IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

Honey I forgot the kid...

Gilbert, Arizona police have charged a mother of four with misdemeanor child endangerment after she left her two-month old son unattended, strapped in a car-seat inside a shopping cart, for over an hour.



^ Cherish Peterson, 27, said she was rushing around a Fry's grocery store, buying candy for her nephew's birthday party and had three of her four young children with her. She drove away with her other kids - and the baby, Huxton, was left behind in front of the neighboring Supercuts.

Salon employees figured the baby had been abandoned when no one came to claim him immediately and called police. Meanwhile, Cherish pulled into her garage and realized what she'd forgotten the baby when her 3-year-old asked her where Huxton was. She sped back to the shopping center. The baby was unharmed and returned safely to his mother.


^ While the baby was in the salon, one of the employees tweeted out a picture of Huxton and speculated that the AWOL mother must be a drunk or something.

When police later charged the mother with child endangerment, the story went viral and a growing group of parents, along with Cherish's husband and family, are now petitioning to have the charges dropped; they feel that it was an honest mistake that could happen to anyone and that it won't happen again.

Others, including Supercuts' employees, feel that the charges are appropriate because Cherish did in fact endanger the baby when she left him unattended outside in the hot Arizona son, even if it was unintentional.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...other.html

I've had two kids in my care and taken them shopping many times. There's no way I could have left one behind. But, I never had a baby and two little ones with me while I was rushing around, so I have no personal experience to draw from.

Is the charge appropriate, or heavy-handed bullshit in your opinion?