My wife and I, along with our two sons (3 1/2 years and 5 months old) went on vacation last week to visit family and decided to showcase our awesome parenting skills by locking our two boys, along with our keys, in the rental car.
Holly made phone calls and did some running around while I stayed by the window next to my older son's seat and conversed and played games with him.
Both boys were strapped into their seats, so at least they couldn't get into trouble, and while the younger one cried for a bit, he didn't cry for more than 10-15 minutes before falling asleep. (At home we let him cry for as long as 30 minutes once he's down for the night. So this was nothing.)
My older son did just fine. In fact, he even asked me to go away a few times so he could play by himself. (Sounds a lot like his dad!)
45 minutes later and my wife returned with a key from the local dealer that got us back in the car. All in all a stressful, though harmless experience that reminded us (after days of being stuck driving with two needy, restless children) that we do in fact love our sons a little bit...
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