you know, most of us on FR are old enough to remember when our parents left us alone in the car, (actually in wardaddys case, he left the dog with the kid) and we survived.
It wasn’t considered abuse, or endangerment back then.
It was alot safer back then, AND we had enough sense not to try to turn the car on, and you could leave all the windows down, and not worry about someone snatching your kid.
Amazing how you can't see the difference.