How long would you leave it until you do something about a 3 year old in a car?

[quidi]

What's the cut off age? I'm sitting in my car, another car had been here since I got here and it's been 30 mins now. Little boy/girl is crying in the car a couple of cars down, literally wailing. What should I do? Someone must be coming back in a bit. Child is about 3.

That article was heartbreaking to read.

It's a wind up.

Oh my gosh! Just because I haven't grabbed my phone to update

Child is fine, mother came back after I called. I left once police arrived.

I am not even home yet! I would have come on when home.

Glad the child is ok! You did the right thing. That is a ridiculous length of time to leave a child - very upsetting.

Was the mother even contrite?

Mother was saying police need to take it up with the hairdresser

The hairdresser??

Fucking hell. iPads were invented to keep children occupied while at a hair dresser. I hope the mother gets a fine at the very least.

Omg so she must have left the poor kid there for ages if the hair dresser was lay or something

A man got prosecuted a few years ago for leaving a child alone in a car for 10 mins when he went to a chemist

Children occupied WHILE INSIDE at the hairdresser, obvs. Never left in the car.

No not because you didn't grab your phone but because who waits half an hour in this scenario and even then has to ask social media?
Pathetic.

quidi how long had the child been on their own then? Must have been getting on for an hour! Did you ring 999 or 101 out of interest?

The hairdresser is to blame? Riiiight.

And I suppose she'd never heard of a mobile hairdresser

She left the kid in the car to go to the hairdressers?

Why are some of you being horrible to the OP? She was in the situation and not you. Anyway, many of you check mumsnet before you buy a packet of biscuits.
Hilarious.

BrightOranges, you need to wind your neck in.

My, delicate you're really doing the rounds slagging off MN and its posters today, aren't you?

Anyway, many of you check mumsnet before you buy a packet of biscuits.

Yes, quite!

OMG says it all, she leaves the child in the car whilist she goes to the hairdresser . I can imagine some people would do this!

A 3 year old wailing alone in a car vs buying a packet of biscuits. Very different things.

Sit quietly and let even 3 minutes pass by. See how long that is. And this is someone supposedly leaving a child? People wouldn't leave a dog or car alarm for that long. On second thoughts perhaps they would.

And if it had been me, I would have done something sooner than 30 minutes later without first checking in here.

Well,we can only hope to be as perfect as you one day BrightOranges