels off a day or two too early, to watching 'The Price is Right' while to kid runs around the house and ends up in the guest room or laundry closet with Uncle Chester where he is taught sex education in a very inappropriate way. BTW the mistake in the last case was inviting Uncle Chester over in the first place. Yes, I know he is family, but, his name is Chester, he has a moustache, curly fro, wears aviator shades all the time, has a periwinkle members only jacket, is very pale, seems to get along with kids but is quiet and shy around people his own age, drives a van, and has very sweaty hands. I mean to be honest, once he was in your home, it was really only a matter of time before his finger met Johnny's butthole.


Okay, I didn't really have anything to add to this thread. My whole point of talking about how parents make mistakes is so I could tell you this:

Years ago my mother and my sister stopped at a gas station on the way home. My mother gave my sister a dollar to get a snack or something from the store while mom filled the gas tank. She arrived home and opened the rear door to find that no one was in the back seat. She sped back to the store and found my sis on the bar stool behind the convenience store counter. The lady behind the counter totally understood, but I think my mother to this day still goes out of her way to avoid ever going back to that gas station and she does headcounts religiously.


...oh and I also went to work with my great granddad on the weekends in his poolhall back when I was between 4 and 6 or 7. I was old enough to walk and talk so I'd push a broom around and just meet people that hung out there. I didn't get paid anything more than hotdogs, sodas, quarters for the game machines and pickles, but I got to spend time with my great granddad who I will always remember as one of the coolest and kindest people to ever have walk this earth.


...So there are no perfect parents - as long as you show geniune love and try to keep them safe, you're going to be okay...

They're not dogs. Why don't they (the children) just roll the window down? Duh.

I TOTALLY Agree, Kids shouldnt be left in HOT Cars, thats just bad parenting!

Thinning the heard.

Originally Posted by Gina

They're not dogs. Why don't they (the children) just roll the window down? Duh.

That scenario only works if the cars are at least twenty years old.

Originally Posted by Gina

They're not dogs. Why don't they (the children) just roll the window down? Duh.

I also think we should allow the kids to hang their heads out the window like dogs, when we're driving.

Seriously, though... most modern cars have child locks, and the windows only go down when the car has power (keys in it)... so cars are essentially like "kid prisons".

Originally Posted by Pop Not Soda

I also think we should allow the kids to hang their heads out the window like dogs, when we're driving.

Seriously, though... most modern cars have child locks, and the windows only go down when the car has power (keys in it)... so cars are essentially like "kid prisons".

I used to do that! And then shout things at people as we drove past!

lol @ kid prisons. Then their parents should roll the window down before they leave. Sometimes it's just easier to nip to the store for 5 mins without a screaming kid in tow. The only bad thing about it is the kids probably get bored; when my mum used to do it to us we used to honk the horn until she came out!

Originally Posted by Gina

I used to do that! And then shout things at people as we drove past!

As long as you didn't shout anything at Perez Hilton, it's okay.

lol @ kid prisons. Then their parents should roll the window down before they leave. Sometimes it's just easier to nip to the store for 5 mins without a screaming kid in tow.

Yup... I think it tends to be the idiot parents who forget their kids are out there, and they run in for one or two things, and oh, look, insecticide is 35% off, and you never know when you're gonna need that, and oh, look, shoe sale, and then oh, look, there's Doris from across the street, "Hi Doris, let's dish for a while," and they get wrapped up in their own little world, and before they know it, their kids are succumbing to heatstroke. Not brilliant thinkers. People who have this tendency should take their screaming kids with them, because they sort of function as an alarm clock, which, instead of going "Beep! Beep! Beep!", goes "Mom! Mom! Mom!"

If you take your kids with you in your car, then you take them into the store where you are going....period.

You do not, under any circumstances leave them in your car, to swelter from the heat, get cold from the winter, or bait for sexual predators.

It's sad , but in this world...you do have to think of the last one.

Originally Posted by Pop Not Soda

As long as you didn't shout anything at Perez Hilton, it's okay.

No, I prefer to just tweet my dislike for him instead.

Originally Posted by Pop Not Soda

Yup... I think it tends to be the idiot parents who forget their kids are out there, and they run in for one or two things, and oh, look, insecticide is 35% off, and you never know when you're gonna need that, and oh, look, shoe sale, and then oh, look, there's Doris from across the street, "Hi Doris, let's dish for a while," and they get wrapped up in their own little world, and before they know it, their kids are succumbing to heatstroke. Not brilliant thinkers. People who have this tendency should take their screaming kids with them, because they sort of function as an alarm clock, which, instead of going "Beep! Beep! Beep!", goes "Mom! Mom! Mom!"

Fair enough point. I suppose you must have had some sort of recent case here where this has happened which is why you're all getting rather heated (I'm sorry) about it. It's not a common thing over here for parents to cook their kids in cars so I've never really thought about it. My mum would occasionally leave us 5 mins in the car while she went to buy bread/milk/whatever and it was never a problem. We didn't get fried; we didn't freeze; and funnily enough, we didn't get taken by a paedophile (see below).

