Generally speaking, despite what some of the commenters on my recent Suri Cruise post might say, I try to be non-judgmental about other people's parenting choices. But I can't be impartial about this woman in New Zealand, who dangled her one-year-old baby outside the window of a moving car for no apparent reason. I mean, that's just stone-cold, straight-up stupid.

Evidently the 21-year-old mom, whose name has been withheld, was on vacation with friends. They were driving along a gravel road at about 30 km per hour, or about 18.6 miles per hour. Since safety clearly was paramount, one of the friends was lying on top of the car, holding down an inflatable bed. At some point, the mom thought it would be fun to hold the infant under the arms and dangle the babe's feet near the road, which she did for about ten seconds. A witness -- who undoubtedly thought, "Wow, this makes Michael Jackson's baby-dangling episode look remarkably rational and smartly executed" -- called the cops.

The mom's only defense: "I just didn't think." Well, at least she's honest.

She is due to be sentenced next week and a judge promised she won't get off easily. I have to believe this young mother isn't malicious but is just acting her age -- which, again, is 21 -- and didn't consider the consequences of her behavior. Fortunately her child survived and will have an awesome story to hold over his/her mother's head for decades to come.

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