The topic of leaving kids in cars unattended has come up here many times before. This article is about how our moral attitudes toward parenting (e.g. "it is wrong to leave a child unattended in a car") will make us think that something is dangerous even if it is not.
Quote from the article to get you interested in case you're on the fence about whether or not to read it:
Quote from the article to get you interested in case you're on the fence about whether or not to read it:
For example, eight times more children are killed in parking lots than in parked cars. But when a parent with a child in tow runs into the grocery store for a few minutes, he or she has to choose between allowing the child to wait in the car, which is safer but might get her arrested or jailed and/or her child taken away — and the more dangerous option of bringing the child with her because this is socially approved.