IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

I almost left my daughter in the car when she was 3 months old. I picked up my son and his friend from school and then went to the grocery store. We all got out of the car and as soon as I locked it I thought oh shit the baby. I guess it was because I didn't usually take her with me to pick up the kids. Then of course my son had to tell everyone how I almost left the baby in the car.

I didn't leave her outside in front of freaking Supercuts for an hour though. I'd say that's entering in to child endangerment territory even if it was an honest mistake.

There are a lot of moms sharing stories similar to yours in response to Cherish Peterson's story.



^ I watched the interview with Cherish. She says she ran into the store with the kids to get some candy for a party, loaded up and took off. She said she usually takes her cart back, but this time she parked right in front of the store so she didn't have to. She thought she put the baby in the car, but left him in the cart.

She says it was 40 minutes from the time she left the store until the time she got back to the store in a panic (a police officer had moved the baby to the Supercuts next door). Police confirmed that's true. They know it was an honest mistake, but I guess they figure the baby was endangered anyhow and they're going by the book.

I don't think this story would ever have gone viral if the workers at the Supercuts didn't post the baby's photo to social media and speculate that the mother was drunk; from there bloggers went nuts calling her a drug-addict and a bitch and such and it all snowballed.

Anyway, I'm glad the kid's okay, and the mom will surely survive the shame.