Car Hits House With Children Behind The Wheel

Two children were inside a car that rolled across the road and struck a house in the village of Springville Sunday afternoon, the Erie County Sheriff's Office said.

[lol]

Oh no not more underage drivers on the road.

[Christina]

Here we go again. Do parents not watch their children anymore?

[Betty Boop]

Christina wrote:

Here we go again. Do parents not watch their children anymore?

I really wonder why people make comments like this? Children have minds of their own. They aren't pets. If it were up to those that either haven't had children or have elected not to have children, managing our everyday life, we'd end up exstinct! Be happy that the kids weren't hurt, then just shut up.

[sarah]

Alright, I agree with Christina, Kids make everything more difficult and If you turn your back for one minute they are already plotting their next move. The parent Cannot be there for every breaking moment and accidents do happen. If this was your family, how would you feel? This is a young family with two small children. Imagine a task of doing simple chores with two small children always on the go. They get into everything. They are curious and searching for new things to try. No one was hurt and I'm sure the parent was doing there best to stop what was happening.

[sarah]

correction. I agree with bettyBoop. I misread who was making that statement.

[The Wolf]

Christina wrote:

Here we go again. Do parents not watch their children anymore?

NOT everybody is a welfare recipiant that can sit at home on there fat-azz and watch there kids all day, "some" of us have Jobs you know...the thing were you earn you money not get a Gub'ment hand out.....

Do you watch you kids every waking moment of every day? Do you? if you say yes then prove it....

[kaylie]

sarah wrote:

Alright, I agree with Christina, Kids make everything more difficult and If you turn your back for one minute they are already plotting their next move. The parent Cannot be there for every breaking moment and accidents do happen. If this was your family, how would you feel? This is a young family with two small children. Imagine a task of doing simple chores with two small children always on the go. They get into everything. They are curious and searching for new things to try. No one was hurt and I'm sure the parent was doing there best to stop what was happening.

Trust me, I do know what you are saying.Kids are smart.I think kids wait for Mom and Dad to get busy so they can do mischievous things!

[To the end]

Thankfully there was no oncoming traffic or it could have been a very scary scene.

[wow]

where was the adult supervision?

[kaylie]

wow wrote:

where was the adult supervision?

I am assuming watching their car roll down the road!

[my opinion]

Yep, it's hard, but you have to anticipate what your child might "possibly" do. My 20 month old grandson was playing with his mothers keys (the car door was shut thankfully or he probably would have done started the engine too) and keyed up the side of her car door. And we were standing right on the other side of the car! Never dreamed he would do that at 20 months old! Never underestimate the power of a determined child!

[KIM]

okay seriously, GET A LIFE CHRISTINA!
accidents happen, just because this one did doesn't give you the right to criticize their parenting, you don't even know them. they are good parents. kids are kids, they get into crazy things sometimes and it is definately not the parents fault. so grow up

[Keystone]

I had nine brothers and 3 sisters. These kids pulled the same thing 3 of my brothers and sisters did, all at different times. After the first time Mom would hid the keys but they were found.
Since that time there has been nieces and nephews pulling this trick. Just recently our 2 and 3 year old grandsons got my truck keys on a rack 52 inches above the floor, went out the door, unlocked the truck, got in and did their thing. Fortunately the truck rolled into a small tree and not the road. History has repeated itself many times in our family and chances are it will continue to repeat. Kids are smart, wickedly smart. You can't blame parents for what the kids do if the parents had taken percussions.

[Outsider]

Great parenting! These kids didn't have to do acrobatics to get the keys. Their father left them in the truck. Some parents lock their vehicle to ensure children don't have access. Kids may be "wickedly smart", but parents can be pretty stupid and very negligent. Would you all be brushing this off as nothing if there had been traffic and these children had been killed?

[The Wolf]

Outsider wrote:

Great parenting! These kids didn't have to do acrobatics to get the keys. Their father left them in the truck. Some parents lock their vehicle to ensure children don't have access. Kids may be "wickedly smart", but parents can be pretty stupid and very negligent. Would you all be brushing this off as nothing if there had been traffic and these children had been killed?

Well at least we know YOUR parenting is perfect....wheeeew...what would have done without knowing that

[john]

the kids probably wanted to go to Burger King in town and get a happy meal

[mary]

Outsider wrote:

Great parenting! These kids didn't have to do acrobatics to get the keys. Their father left them in the truck. Some parents lock their vehicle to ensure children don't have access. Kids may be "wickedly smart", but parents can be pretty stupid and very negligent. Would you all be brushing this off as nothing if there had been traffic and these children had been killed?

your obviously not familiar w/Springville,there you can leave your keys in the ignition,some people it's just a habit VERY LOW CRIME rate maybe,blame supervision not leaving the keys in the truck

[mary]

Betty Boop wrote:

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I really wonder why people make comments like this? Children have minds of their own. They aren't pets. If it were up to those that either haven't had children or have elected not to have children, managing our everyday life, we'd end up exstinct! Be happy that the kids weren't hurt, then just shut up.

oh pets have minds of their own what makes the dog iss on a pole or fire hydrante,what makes the cat scratch the scratching post?what state of mind do you live in playing the game"the sims"controlled only by you?

[Jess]

Betty Boop wrote:

<quoted text>
I really wonder why people make comments like this? Children have minds of their own. They aren't pets. If it were up to those that either haven't had children or have elected not to have children, managing our everyday life, we'd end up exstinct! Be happy that the kids weren't hurt, then just shut up.

Why do they make these statements? Because these children were FOUR and SIX years old - the question should be WHY were they left alone long enough to get into the vehicle, find the keys on the floor, put them in the transmission, start the vehicle, and move the shift???? At 4 and 6, children need to be watched EVERY minute BECAUSE of the the fact that they have minds of their own (as you pointed out). We all know the mischief children can get into, and that is why you shouldn't take your eyes off of them for a minute, especially when they are playing outside! For the time it took them to do all of the above, it would have been just as easy for some scumbag child molester to grab them! I'm not a perfect parent, I've made mistakes, but never when my child was that young did I let her out of my sight outside!

[Jess]

Keystone wrote:

I had nine brothers and 3 sisters. These kids pulled the same thing 3 of my brothers and sisters did, all at different times. After the first time Mom would hid the keys but they were found.
Since that time there has been nieces and nephews pulling this trick. Just recently our 2 and 3 year old grandsons got my truck keys on a rack 52 inches above the floor, went out the door, unlocked the truck, got in and did their thing. Fortunately the truck rolled into a small tree and not the road. History has repeated itself many times in our family and chances are it will continue to repeat. Kids are smart, wickedly smart. You can't blame parents for what the kids do if the parents had taken percussions.

Yes, when parents take precautions it is still possible for accidents to happen. The point with this particular story is that they DIDN'T take precautions. The keys were left on the floor of the vehicle, with the doors unlocked! And why were a 4 year old and 6 year old left outside alone at all, let alone long enough for something like this to occur? That is certainly not taking precautions!