RRSEMS CAT EBISREE AAT BN Orta RT eh cathe WEL ge oly Stop the chop Children need more protection Dear Editor: | At 6:30 p.m, on Wednesday, * Jan. 18, 1 came out of the Caulfeitd Plateau liquor store ‘and noticed:a grey van, recent vintage, parked nearby, Two small children were alone in the van, one girl of “maybe five or six years of age- and a toddler in a car seat. There were no lights on inside the vehicle. I didn’t look closer because I didn’t want to risk appearing as if I were casing the scene. It is beyond my comprehen- sion how any responsible par- ‘ enUcustodian could even think of doing this, There should be a legal mechanisin for reporting -.such incidents via the vehicle plate ‘number, and stiff penal- : Ges handed out. _... Surely no parent/custodian f expects children to be capable “of: defending _ themselves ‘should an individual have bro- j_-kén into’ this parked vehicle. Further, what parent/custodian is so foolish as to believe he or she could have sprinted to the vehicle speedily enough to pre-. 3 Vent a disaster?. Parents/custodians owe a "duty beyond the highest imag-' |. inable standards for the care, safety, and well-being of chil- f.