Please DO NOT leave your children in the car when running errands.
I’ve been getting messages from concerned parents telling me that they’re seeing people leaving their kids in the car when they run into a store to avoid the hassle of face masks & kids touching things. 1/?
I’ve been getting messages from concerned parents telling me that they’re seeing people leaving their kids in the car when they run into a store to avoid the hassle of face masks & kids touching things. 1/?
I get it. This pandemic, and all that comes along with it, has us doing things we normally wouldn’t do, but leaving your kids in the car should not be one of them.
Leaving your kids in a car, even for a few minutes, can be deadly.
It can happen in minutes. 2/?
Leaving your kids in a car, even for a few minutes, can be deadly.
It can happen in minutes. 2/?
By the time you run in to grab just a couple of groceries your child can be severely injured or dead!
Yes. I said dead!
Some facts that you need to know:
-Enclosed vehicles can heat up 19 degrees in just 10 minutes, and cracking a window doesn’t help. 3/?
Yes. I said dead!
Some facts that you need to know:
-Enclosed vehicles can heat up 19 degrees in just 10 minutes, and cracking a window doesn’t help. 3/?
-A child's body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult's. When a child is left in a hot vehicle, a child's temperature can rise quickly and they could die within minutes. 4/?
-Heatstroke begins when the core body tempature reaches a sustained 104+ degrees (take note, we are not speaking about a fleeting fever in a child).
-In 2019, 52 children died of heatstroke after being left in a vehicle.
Please don’t even consider this. 5/?
-In 2019, 52 children died of heatstroke after being left in a vehicle.
Please don’t even consider this. 5/?
Also, if you see a child in a locked car get them out immediately and call 911. Time is of the essence. 
