I was just in a Starbucks on 23rd off of Park Ave south (Wednesday 9/24 3:30pm) and saw a pretty young woman aupair or sitter (pretty sure was not a mom) with blond hair in an pony tail or bun with two kids, one infant in a carrrier that could have been and one 2-3 yr old sleeping in a grey mclaren with a red boogie board on the back. The aupair left the older child sleeping in the stroller at the front of the store near the doors in a very crowded starbucks while she waited for her coffee at the bar all the way in the back of the store.She checked on him once or twice but he was definetly out of her view most of the time. While the sitter seems sweet, I would absolutely not want my sleeping child alone by an exit in a crowded starbucks in new york city. If this is your sitter please have a talk with her.
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Definitely not good. At least she checked a few times, but in NYC, this is especially dangerous.
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Please pick a moniker folks!
As a cruel wake up call to the nanny you could have put a "free" sign on the stroller. But then I'd be afraid someone would actually leave with him/her.
What is it with the comments on NY. Crime happens all over, not just big cities.
Crime does happen all over, but not all cities have the crowded conditions that prevail in NYC making extra diligence needed to keep a watchful eye on a child or children. The nanny was not practicing this precaution and left a child in a most vulnerable state.
I do not in any way agree with the actions of this nanny, but I do have some good friends from Europe, and have seen them do this with their children. Apparently, this is common practice in a lot of European countries. The moms go inside cafes, restaurants, markets, etc. and leave the babies asleep in the strollers outside of the door. In fact, I was in Norway a few years ago and witnessed this happening. They sit and have lunch or brunch for hours, or get the shopping done at the market while the kids sleep away in the strollers. I'm NOT excusing her, as the crime is very different there than in NYC, but maybe she's new here and just doesn't know. I hope the family sees this and corrects the problem. Be that firing or explaining our culture compared to hers...
I hate seeing babies or children left alone in a stroller when the adult isn't close enough to touch the stroller! Especially in a super crowded area!
melissa,
You're right. This is especially prevalent in Scandinavian countries. And you know what, it's a different culture there and they can still trust. (But I do fear for the day that trust is shattered, because more and more people from other parts of the world are making residence there, and some poor mom is going to lose her child one day and be devastated. Too bad people have to suck so much sometimes, and thatw e even have to worry about psychos harming our kids. Makes me so mad!
My sis lived in Norway for a while and had a friend come visit here in California after she came home. Theyw ent to Universal Studios. They pulle dmy sister up to be part of one of the demonstrations, as they often do. She asked her friend to watch her purse. later, that friend was also pulled up inot the demonstration. My sis leaned over to her friend and asked, "Where's my purse?" Friend replied, "I gave it to somebody in the audience to watch." My sister was horrified and her friend was completely bewildered as to why there was even a problem. That's how people get to live...free and trusting...when they don;t have to worry about people around them acting like animals.
I say child predators get ONE strike, and then we never let them out of prison. That would be a lot better. It would hopefully be a huge dererrent, but at any rate, it woul dkeep the ones we know about from repeatedly victimizing, as they are currently allowed to do.
Why do I have to get an e-mail alert every time a sexual predator moves in near my house? Huh!? What is wrong with that picture? DON'T let them live near anybody...except other prisoners.
Cheers, mom! I couldn't agree more!
Stop spamming, asswipe.
I don't think that it was a wise choice for this lady to do. I have never been to NYC before, but I'm from MN and you still don't do that here. I live in the Twin Cities Suburbs, and its still dangerous to leave a stroller unattended. There are weirdos out there!! I also don't see the difficulty it would have been to bring the stroller with her to the back of the store.
Leah, who are you talking to and why are you pissed?
cali mom, maybe leah was referring to the deleted anonymous post? Anyway, I think this sighting was a really bad one. I can't help but think if it was my child. Scary.
Cali mom,
Leah is referring to some "asswipe" that spammed this Thread.
When someone Spams, they are Deleted completely so that there is no trace of their Link.
Leah posted right under them.
NYC or otherwise, not a real bright lady in my opinion.
This is another hazard of hiring a foreign Au Pair and not educating them properly on the differences in our cultures. We need to make sure the people we hire understand it is not OK or often even legal to leave a child unattended outside a store.
Also as a side note
Most kidnappings happen in rural, hometown areas as opposed to large cities AND most sexual abuse of children happens at the hands of a person they know.
This is not to say that it's better to leave your child unattended in a big city, but just to point out that it isn't really safer to do so in that quaint little Mayberry town you might be passing through; or at your church picnic for that matter.
That is really dangerous! Maybe she doesn't know any better. I would say something to her if you see her there again.
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