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I have a friend and their two and half year old has begun getting in the car and not only closing the door, but locking them. Clever little guy, but oh so bad. Now they always leave their windows down. That opens them up to theft and rain, but for now that's the answer for them. Personally, I'd spank the kid, but times have changed.
I have a friend and their two and half year old has begun getting in the car and not only closing the door, but locking them. Clever little guy, but oh so bad. Now they always leave their windows down. That opens them up to theft and rain, but for now that's the answer for them. Personally, I'd spank the kid, but times have changed.
Why not lock the car after using it?
One time my firstborn toddler locked me out of the house. I learned after that to unlock the front door every day. The locking out happened with a patio slider.
If parents locked the car, two year old could not get in. And why isn’t he being supervised when he is outside?
My toddler once locked me out of the house. Never mind.
I have a friend and their two and half year old has begun getting in the car and not only closing the door, but locking them. Clever little guy, but oh so bad. Now they always leave their windows down. That opens them up to theft and rain, but for now that's the answer for them. Personally, I'd spank the kid, but times have changed.
My son did this once when he was about 3 and when we found him, his body temperature was 107! IT WAS CRAZY. I couldn't spank him though because he was so affected - but he never did it again. Maybe he learned his lesson! (He was missing for about 15 minutes.)
Actually I think we just started keeping the car doors locked if the car was outside now that I think of it.
One time my firstborn toddler locked me out of the house. I learned after that to unlock the front door every day. The locking out happened with a patio slider.
If parents locked the car, two year old could not get in. And why isn’t he being supervised when he is outside?
My toddler once locked me out of the house. Never mind.
Get this!
I had a two year old and a 4 month old. I had a back patio door that would sort of close on it's own, but it wouldn't lock. So one day I stepped out on the back patio while the two year old and 4 month old were in the living room, and the door closed - and immediately my two year old ran over there and LOCKED THE DOOR.
My front door was locked. I had to call the MPs (we lived on a military installation), from next door because this was before cell phones. I could SEE the MP station from my house! But while I was standing outside on the patio, talking with the two year old and saying, "OK, honey, open the door for Mommy!" she got this evil look on her face and went over to the baby and started hitting her on the diaper and dragging her around the floor on the blanket! And of course the baby started crying.
Then the MPs got there, and they said "We have to break down the front door." So they did so, which of course scared my toddler to pieces! It was crazy!
Good idea though to always lock the car doors (which I do now).
I had a two year old and a 4 month old. I had a back patio door that would sort of close on it's own, but it wouldn't lock. So one day I stepped out on the back patio while the two year old and 4 month old were in the living room, and the door closed - and immediately my two year old ran over there and LOCKED THE DOOR.
My front door was locked. I had to call the MPs (we lived on a military installation), from next door because this was before cell phones. I could SEE the MP station from my house! But while I was standing outside on the patio, talking with the two year old and saying, "OK, honey, open the door for Mommy!" she got this evil look on her face and went over to the baby and started hitting her on the diaper and dragging her around the floor on the blanket! And of course the baby started crying.
Then the MPs got there, and they said "We have to break down the front door." So they did so, which of course scared my toddler to pieces! It was crazy!
Good idea though to always lock the car doors (which I do now).
"The Bad Seed", lol. We just re-watched that a few days ago.
"The Bad Seed", lol. We just re-watched that a few days ago.
Well, that firstborn sure is bossy, I know that much. I'm a first born and bossy myself, but she's got me beat.
It has come in handy sometimes, but I remember when she was about 4 and had some sort of little virus, I don't remember what but it made her temperature go way up. So the doctor told me to give her this liquid medication every four hours and take her temperature and it HAD to stay below 102 or they were going to admit her to the hospital. So I was adamant about her taking this GRAPE FLAVORED medication. Anyway, so she was trying to refuse to take it. I had to lay her down on the floor and straddle her, and while she was screaming, I shot that medication into her mouth. She immediately shut up and gave me this stare, and I stared her down and said, "Don't you DARE spit that out. Don't you dare." She didn't do it - she actually swallowed it, and I remember looking her in the eye as I had her straddled on the floor and I remember saying to her, "You will never win against me. Go ahead and get that into your head. You will never win a showdown with me." And I remember afterward praying, "God you promised you would not give me anything I can't handle, and so I pray for strength to handle this very strong willed child."
Now at age 38, she's my absolute darling and my hero. We have always gotten along really well, but I could never let her "win," not one time. It was really hard sometimes!
Here's another true story: A couple of years ago, my dad lay in the hospital dying. He had some visitors from his Sunday School class - they weren't close friends but they were visiting him when the head Neurologist came in to talk to me (I had the POA) about taking him off life support. Now listen, this is a PRIVATE family conversation. I was on the far side of his bed and this churchy couple were standing on the other side, near the door. They WOULD NOT LEAVE. This was just TOO JUICY for them to drag themselves away. My "bossy" daughter looked over at me, then over at these people, and she marched around the side of the bed, grabbed them each by the elbow, and escorted them right out of the room. TALK ABOUT MY HERO!
I thought of this topic recently as the year comes to a close.
Since the last post above by KathrynAragon, there was an additional five deaths of kids left in hot cars.
That makes the total number of kids dying in hot cars this year at 24, which makes it the lowest death total since 1997 (according to the website kids and cars). Last year there were 53 deaths and in 2018 54 deaths (the record). Also, out of those 24 deaths, a good number of them were suspicious and in fact the cause was unknown (may not even have been an accident).
I suppose you could say that the COVID-19 restrictions served some useful purpose this year.
The best prevention is to put your purse or briefcase in the back seat when you start out. Then arriving at your destination you will have to reach back there, and notice your child.
News outlets in North Carolina report a mother now faces charges after her 5-month-old baby girl died in a hot car.
WSOC in Charlotte reports the Iredell County, N.C. Sheriff's Office is charging Madison Moore one count of felony involuntary manslaughter.
Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell said the baby was found dead inside a car parked outside a home on Old Mountain Road near Troutman.
An autopsy revealed she died from from environmental hyperthermia.
Sheriff Campbell says Moore told investigators the girl was left in the car for several hours. Right now, it's unclear how that happened.
Moore is now behind bars with a $75,000 bond.
This is the first hot car-related child death in the United States for the year 2021. The advocacy group KidsandCars.org says the number of child deaths in hot cars has increased recently.
Never left a child in the car, but a few of our kids have stories of leaving the house and then returning to get them quite shortly thereafter. This was well before cell phones. Our brains unfortunately can get head of us sometimes. The mother will never forgive herself. No punishment will undo that.
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