Don’t leave your baby unattended in a car.
I saw the most distressing thing, this morning, that I have seen in a long time.
When I pulled in to the parking lot of Sami’s day care, a father with a preschool boy and an infant girl was getting the boy out of his truck. I didn’t think anything of it until I noticed that he had walked away leaving the baby girl in the truck alone! He walked to the OTHER preschool, next door to Sami’s, maybe 30 yards away.
I rarely have panic attacks, but this really nearly pushed me into one. I could not believe that someone would leave their child alone, unattended, in a locked truck in a parking lot. I got Sami out of our car, but I stayed by the truck until the dad came back. I didn’t say anything, because honestly confrontation when accusing someone of negligent parenting is never productive. But I did find out from the director of Sami’s day care that leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for any length of time is illegal in several different areas of law, not to mention dangerous and negligent.
The baby was OK, but I did go into the other preschool and explain what I had seen, and just asked if someone there could mention that the father’s behaviour had been observed, and that on top of the risk for the baby, if reported he could be in a lot of trouble. I hope the message gets across; my heart really goes out to that kid.
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ugh that’s disgusting. i dont understand why people would do that to a kid. i wouldve taken the license plate and reported him.
but maybe i’m just a “rosicona” as they say here. basically it means hot-head. then again, i cried when the news said that a newborn was found in a dump cut in half (because of the mechanism, poor thing). sat there with my mouth open and just cried.
because here in italy they have laws that you can go to the hospital and give birth and leave the baby for adoption no questions asked AND a free helpline if you have the baby at home and want it taken away by paramedics. why resort to dumping it??? noone gives a shit who you are, they want to give your baby a chance and maybe a loving family.
i can only imagine what my response would be as a mother.
Oh wow… that’s frightening… I completely understand you!!!
They have the safe haven law or something like that here in CA – you can leave a newborn at any sort of civic center, no questions asked…
But that’s really RIDICULOUS!!! The dad, that is.
Oh, that got my heart racing just reading about it. Kudos for keeping an eye on the truck (and how could you not?) and going and letting someone know. I imagine it didn’t occur to him that it was wrong. I know that sounds sexist, but I’m always amazed at just how differently fathers parent than mothers.