Why Is It Bad Now And Not Then?

Today I was hoping to take Ace to the dog grooming place to get all trimmed up. Grant’s at work and of course I have both girls. It’s our Monday Funday! Before I called his grooming place, I thought about the girls. What would I do with them? My first thought was to obviously bring them with and leave them in the Tibby while I ran in and dropped him off. Then I remembered an article I read online one day. It was about a woman who ran into Walmart and left her 5yr old in the van with an iPad to watch a movie. Someone who was in the parking lot saw her and called the cops on her for it. She got into some trouble and now has a mark on her record for it. Here’s what I don’t get: Why is it so ungodly horrible to leave a kid in a car while you run inside a store quick? Now don’t get me wrong, Im not talking leaving my girls in the Tibby while I go walk the mall for an hour. Im talking about those quick trips inside where you’re in the store for MAYBE 5 minutes and you can see the vehicle the whole time. Im always worried that Im going to get called on because I ran into the gas station to buy a pop and the girls are just chilling in the Tibby. Im not stupid, I’d have the vehicle running and the remote with me so they cant get out and no one could get in. They’d be safe and sound, and probably way more happy in there than they would be if I lugged them inside, only to be lugged back out less than 10 minutes later. I don’t see much difference in that versus the girls are downstairs playing while Im upstairs putting laundry away and changing their sheets. Either way Im not in their line of site and yet they’re just fine. I remember when I was a kid and wanting to stay in the car to watch people while my parent(s) ran into the store quick to grab something. I wasn’t scared, I wasn’t in any danger, and half the time I had more fun. I hate the fact that we’ve become such a “safe” society with our kids that we’re taking the phrase “it takes a village….” to the extreme and kids are so insanely coddled that they don’t learn by themselves. I really wish I didn’t have to worry about someone calling the cops on me because I left the girls in a fully air conditioned/heated Trailblazer for all of 10minutes while I ran into the store quick because it’s a lot more work to take them in and out for such a short time. I wish people would calm the hell down!