Originally Posted by Kit

or bait for sexual predators.

It's sad , but in this world...you do have to think of the last one.

Ohh honestly! It's this kind of hysteria that has every mother/father/auntie/whoever feeling suspicious about any normal, decent person walking past their kid and giving a glance. Of course there are bad people out there; but I really think it's ridiculous how everyone seems to think that paedophile's are around every corner; waiting at supermarket carparks for some 'unfit parent' to live their child in a LOCKED car so they can have some sort of cheap thrill. What are they going to do? Rub their penis against the glass?!

Originally Posted by Gina

It's not a common thing over here for parents to cook their kids in cars so I've never really thought about it.

That's because you don't have as many stupid Americans over there.

Ohh honestly! It's this kind of hysteria that has every mother/father/auntie/whoever feeling suspicious about any normal, decent person walking past their kid and giving a glance. Of course there are bad people out there; but I really think it's ridiculous how everyone seems to think that paedophile's are around every corner; waiting at supermarket carparks for some 'unfit parent' to live their child in a LOCKED car so they can have some sort of cheap thrill. What are they going to do? Rub their penis against the glass?!

First of all... QUIT SPYING ON ME!

Second.. you're absolutely right... we live in a fear-based culture, especially in the US. Everyone is afraid of everything. If your home isn't childproof, your kids are going to get hurt and die. If your kids walk home from school, they're "going to get kidnapped". And it's not linited to kids. If a girl meets an eccentric guy, he's "creepy" and is probably a serial killer. If you're walking down the street and see a group of black guys, they're probably going to kill you; stay away! This kind of shit doesn't happen any more often than it did in the '70s; you just didn't hear as much about it, and people were happier. Being afraid all the time doesn't make anyone safer, and coddling your kids only leaves them unprepared for the real world.

Understand, that I am not talking about parents leaving their 7 year olds in the car for 5-10 minutes, but they are leaving infants strapped in car seats for hours at a time. My dad used to leave us in the car when we were like 6 years old, with the keys in the ignition so we can turn on the A/C. But I would never leave a child younger then 6 unattended in a car at anytime. Period.

I agree kids should not be left in the car up to a certain age.

I remember my mom leaving me in the car with the key in the ignition so I could listen to the radio. Let me tell you, I would rather wait in the car than go groceryshopping. Which 10 year old enjoys shopping, anyway?

If the child is old and responsible enough, why not?

So is it okay to leave them in cold cars?

I think at age 10, you should leave them the keys so they can go for a drive around the block while you're in the store.

Originally Posted by Gina

No, I prefer to just tweet my dislike for him instead.




Fair enough point. I suppose you must have had some sort of recent case here where this has happened which is why you're all getting rather heated (I'm sorry) about it. It's not a common thing over here for parents to cook their kids in cars so I've never really thought about it. My mum would occasionally leave us 5 mins in the car while she went to buy bread/milk/whatever and it was never a problem. We didn't get fried; we didn't freeze; and funnily enough, we didn't get taken by a paedophile (see below).




Ohh honestly! It's this kind of hysteria that has every mother/father/auntie/whoever feeling suspicious about any normal, decent person walking past their kid and giving a glance. Of course there are bad people out there; but I really think it's ridiculous how everyone seems to think that paedophile's are around every corner; waiting at supermarket carparks for some 'unfit parent' to live their child in a LOCKED car so they can have some sort of cheap thrill. What are they going to do? Rub their penis against the glass?!

There is no hysteria, there is concern, and the desire to take care of children.

You're making a joke out of all of this, but if it ever happened to you...if your child was left in a car to swelter in the heat...would it be funny ?
If you came out to your car, and your child wasn't there...would you laugh it off and walk away ?

Ya..this is a very funny subject Gina..haha.

You shouldn't leave any living thing in a hot car. Be it a kid or a pet.

When parents bring their kids in somewhere teach them to behave.

Originally Posted by Kit

There is no hysteria, there is concern, and the desire to take care of children.

You're making a joke out of all of this, but if it ever happened to you...if your child was left in a car to swelter in the heat...would it be funny ?
If you came out to your car, and your child wasn't there...would you laugh it off and walk away ?

Ya..this is a very funny subject Gina..haha.

Yes, I would be laughing all the way to the police station.

Of course I wouldn't. I'm just saying it is very unlikely for these things to happen. If I was going to be in a shop for more than 10 mins; then I wouldn't leave the child there at all. If my child wasn't a menace, I might take them into the store anyway. If I'm literally running in and out, then I would leave them in the car with the air con on/window open. However, it's very rarely hot here so I doubt this would even be necessary.

And how anyone could take a kid from a locked car during the 5 mins it would take me to buy bread/petrol/milk/TAMPONS I don't know.

I'm not trying to make a joke. I just think some people are being a bit hysterical.

This is probably why I will never have kids.

Like anthrox said I am not a parent, but I am an uncle and to two of them I drive around alot with, and they are like my children. there is no way I could forget them in my car