Study Explains Why We Arrest Moms for Putting Kids in Nearly Non-Existent Danger
As a parent of two kids, the leaving children at home unattended while the parent runs a short errand being considered a crime has always caused me anguish.<p>The leading cause of death in children in the United States is by car accident[0]. So if my youngest son is asleep in his crib and I need to leave to grab groceries from the store a mile away, I have to wake him up, strap him into his placebo seat[1], and put his life into statistically far, <i>far</i> greater danger than the risk of him somehow suffocating in his empty crib or dying in a house fire. Not to mention the added stress on both him and me that arises from waking a toddler prematurely--stresses that result in shaken baby syndrome and the third leading cause of death in his age group.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;injury&#x2F;wisqars&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;leading_causes_of_injury_deaths_highlighting_unintentional_injury_2014-a.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;injury&#x2F;wisqars&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;leading_causes_of_inj...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;steven_levitt_on_child_carseats" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;steven_levitt_on_child_carseats</a>