Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Why Most Men Are Complete Losers
Dad chooses Batman over son
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Health & Safety: Babies, In The News, Weird But True, Childcare
File this in the list of the stupidest things people do, you know, that list that makes you wonder how it's possible for some loser to be a parent when there are so many great people out there who can't have kids? Some jerk decided it was a good idea to leave his son in the parking lot in the car while he went in and saw The Dark Knight, the latest Batman installment.
Oh, yes he did. David Farnham, candidate for father of the year, left his two-year-old son alone in a locked car while he took in the more than two hour movie. Naturally people who were actually concerned about the boy's wellbeing noticed him crying and sent for help from the police. When the boy was retrieved he was dehydrated and scared but otherwise in relatively good condition.
The cops noted it was 87 degrees and the windows of the car were rolled up. I think about this kind of thing all the time living in New York where the temperatures get surprisingly hot. Aside from the basic, common sense fact that no child should be left alone in a car, it was too hot for him to be out there. Did I mention it was in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah, the father went to see the 1:00 AM screening of the movie. I know an R-rated movie is no place for a child, certainly not a two-year-old, but isn't it better than being left alone in a hot car? Or, wait--I know the answer: GET A SITTER. If you can shell out the ten bucks to see the movie you can certainly afford a few dollars more to get someone to watch your kid.
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 7)
7-23-2008 @ 12:21PM
Toby Christensen said...The Soon-To-Be-Receiving-Of-An-Oscar Ghost of the Deceased Heath Ledger approves of this action.
He should know, he left a child alone for his own selfish reasons.
The only difference:
this father came back.
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7-23-2008 @ 12:53PM
Dan said...Gosharootee! Holy Neglected Child, Caped Crusader! It's the Bad Dad! Or should we call him Daddy Doofus?
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7-23-2008 @ 12:45PM
Dan said...Gosharootee! Holy Neglected Child, Caped Crusader! It's the Bad Dad! Or should we call him Daddy Doofus?
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7-23-2008 @ 12:25PM
Reed said...This isn't a crime. This is dedication.
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7-23-2008 @ 12:37PM
nichole said...priscilla; gdlyman25; amber:
you are all also morons. if maybe you had something to add to this article that wasn't completely OBVIOUS, you'd have a point. everyone knows this is wrong. do we really all HAVE to say it's wrong to prove we know it is? just because the only comment this person had to make TO YOU A-HOLES was about the rating, does that mean you need to freak out? don't you people have jobs?
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7-24-2008 @ 7:14PM
Jennifer said...Of COURSE I have a job!!! That is precisely why I am wasting time on this website. I hate my boss and I receive glee from getting paid to do such inane things as answering posts on this website. If I weren't at work, I would off be doing other more interesting things.
7-25-2008 @ 1:11PM
nichole said...good point. i retract my previous. =)
7-23-2008 @ 12:33PM
lfg122570 said...in his defense, its a good movie
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7-23-2008 @ 12:43PM
D said...He probably had his kid for the weekend and was pissed off that he could not go out and do what he wanted to do. Men are pigs.
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7-23-2008 @ 12:49PM
Toby Christensen said...Or the mother was a crackwhore in prison and the father couldn't trust HER whore of a mother?
Way to generalize, spoken like a true man-hating dyke.
"D" must either stand for:
Dummy
Dimwit
Dipsh!t
Doofus
Dork
Dunce
Dillhole
Devoid of all Intellect
which one is it, hater of the Y chromosome?
7-23-2008 @ 12:56PM
D said...OK Toby, which is my dogs name by the way, if you actually read any other stories realted to the one posted on this site you would know that and the mother had joint custody and the child was with the father for his court appointed time. So, "sit Toby sit, good dog"
7-23-2008 @ 1:00PM
Toby Christensen said...So while men may be pigs, women are so devoid of self-respect the joint custody mother spread her legs for this man.
And if this man is such a fool to do this thing, how terrible a mother must this woman be to ONLY have joint custody?
Crackwhore, as I said. If this woman was so great, she would have sole custody. She fails as a woman, a mother and a human being.
I see you need the attention and approval of a man so greatly you have a male dog....the only type of man you can tolerate, one which you can handle, is dependant upon you and will listen.
Pitiful woman, indeed.
7-23-2008 @ 12:46PM
Tony Muth said...So aside from that,how did he like the movie?
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7-23-2008 @ 1:03PM
alenacs said...Not only could this baby have been killed by the heat in the car, he could have been KIDNAPPED. Some people just don't think about who lurks in the alleyway next to the nice old lady down the street. This baby thankfully only suffered from dehydration, but really, if those people hadn't found him, the baby could have died. I'm sorry, but please think before you do something, morons.
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7-23-2008 @ 12:55PM
emma said...This is disgusting and anyone who is focused on a stupid rating is disgusting as well. No child should ever be left alone period. Any parent that puts a child's life in danger as this one did should be in jail, and taken his or her parental rights away. This society is out of control. Children cannot defend themselves! Thank God, there were other people out there that do care and saved this child's life. This child could have died or could have been abducted.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:35PM
Drpepper199 said...I have to admit, The Dark Knight was an excellent film (going to see it for a 4th time today) but come on.... leaving your kid in the car for over 2 hours? And not to mention a 2 year old. If it was a tween they would understand and say no to the parent's idea but I'm sure it was confusing for the poor little guy.
Thats a shame, I hope that guy's life sucks for a while.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:02PM
Donna said...It's not just the boy being potentially harmed from heat. What would keep a pedafile from breaking the window and stealing the child? Everyone knows not to leave valuables in view in a car seat and this idiot leaves a child? That child could be gone right now and never be found again.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:07PM
David said...I think the best punishment would be to lock him a hot car for 2 hours and make him watch Batman and Robin.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:15PM
Anne said...The other day I saw (at a warehouse club) a dad give his toddler a cheese sample on a sharp toothpick. Duh. You don't give a toddler a toothpick. Later that day, I also saw a dad leave his baby in a buggy in the middle of a department store, unattended, to look at some bed sheets. At the time I spotted the buggy, I didn't see anyone around. The bonnet was up on the buggy so at first I thought it was empty. Then the baby started to cry. He finally showed up with some sheets in his hand. Why didn't he take the buggy with him? There was plenty of room in the store to accommodate the carriage.
Mom's are great at letting their children sit or stand in shopping carts or run wild in stores like it's a playground, knocking goods down on the floor. You constantly hear 'code blue' over the speakers meaning someone can't find their kids.
It should be a law for people with children to go to parently classes.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:13PM
Donna said...I am in disbelief I am truly disgusted
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