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No Vested Interest

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10. Situation better/safer if Mom had put the car window(s) down.

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #9)

Sun May 3, 2020, 04:57 PM

May 2020

Likely the child could have opened the car door if necessary, but we do not know enough about the family dynamics to say for sure.
There may have been threats past or present by Mother re 7 year old's behavior.
I think holding her in jail is a little over the top.
A stern talking-to/warning by officer may have been enough.

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(S.C.) 7-year-old threw beach sand at brother, so mom put him in a hot car as punishment [View all] left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP

not smart...she could have forgotten, left him a few minutes too long Demovictory9 May 2020 #1

Isn't throwing sand a typical 'kid' thing? left-of-center2012 May 2020 #2

yeah. but ... stopdiggin May 2020 #3

The kid was 7. If he was hot he could open the door or even step out. He is not a baby strapped into LizBeth May 2020 #4

I live in Florida, this is child abuse plain and simple. dewsgirl May 2020 #6

I disagree. I do not know what the state has to do with it. But a 7 yr old in a car is not danger. LizBeth May 2020 #7

A child in a hot car is very much in danger. dewsgirl May 2020 #8

The SEVEN yr old puts hand on handle and opens door. No, it is not dangerous. The witness saw mother LizBeth May 2020 #9

Situation better/safer if Mom had put the car window(s) down. No Vested Interest May 2020 #10

Unless the child is afraid of worse consequences from Mother for disobeying. Midnight Writer May 2020 #11

this BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #12

You're correct left-of-center2012 May 2020 #5