Should I have stayed out of this?

[MisterTommyH]

It's up to your concience really.

I wouldn't have any problem with what you did. Either that or stay in the area, at a distance to satisfy yourself that nothing bad was going to happen.

How would you have felt if you'd done nothing and something had happened?

Perhaps they are vile kids and she positively wanted the car stolen to save her having to get the kids taken into care

I'd have taken the kids for a walk round the corner for a few minutes to scare the mum into realising how bloody stupid she was.

Originally Posted by 2hys

thankfully they took ther kid out, cus i hear insurence cant replace your kids.

It only takes between 30 seconds and 2 hours to make a new child... so I hear.

My son is 5 and I'd never leave him in the car alone for any amount of time. Apart from the obvious, I wouldnt have much of a car to come back to knowing him.

[Biker Biggles]

No comment on this particular case as I wasnt there,but as a general observation I think we are way too overprotective of kids compared to when I was young.There seems to be a national paranoia of "what ifs" going on when kids actually need to learn to fend for themselves as much as possible from as young as possible.
Still i suppose you cant be too careful,and you just never know what dangers lurk

[appollo1]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I'd have taken the kids for a walk round the corner for a few minutes to scare the mum into realising how bloody stupid she was.

then you would have to explain to your family why you are on the sex offenders register for abducting a child

Originally Posted by Lozzo

It only takes between 30 seconds and 2 hours to make a new child... so I hear.

try 4 years of heartache..

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

No comment on this particular case as I wasnt there,but as a general observation I think we are way too overprotective of kids compared to when I was young.There seems to be a national paranoia of "what ifs" going on when kids actually need to learn to fend for themselves as much as possible from as young as possible.
Still i suppose you cant be too careful,and you just never know what dangers lurk

Sorry but I disagree with you on this. The above might have been relevant many years ago but sadly I think today`s society dictates the need to be overly protective of our children.

Until a child is old enough to fully understand and is able to (to some extent) protect themselves from harm then we as parents have a duty to minimise those risks.

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

Sorry but I disagree with you on this. The above might have been relevant many years ago but sadly I think today`s society dictates the need to be overly protective of our children.

Do you really think todays society is any worse than before? Or is it that incidents are just more wildly reported these days. Kids are far too molly coddled I think, don't do this don't do that or go there, don't eat that etc, how many people had peanut allergies fifty years ago?
Kids need to eat mud, scrape knees, climb trees and go out and have fun. Not live wrapped up in cotton wool.