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• Couple Who Left Kid in Car Face Charges

  Seems like there's been some serious crackdowns on leaving kids in the car while running errands. A couple in Carmel are going to court with misdemeanor charges after they left their two-year-old asleep in the car in a supermarket parking lot for about 15 minutes. Concerned people saw the toddler and called the cops, but the couple had driven away by the time the law arrived. However, a few people got the car's plate number. Now, the obvious question in this particular instance is...   Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 04:02 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: kids, law, crime, child safety, police, car seat, parenting classes, car, misdemeanor, parked car

• In Defense of the Minivan

  About five minutes after we pulled away from the Detroit airport rental lot in our brand-spanking-new Chrysler minivan, an entire box of Cheerios had magically stuck itself to one of the rear captain chairs, a Coke had spilled itself on the carpet and something sticky and breathing had manifested itself beneath the car seat. We could hear it grumbling -- something about brains, I think. Read More... Posted Aug 13 2007, 03:29 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: minivans, mini-vans, car seat

• Oh Crud, Now Where Did I Leave That Baby?

  Maybe you get hit with that sinking feeling you forgot something. Car keys: check. Sunglasses: check. Wallet: check. Baby...Uh oh. Never fear. Now you can get your hands on the Child Minder System, which sounds a keychain alarm every time you move more than ten feet away from your kid's car seat. It attaches to the little buckle on the child restraint system, so you don't end up leaving Junior in the car for hours while you play Bingo or something. You know, I'm sure it happens ALL THE TIME. Read More... Posted Aug 03 2007, 09:56 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: kids in cars, car seat, baby alert, babies in cars

• Babble Talk: Car Seats and Cabs

  So you live in the city but you don't have a car, but you want to be able to take cabs with your babies, but the law says all that kids have to be in car seats, but no city taxis provide their own.  Frustrating, huh? If you're an urban parent who dreads schlepping around a car seat, read this week's Parental Advisory column, which focuses on "the Baby-Taxi-Transport conundrum." Our columnists offer a round-up of existing solutions, and even a few work-arounds (did you know that New York's car-seats-only rule has exceptions?).  Unfortunately, there's no ideal solution; readers, how do you handle this kid-in-the-city conundrum? Posted Jun 20 2007, 05:40 PM by Gwynne Watkins with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: babble talk, parental advisory, car seat

• The Clueless California Car Seat Installation

  "Dude, let's go score some weed!" "Nah, I can't. The wife is getting her face sanded again and she left the kid here. She said I have to stay with it." "You have a kid?  What's that smell anyway? Can we just take the kid with us?" "Yeah, there's this seat-thing. You just strap it in the car somehow." "No problem, dude, let's go!" ..........  "Dude. What's that sound?" "Tunes, man.  There's killer speakers in this Jeep." "No, dude, it sounds like wailing.  What is that?" "Oh. That. Yeah. Sounds like the kid.  Maybe we should stop. There's a 7-11. I have the munchies anyway." ........... "Dude. Its face is all red, what's up with that?" "I don't know, dude. Let's just wipe the bugs off it and go in." "Dude. You want to take the baby in too? It's your call." "Yeah, okay. Might as well. It might spit up or something back here."     Posted Jun 12 2007, 03:47 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: California, Car seat safety, car seat, Jeep, clueless