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| On more than a couple of occasions have I seen small babies left in cars here. I admit I used to do it in the UK. The car was in our driveway, the windows would be open, and I’d sit in the front room overlooking the car.
But here I’ve seen babies in cars alone with no mother in sight.
One, was the other week, a very small baby left alone in the car in a poorly lit underground coop car park. It was over the lunch period so there were a cars going in and out, who would have known if someone had decided to take it?
The other incident which really concerned me, so much that I waited with the baby until the mother arrived so I could bollock her, was a small child about 18 months old, alone and asleep in the car. It was an outdoor carpark, which was out of site of the shops. The car was in the sunshine, the windows weren’t open and the baby was covered in sweat. Luckily I had an umbrella in the car to try and shade it. I mentioned to a passer by, how could someone leave a child like this, and she just looked at me and shrugged. 15 mins later, the mother came out with her other 2 children in tow. I told her to get the car open immediately. The child was only just rousable, and so very hot. We had to strip him down and try to cool him. She said it was hard to do the shopping with all 3 , and he was asleep so she left him. I think she got my point quite clearly when I told her how irresponsible and dangerous it was. Amazing how some women won’t leave their handbags in the car, but would leave their tiny defenceless children. | |
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The number of mums i've seen here sitting at least 10 meters away from their kids (< 4 years old) swimming in the kiddie pool, you'd think babies grow on trees.