Grandmother leaves baby in car in baking temperatures

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She must have left him for quite a while but to do so in this heat is irresponsible, imo.

Terrible story. She should be ashamed.

I will never understand this type of thing.

This sort of story makes me so Are people really that thick? How hard is it to take a baby round a supermarket? That's what the seats on trolleys are for ffs.

There's a woman who leaves her dog in the car while she goes and picks her kids up from the school at the end of our road, and one day a couplae of weeks ago, the poor thing was left in the baking car without even any windows open. She was gone for a good 45 mins, so DP reported it to the RSPCA.

stupid cow

omg poor child. Presumably they would have put a call out for her in store though before calling the police ?

hope the RSPCA followed it up, inter!

Have also in the past had to feed water to dogs, left in cars by stupid w*nkers, through tiny gaps in the window.

I remember a while ago in the states a woman popped into work but left her 2 toddlers in the car.
she got distracted and "forgot" about them and they both died while she was busy chatting!!!!

How can you forget about your children???

they did, afaik, expat. I wasn';t here at the time, DP saw it all.

alicemama. I do leave DS in the car while I pay for petrol, which I am sure there's tons of arguments against, but then I am gone for literally 1 minute, and I feel all jittery doing it. I'd never leave him in the car for longer though

b*stards, inter!

animal and child neglect/abuse make me see red.

i, too, have gone into shops and bought a bottle of water to feed a dog thru a crack in the window.

w/one hand, whilst the other was phoning the cops - b/c in the states it's a chargeable offense.

if i EVER saw a child left alone in a car in this heat, i'd call 911 straightaway. there's no way of knowing how long they've been in there, and kids can go downhill fast.

Leaving your children in the car to pay for petrol is not a problem, imo. You are only gone for a couple of minutes and can see them all the time. I have 2yo twins and to take them out of the car just to pay for petrol would be too cumbersome as well as dangerous (crossing the forecourt).

Leaving a baby in a baking car to go shopping is sheer madness. The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me. As a grandmother, she should really know better

I reported someone at our local ASDA about a month ago, it was a really hot day and a child was left asleep in the back of the car, even from where I was standing (didn't go up close as didn't want to upset child) you could see that she was red and sweaty. Reported it to customer services who put out a message, when I'd finished shopping the car had gone - I was so cross

For heaven's sake, how stupid can you get? Idiots.

Saw a dog left in a car with windows shut in full sunlight and no water once while at a museum. Fortunately the staff were able to find the owners and send them out. Hope they were bloody ashamed and never did it again. But I have my doubts.

FFS why take a dog with you if you are planning to leave it? And even more FFS WHY leave a child alone in a car on a baking hot day for more than a few seconds? Paying for petrol I can see is (takes minutes, and you can see them) but leaving them any longer than that?

I have also left them them in the car to pay for petrol but thats it.
If I'm going to be longer than a minute or they're not within sight, I'll alwayss take them out and take them with me...

I don't understand how anybody can "forget" about their children in that situation

Just as importantly-what about leaving the child alone in the first place?! It's illegal to leave a child at home alone but why not in a car? Id worry about abduction too!

What planet is this women on? I leave them in car for petrol. Such a silly women .

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