mommy, where's my ice cream?

I'm writing this because it outrages me and almost everyone, but it continues to happen. Mothers who leave their babies in cars in 30+ degree heat. Be forewarned, I take a pretty hardline on things like this. I believe in prosecuting to the fullest as well as the same sort of torture. I understand being a parent is one of the hardest jobs and mistakes will happen. BUT! If you have a brain in your head, you know that being locked in a sweltering car is not only cruel and neglectful, but dangerous. Mothers do not just 'forgets' about their babies. There is an instinct to protect.  Walking away from a car with your baby in the backseat so you can run into a store or in the most infuriating case in my city recently, so you can get yourself a FRICKIN' ICE CREAM is flat out neglect. My particular idea of punishment is to wrap this mother in a wool turtleneck and fleece pyjama bottoms and tie her into a snug seatbelt with the same heat conditions and see how fast before heatstroke sets in. Call me a hardass, but you're the mother and supposedly the protector-step up.