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In reply to the discussion: Father Leaves Baby Locked in Car for 8 Hours (No Arrest) [View all]TBF
(32,056 posts)yet people do it. Every year I see a story or two like this (or pets in sweltering cars), and inevitably a toddler or two wander out and drown in suburban swimming pools. Accidents happen.
As a parent I have some sympathy for folks just being busy and forgetting - it really could happen to any of us on a bad day.
But it should be a situation where we think "how can we help these people". Especially someone going to a job interview. I would think even a republican would be in favor of someone getting job??
If she is thrown in jail than we are paying for her incarceration & for her child to be put in the foster care system. I'd much rather pay for a few hours of babysitting and get that poor woman a job so she can support herself. She was trying to do the right thing.