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Cambridge mom leaves toddler locked in Range Rover with no AC on hot afternoon

Sweating profusely in the back seat of the locked vehicle with its windows rolled up as mom was in a Cambridge Street store exchanging something.

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I like how this idiot blamed the store clerk for taking too long. Where did she think she was, Foxwoods?

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Somebody needs to learn that entitlement doesn't change the laws of physics or requirements of physiology.

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for yet another really intelligent comment.

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Gee, 1047, I was getting worried that you got pancaked while playing in traffic.

Now run along and change ... those Super Stalker Underoos are supposed to be for your Halloween costume - don't get them dirty!

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for the 51-A. Now she'll have Social Services up her moronic,yuppie butt.

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Probably street-facing cameras can be used to determine how long she was away from the car.

But come on, as soon as they said "Cambridge mom", most people here were ready to stick it to her, and adding "Range Rover" sealed it.

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And that we are only incensed because it was a Cambridge mom, with a Range Rover.

I bet you're wrong -- on both counts.

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I don't have enough information to know how OK/bad it was.

It sounds like someone noticed an unattended kid in a car, and people had to make sure the kid was OK and render any necessary aid. That's all good.

I don't know whether the mother was neglectful in this instance. I also don't know whether this is a usual thing for the mother to do or something that happened only once.

I also don't know whether the mother normally keeps the kid in a cage in the basement, but there's another stereotype of the (well-heeled) Cambridge mom, which concerns how they treat their kids: doting, overprotective, big on health, big on education, etc.

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There does seem to be prejudice against a Cambridge mom with a Range Rover:

  • "Somebody needs to learn that entitlement ..."
  • "...up her ... yuppie butt."
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I think it was ok. Leaving a child for 5 or 10 minutes while you're in a store that's a few feet away shouldn't be disallowed.

If the child gets taken away and put in the foster system, he'll end up much worse.

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There's always the danger of getting under the power of some crazy social worker who was abused or has mommy issues or daddy issues from their own upbringing and who now is on a mission to save kids from abuse even when it doesn't exist.

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The woman should've at least had the good, common sense to keep a window open afew inches while she left her kid in the car to go shopping or whatever. Cars can get might, mighty hot in a matter of afew minutes on hot days, with the windows rolled up!

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only 6 other comments on this article? If they reported a bicycle rack on her range rover there would have been 2 dozen of you yahoos running to the stupid stupid woman's defense.

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