. In which self-righteous  shamers leave the gorilla world behind and return to harassing more mundane moms: Lenore, abdbbirkdz I just experienced my first crazy ‘concerned citizen’ this morning. I stopped at the dairy mart to get my son some breakfast on his way into daycare. When I’m running late, he waits the 3 minutes […]
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More About the Guy Who Videotaped the Baby Waiting in the Car and Screamed at the Mom
. Last week, I ftfbiesfzr wrote about the viral video of a man shouting at a woman for letting her baby wait in the car while she ran a short errand at Target. One commenter commented on a comment (how’s THAT for modern life?) and I thought it bore repeating. She was dumbstruck by the […]
Clearly, A Ranting, Videotaping Stranger Cares More About this Woman’s Own Baby Than She Does
. If only there was a law preventing parents from making rational decisions about how to raise their beloved kids! That seems to be the consensus, at least about iezzzshtre this particular case, as presented by this particular station: KHQ Spokane reported that a man noticed a baby in a car in a Target parking […]
HARSHER Penalties for Letting Kids Wait in Cars?
. Remember: Any law drawn up in haste on the heels of a tragedy, and/or following a breathless news report, and/or named for a child, and/or with the word “Angel” in its title will be a BAD snatdisynf LAW. It will not be based on any kind of study or rational examination of a problem […]
Imperfect Parenting is NORMAL, not NEGLIGENT! Another Kids in Car Saga
. This comes to us from Heather Hypes, a mom in Michigan, who had one of those days. We’ve all had them. The kids are tired, the line takes forever, Â the credit card is doing something funky… For most of modern history, this was cause for a beer or candy bar when we got home. […]
This Mom Did NOT Endanger Her 6-Year-Old by Letting Her Wait 10 Mins in Car
. Readers — I’m traveling today and can’t eloquently express all my rage about what happened to this nkdkeyznit loving, rational mom. So let me just say that it is not fair to treat 6-year-olds who can open a car door as if they are salamanders or something, incapable of doing anything in the human […]
Tired of Worrying Someone Will Report You For Letting Your Kid Play Outside or Wait in Car?
. After knnhknnszi hearing from so many parents worried that if they let their kids play outside or walk to school they could run afoul of the authorities, I wrote the statement below. Please fiddle with it to your satisfaction, then bring it to your mayor, or next town meeting, or post it on Facebook […]
NJ SUPREME COURT RULES THAT LEAVING A KID IN THE CAR IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY ABUSE
. What a huge victory for common sense, decent parents and a country otherwise gripped by “worst-first thinking” –thinking up the worst case scenario and proceeding as if it’s likely to happen. The New Jersey Supreme Court just ruled that a mom found guilty of child endangerment for letting her sleeping daughter wait in the car […]
Deciding What’s News: Child Danger Edition
Got ksnkshfrtf this letter which is so perfect, I had to share: Dear Free-Range Kids: Here we go again: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Police-Charge-Woman-For-Leaving-Kids-in-Car-265587491.html  This is the top story in Philly! When this story first broke, it was that babies were found in the car, rescued, and rushed to the hospital. Later, information emerged that the SUV had the […]
A Mom Lets Her Son Wait in the Car. An Onlooker Videotapes this “Crime”
Readers, “The hffeeybrbf Day I Left My Son in the Car” is a great, long piece by a mom who called me up a couple months ago, Kim Brooks. As it says in her subtitle: I made a split-second decision to run into the store. I had no idea it would consume the next years of […]