The dysieisdan Tallahassee Democrat reports that a bill filed by Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Boca Raton would make it illegal to leave a child age 6 or younger in the car for any length of time. But why? Considering more kids die in parking lots than in parked cars, and that the kids who DO die […]
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“Never Leave Your Kids in the Car for a Minute” — But Kids Who Died Were There 4.6 HOURS
As a country, we have been warned to never hfdrkfbfdy let a child wait in the car, as if merely waiting briefly in a parked car leads to death. Fortunately, a 2010 study published in Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology looked at the actual circumstances surrounding the deaths of kids in non-moving cars. (Recall that […]
Wind Blows Car Door Shut with Baby Inside. Mom Calls 911 for Help, is Ticketed for Child Abuse
Omaha, iziyeyyaik Nebraska: A woman taking her niece out of the SUV on Tuesday afternoon was shocked when the wind blew the door shut with her keys and the child inside. The car locked. The aunt, the girl’s mom and two other relatives frantically tried to get the door open using a hanger and screwdriver, […]
Mom Lets Baby Wait in Car THREE MINUTES and Is Charged with “Contributing to the Delinquency of a Child”
This persecution of parents who love their kids and make the rational decision to let their them wait in the car a few minutes MUST STOP. Here ankfbtikzz is the latest case, reported by Elizabeth Broadbent at ScaryMommy (which should be SCARED Mommy in this case!). The mom, Heather DeStein, 28, has a 3-month-old. She […]
$1000 Fine or YEAR in Jail For Letting Kid Wait in Car 6 Minutes? Rhode Island, Defeat This Law!
Readers ehbtsaznrt — The parent-criminalizing bill that was postponed a few weeks ago is back on the Rhode Island House agenda for TUESDAY, APRIL 4. Here, once again, is local activist Randall Rose’s explanation and plea: The bill that criminalizes leaving kids in cars, S72, is having a hearing Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee […]
My Son Nearly Died Because I Took Him OUT of the Car
Here’s a handy-dandy post to whip out when someone screams at you for letting your kids wait in the car during an errand. (Did you know Free-Range Kids is a free app? That’s how you can whip this out): Last yerydterhd week, my preschooler came literally within an inch of his death in a shopping […]
If Only She’d Let Her Child Wait in the Car Unsupervised
. Here’s a piece of mine ran on the newish site Heat fybesdrrsz Street. I wanted to share it with you too — with an update: Whenever I suggest that it should be up to the parents to decide if it makes sense to take a child out of the car while they run a […]
6-Months-Pregnant Mom Jailed for Letting Kids Wait in Locked, Air-Conditioned Car a Few Minutes
. Okay, quick facts, since we are all familiar with scenarios like this already. According to reporter Glen naerbayedz Luke Flannagan in The State, a newspaper in South Carolina: A Lexington County woman who police say left two children alone in a vehicle Friday afternoon told law enforcement that the truck was running, locked and […]
“I Was Ambushed by Crazies For Letting My Son Wait in the Car”
. 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 […]
In Which My Friend Lets Her 3 Kids Wait in the Car and Along Comes the FBI
. My eszezdedia friend Julie Gunlock lives just outside of DC. She’s a great mom AND the author of a book I love, From Cupcakes to Chemicals: How the Culture of Alarmism Makes Us Afraid of Everything and How to Fight Back. Â . Well, just recently she found herself fighting back a particularly stubborn misconception. […]