Quote From: jd1fanlbWe had a case here in the KC area where a mother left her son in the car just to get something to drink. Not only did she leave him in the car, but she left the car running (it was cold outside). The car was stolen and she tried to get her kid out of the car seat, he was dragged to his death. This woman was not charged at all. I know it probably sounds very cold hearted, and people will say she has suffered enough, but not as much as her son. She should have been charged. It is against the law to leave your child in the car alone.
I wish I could remember who put it this way, but I really like it. Let's see how much your child is worth to you. Would you leave a $1000 bill in the car? No. How about a $100 dollar bill? No. How about a $50 dollar bill? No. How about a $20 dollar bill? No. And so on and so on. You wouldn't leave a $20 dollar bill, but you would your child. So your child isn't worth $20.00. I never left my child in the car, no matter how difficult it was to take him out and put in back, or no matter how close it was.
Some mistakes you only get to make once.
Get over yourself. How can you comapre that story to the one that was on this week's show? In your story, the mother left her kid in a "running" car -that's totally different from what the other woman did (locked the car). Whenever you leave your car running in a public area, it attracts people who just want to steal the car, they're not looking to steal a kid -most criminals want money not people. The woman in your story made a bad judgement call , she should have locked her doors but only if she would be in the store for less than 5 minutes, otherwise, she needed to take the child in w/ her.
People like you are no different than the people way back in history who chase down others (that they feel is guilty of something) w/ your burning tourches in one hand, and critical words spouting from your know-it-all mouth.
The woman in your story doesn't need to be continually criticized by people like you. Nothing is accomplished, you just show what a disgusting fellow human you are; she made bad mistake, one that I'm sure she would trade her soul to reverse.
