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Sonia Sharma

'Negligent' mum slammed for leaving two-year-old child in car at supermarket on hot day

A mum has been branded "negligent" and "cruel" for leaving her two-year-old daughter in a car at a supermarket while the weather was hot. A woman revealed on Mumsnet that the incident took place in a supermarket car park and asked other parents if she should have said something to this mum.

She wrote: "I was waiting for my husband in my car earlier when a woman pulled up next to me and got out of her car. "As she walked away from her car she said 'do not open the door or talk to anyone' and when I looked inside she had left her daughter in her car seat whilst she went into the shop.

"It's really hot where I am and she didn't leave the window open, and the little girl can't have been older than two. We left after about five minutes but it's been niggling me ever since. Should I have said something?"

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