To think that it's okay to leave my DS in the car?

[victoriousblunder]

DS is 12. Shoot me if you like but I regularly leave him in the car outside petrol stations or when I go into a shop.

The way I see it is that he gets the bus home from school by himself, I sometimes leave him at home if I go to the local shops, send him to the shop for me, he also walks the dog with friends. Yet apparently I shouldn't leave him in the car outside a shop!

AIBU?

ForalltheSaints
You wouldn't leave a 12 year old for more than a minute?

12! does he even notice you're not in the car in the time it takes to go in the shop? do a whole christmas shop if my 11 year old is anything to go by. My dd wouldn't get her head out of a book long enough. I am contemplating not telling her we're home one day and seeing how long she'd stay in the car on the drive.

ForalltheSaints
I assume you are talking about under a minute or so. Not a problem in my view.

He's 12 ffs, not 2!

mmm - give him the keys
edition.cnn.com/2017/04/24/asia/boy-drives-across-australia-trnd/

Haha I thought the child was going to be 2 or 3. Your mil is quite mad.

If he was 2 she would have a point but he's 12 ffs.