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Originally Posted by GGG
This Grinds my Gears. Why do we have to judge other parents in this situation for having a different risk tolerance than ourselves.
The question we need to ask is how many kids die or get kidnapped each year from being left in a car for less than 15 minutes in non-extreme weather? Then that risk needs to be compared with how many injuries are there from slip and falls in parking lots with kids, how many vehicle pedestrian collisions occur with kids, how many kids get kidnapped/lost in malls/stores. Once we have properly assessed the risk then we can pass judgement. All I know is that the risk of harm coming to the child in either situation is ridiculously low. And no doubt order of magnitudes safer than driving to Ikea in the first place.
My own personal policy is that if I can see the car then I will leave the kids in, if I cant then I bring them in. But I shouldn't judge people within reason if they take marginally more or less risk. Especially when we don't know which is safer.
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Just to add to this point. How am I to know how long the kids have been in there, or are going to be there ? All i know is that they are in a car with their parent presumably in IKEA. They could have had to take a 2 minute poop, or they could be doing the whole maze through the store for 2 hours.