Since When..

If ever there lived a person that gives it their all, it is I.
I exist to give it all I got Tess and I find it very difficult to tolerate this sad trait in others when they have no get up and go so to speak...yes, I can relate to this what you are saying here...I think I understand you.
Because I am only human, I MUST excel at being it..:) xoox Hugs

Hhmmm, that's perplexing. If said 10 YR OLD CHILD is oh so responsible then why not just leave them at home, instead of locked in a car in the parking lot....hhmmmm? Not responsible enough for that? Hmmm....nope don't agree with that one. I have yet to know a 10 yr old boy that SHOULD be left with 4 other children, much less one that can. What a responsibility on that child. 13, maybe, but 10 nope. Not in my book. If the momma can't handle all 5 in the store how is the poor son supposed to handle them without the momma as backup authority? Get em Tess ma gal!

Sounds similiar to that discussion i had about the baby left in the car while the Grandma shopped and didn't seem to care...
Wherever i went with my 5 children they came with me even if i was gone for 10 min. they didn't like it but i didn't care and todays Parents seem to forget or care less about the welfare of a child..sometimes i think they are above the Law or feel it doesn't apply to them...
If I was in charge have of them would be sterile to never bring another babe into this world..Rough maybe but definitely needed

Hi, my name's myklj and I'm a slacker...

Well when the 10 year old decides instead of sitting in the car looking after the others and goes offfor a joy ride in it with them instead perhaps she will re think on this one and hopefully none of the kids will get hurt in the process. Every one has their own way of parenting but I for one have never left the children in the car unattended. Ellie:D

I never leave the kids unattended anywhere, least of all in a car! I would not dream of it, not even for a second. It is a good thing to put your all into everything and I do try to give my all to everything, I certainly do the best I can anyway and I am not a lazy slacker, well do not think I am anyway!

I am glad that I missed the discussion about leaving kids in the car! That makes me so freakin mad!
I can definitely be lazy about some things in my life but I am not going to hide behind some lame excuse as to why I am doing it! And I am definitely not going to choose laziness over the safety and well being of my children!

I once saw a therapist who told me that my goals and expectations in life were too high and that I needed to lower them. I looked at her like she was an idiot and never went back.

I honestly don't get people like that. I have 2 daughters 14 and 11. I don't let them in the car alone while I go shopping they have to go in the store with me. You never know these days you can never be too safe.
I am far from perfect but when it comes to my kids I try to be.

I saw that discussion and all the responses. I had steam coming out my ears. I couldn't even type what I was thinking. So, I am glad you DID.
My oldest is almost 28. Even that far back I did not leave my kids in the car, even for a minute or two. If I needed a break from them for an hour or two, I asked a neighbor to watch them, I did the same for her. I did not leave my kids at home alone until my son was probably 14. Even then, there were times I would have someone older come and stay with them for a while, if they didn't want to go with me. My feeling was that I had worked too damned hard to get those kids here, I was not about to lose them because I couldn't be bothered for all of 5 seconds to get them out of the car, or they might get fussy while I was trying to shop. If you are going to become a parent, you should be sure you take responsibility for them. Leaving them in a locked car, I don't care how old they are, is NOT taking responsibility.

Yeah, I am the perfect mom, because I cared enough to do everything I could to make sure they were safe.

Yes I do give my all to everything taht I do, but no one is never perfect and some have to learn from their mistakes and some life lessons are harder to accept than others.