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When my brother and I were pretty young, my dad once left us in the car to run in fast and grab something from a grocery store. (I know, bad, but this was several decades ago. It was more normal back then.)
While he was gone, an older man came up to our car and started aggressively trying to unlock the door.
My brother and I froze in fear and just watched as he kept trying to unlock the door. We had unbuckled ourselves to play while my dad was inside, so we were on the floor.
We both just shrunk down into the floor and hid silently, not knowing what to do.
After probably 30 seconds, he put his hands up over his eyes and looked in the car window, then made a frustrated sound and quickly left.
Once our dad came back a few minutes later, my brother and I told him what happened. We were pretty freaked out.
He said the man was probably just confused because he was elderly and thought it was his car. I think that makes sense, but as little kids alone, it was still really scary.
Is this bad? Where? My parents often left us in the car, it's totally normal here in Denmark.
I'm in the US and we lived in a medium-sized city at the time, so a higher level of danger than in many other developed countries.
It's a bit flexible nowadays because a lot of cars will let you leave the a/c on while you walk away with the keys.
True, I guess it varies depending on where you live and the circumstances.