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[Miranda77]

Good Answer. I am a retired LEO and I cringe when I see someone buckling the baby in BEFORE loading the groceries, and start the engine to get the AC going. My cousin does this because she is afraid someone is going to snatch the baby from the cart in the parking lot while she loads the groceries. I Have NEVER seen that occur. On the other hand, I have seen MANY cars stolen with children inside while Mom is at the tailgate.

With toddlers, you have to weigh that against the possibility that they will run into the path of a moving car, but never start the car before you get in.

Sorry if this is off topic....

 

[THil08]

Good Answer. I am a retired LEO and I cringe when I see someone buckling the baby in BEFORE loading the groceries, and start the engine to get the AC going. My cousin does this because she is afraid someone is going to snatch the baby from the cart in the parking lot while she loads the groceries. I Have NEVER seen that occur. On the other hand, I have seen MANY cars stolen with children inside while Mom is at the tailgate.

With toddlers, you have to weigh that against the possibility that they will run into the path of a moving car, but never start the car before you get in.

Sorry if this is off topic....

Eventually this won’t be a worry when everyone has a personal AI robot, lol. That can load the car as the mom or dad is buckling the kid in, then the parent can sit in the driver seat until the robot is done and gets into the car.

We already have 2 AI bots in the world in “controlled environments” Figure AI and Optimus

 

[cyure]

Survey question: When shopping, do you load your groceries into the car first, or your baby/kids?

When little groceries first. When I had 2 little ones I would put them in the car if I was close enough to the cart return.

I did have one time where I accidentally locked the keys in the car when my kids were 3 and a baby. Horrifying. Thankfully my 3 year old wasn’t buckled into his seat yet so we were able to talk him through getting out of his seat and unlocking the door.

That’s why I started wearing my keys on a lanyard around my neck. My kids are 25 and older and I still do that. Ha.

I would like an app for sure where we can unlock and lock the car from our phone.

 

[cyure]

Good Answer. I am a retired LEO and I cringe when I see someone buckling the baby in BEFORE loading the groceries, and start the engine to get the AC going. My cousin does this because she is afraid someone is going to snatch the baby from the cart in the parking lot while she loads the groceries. I Have NEVER seen that occur. On the other hand, I have seen MANY cars stolen with children inside while Mom is at the tailgate.

With toddlers, you have to weigh that against the possibility that they will run into the path of a moving car, but never start the car before you get in.

Sorry if this is off topic....

Oh no this is not off topic at all and very helpful info as far as I’m concerned.

 

[nolen]

When little groceries first. When I had 2 little ones I would put them in the car if I was close enough to the cart return.

I did have one time where I accidentally locked the keys in the car when my kids were 3 and a baby. Horrifying. Thankfully my 3 year old wasn’t buckled into his seat yet so we were able to talk him through getting out of his seat and unlocking the door.

That’s why I started wearing my keys on a lanyard around my neck. My kids are 25 and older and I still do that. Ha.

I would like an app for sure where we can unlock and lock the car from our phone.

My keys are on a carabiner hooked to my belt loop. I am paranoid about locking them in the car so I always do a pat down to make sure where they're at before I shut the doors. My tailgate has a button to open/close it on the dashboard so I always use it to close the tailgate once I'm in the car even now.