{"id":743335,"date":"2013-03-25T12:39:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=222262"},"modified":"2013-03-25T12:39:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T16:39:29","slug":"baby-left-with-note-in-grocery-store-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/743335","title":{"rendered":"Baby Left With Note in Grocery Store Parking Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shopping with children is certainly high up on the list of stressful activities for parents.  The alternative of leaving the baby alone is not a real option, but a woman in New Zealand decided this weekend that it was.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand Herald is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&#038;objectid=10873419\">reporting<\/a> that a mother left her baby alone in a car in the parking lot of the Porirua, New Zealand Pak&#8217;nSave grocery store.  A note was left on the infant, reading,&#8221;My mum&#8217;s in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything.&#8221;  The man who found the baby promptly called the number left on the note and summoned the child&#8217;s mother to the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Though leaving a child alone in such a way is illegal in New Zealand, no charges were mentioned by the Herald report.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving a child unattended in a vehicle, especially in hot weather, is dangerous.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/cop-left-child-in-hot-car-to-die-prosecutors-say-2013-01\">Children die<\/a> as a result of the practice on a yearly basis, and some states have laws that allow parents to be prosecuted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/kentucky-father-arrested-for-leaving-son-in-car-2012-06\">manslaughter charges<\/a> for such deaths.<\/p>\n<p>(Image courtesy Polly Gillespie on Facebook)<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=469gT9r6c7Y:h8w7S4JpTm0:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/469gT9r6c7Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shopping with children is certainly high up on the list of stressful activities for parents. The alternative of leaving the baby alone is not a real option, but a woman in New Zealand decided this weekend that it was. 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