Mom faces trial for leaving child in car (cliped from yahoo)

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superchunk said:
I read the article, I get the point that in this exact case the child was not in any real danger. But, that is not the point. Leaving a child in a car by themselves should be illegal and no-one under any circumstances.

I definitely don't see her getting jail time anyways. Probably just a warning since the child was not in any real danger. But, the simple fact is, if you are going somewhere and you know you will not be able to take the kids out of the car with your for whatever reason, don't go. Do it later with help from other adults or leave the kids with someone else.

 different situations call for different Judgement, in this situation unless it was busy it was just a sage to leave the child in the car as taking the child out, first the mother would have had to carry the child, which meant the other 2 children would be less directly attended, secondly the odds her falling while carrying the child would probably have been the most likely source of harm regardless of the situation, This isnt' the same as leaving a child in a hot car, that situation should be illegal, as it is.