https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:57:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494664 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:55:21 +0000 mrs. bird 1494664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we see this frequently, it pisses me off to no end! unfortunately, at least around here, there's little they'll do about it unless an officer sees them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494648 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:46:23 +0000 MrsH 1494648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh - we were out last year and saw four little kids get out the back/trunk area of a vehicle. I almost had a shit fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494646 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:46:07 +0000 Greentea 1494646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: laws have changed and everyone knows it. Not like the 80s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494644 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:45:52 +0000 Mae 1494644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: @anandam: I followed them out of the grocery store parking lot and waiting at the light to get out of the parking lot the kids were already unbuckled/standing up. So they would have had to be REALLY fast. And anyways, they hadn't even left the parking lot yet. If they cared they could've stopped the car and buckled them in. I followed them about a mile up the road through several traffic lights and tonnnnns of businesses off on both sides they could've pulled into to rebuckle. So I think they really just don't care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494636 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:42:38 +0000 JoJoGirl 1494636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: @anandam: I agree that I remember being a kid and unbuckling myself - but definitely not at 1.5 years old! That is WAY too young to be without a car seat, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494624 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:39:19 +0000 MrsStar 1494624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm glad you called! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494619 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:37:52 +0000 anandam 1494619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes kids that age unbuckle themselves? Parents should have pulled over, though. I fully support your call to child services, they're the experts to confirm whether or not the kids are safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494618 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:37:44 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1494618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dunno... It's tough... I guess I remember being a kid and not always buckling up and not listening to my parents. There is really no way to know if that's something the parents don't enforce or if it was a one-time thing where the kids were being really naughty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494607 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:36:17 +0000 Mae 1494607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>UPDATE: Okay thanks for encouraging me to call! I made a report with child services. Not sure they can/will do anything. But I had the license plate # so hopefully if these people have a case open they will be able to find them and add it to the file or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494580 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:27:25 +0000 Mae 1494580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay I tried to call the non-emergency line and first got stuck in a phone maze leading to a busy signal. Then I tried again with different options and just got a prerecorded message to file a report online. But then I couldn't actually file a report online because child neglect was not one of the options there and they had no general option. </p> <p>Taking @CupQuakeWalk:'s idea about children services and found their 24 hr number so I'm hold waiting to make a report there. </p> <p>:/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494566 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:21:19 +0000 yoursilverlining 1494566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would call my local precinct and report it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494563 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:20:16 +0000 Jenn23 1494563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is awful! Last year when we were out driving on a weekend, we (my husband and I) saw a man stopped at a red light (near us) at an intersection with a young toddler ON HIS LAP in the front driver's seat. I actually started crying because it upset me so much. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494557 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:16:43 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1494557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: CPS takes car seat (mis)usage VERY seriously. So, as far as your word against theirs, it wouldn't be because I know at least in our city, CPS will yield a call like that and then send someone out to the home and maybe watch them put their kids in the car, or pop in unexpectedly and just see what is going on in the home. They don't just give them a call and ask them if everything is OK, obviously every parent would say "everything is OK."<br /> That all being said: I am not 100% sure the CPS line will take you 100% seriously because these are not your neighbors (for example), meaning: you DON'T actually know the kids ages and it's not like you've seen them do this on more than 1 occasion. Then again, car seats until 4'9" and one occasion may just be enough, so if you do feel so strongly about it, give them a call.<br /> I believe you can find the phone # on your state or city's website. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494553 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:13:12 +0000 lemondrop 1494553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a reporting agency with our city that you can send the car's information to, it files a record and sends the cars owner an info packet. I'd check your city's website and search carseats- I found mine while checking for installation help via my fire department. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494550 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:10:03 +0000 Beebug 1494550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have called 9-11 before when I saw a kiddo loose in the back seat. Watched police catch up, and pull the car over, I don't know what happened beyond that. So not cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494549 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:08:29 +0000 gingerbebe 1494549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah you can make an anonymous call to the non-emergency line of the local police department, but they'd have to live in that jurisdiction. If you live a big city, I have no idea if they would investigate, but our small town would, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494543 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:06:32 +0000 Greentea 1494543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man. I don't know! Seems like you should be able to call them in... that is terrible! I felt that way when I saw a truck driver texting while driving! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/there-is-nothing-i-can-do-here-right#post-1494536 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:03:18 +0000 Mae 1494536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I just ran to the grocery store and on the way home I saw something sort of shocking. I was driving behind a car and there were two little boys (guessing around 1.5 and 3 or 4) STANDING UP in the back seat. At first I thought maybe they were just rear facing and sitting up high, but then they leaned forward and were hanging over the back ledge part behind the seats playing with toys in the sunlight from the back window. Then I could see one of the adults in the front turn around and yell at them (or say something) and they turned around and sat down. Then about 30 seconds later the one stood up and was hanging over the front seat to talk to the adults. </p> <p>So basically these people are just driving down the road with their kids not even buckled in or anything. </p> <p>I'm not usually super "omg" about other people's parenting choices-- but really? It was sort of shocking. </p> <p>I got the car make/model and license plate. But there's really nothing I can do here right? I mean there isn't like… a "these people suck" phone line I don't think. And anyways it would be my word against theirs. Just seems like there should be… something? But I don't think so? </p>