Is it normal to leave your toddlers locked in their cribs for a long time?

Sometimes I just want freedom, peace and quiet, so I have locked my 3 young kids in their cribs with diapers on for a long period of time so I dont have to worry about them for a while. Is this normal?

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Based on 110 votes (19 yes)
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  • You should have child protective services called on you.

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  • lalala26

    They are people not pets you can't just lock em away like that are you on crack?

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  • happyB

    That's terrible! If you continue this behavior the children will have developmental, speech, and emotional problems (and that is just the beginning)! You are going to ruin perfectly good human beings because you are a lazy parent. Children learn more from newborn to age 5 than they do for the rest of their lives. This is a critical time to spend teaching them and developing their brains. How awful of you to harm them this way because you don't feel like caring for them. This is child abuse and sometimes I wish this site was not anonymous so I could report people like you.

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  • 0311wife06

    If you want some free time perhaps you should call a BABYSITTER!! You know, the person that TAKES CARE of your children so you can go out every once in a while. But, from the sound of it, you shouldn't have had Children to begin with.

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  • ieatrocksdirt

    You are a horrible person. please give your children to someone that cares. people like you honestly make me furious. what the fuck do you tihnk you are doing? THEY ARE NOT FUCKING ANIMALS. they are HUMANS.why did you even have kids? why do you think some people grow up to be murders and rapists and what not? its because of shitty ass parents like you.

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  • uhm not normal uhm how about let ur kids out or get a playpen or something cause thts not good to leave them locked up in there crib and when they get older they might have relashonship problemz. if u didnt wannna take care of the kids like o311wifeo6 said u shouldnt of had children in the first place

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    • Allistalla

      I agree with LoveStars get them playpen that way they wont hurt themselves but theyll have space move around and play and you could have 10 minutes alone knowing they are safe in the playpen but they have something to do rather than stuck in the crib .

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  • randomjelly

    What a bitch!

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  • LovelyMay

    Well honestly, I think I would do that too, if I had kids. Yeah...I know! Some would say it's abuse, and yada yada..But really. Maybe you should just hire a babysitter.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Get a Babysitter! You're such a bitch!

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  • RuLisnyn2Me?

    You need help not freedom!! Want freedom should have used a condom!! About 90% of how a child develops is its experiences within the 1st 4 years of it's life and is directly related to the attention and comfort/love and care from their MOTHER!! that's you lady!!! Have fun visiting your kids in prison later on in life!!

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  • bleach_baby

    Oh, also, please dont ever go out and leave them while they are in their cribs, thatd be really wrong

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  • bleach_baby

    This doesnt make you a monster as some people seem to be suggesting, but it does suggest you need some help with managing your kids. Can you put them in daycare, or take them to a babysitters? Do you have family who could look after them and give you the space you need? Bringing up kids is really hard so no one should be judging you for this, you probably arent harming them but I do think it'd be better to rope in a babysitter. The last thing you want is your kids growing up remembering this and resenting you.

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  • mommyof2rottenboys

    letting them cry it out is not wrong. i have done it before for 3o mins max, it isn't hurting them, hours at a time is wrong.

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  • Caps90

    THIS IS ABANDANMENT as far as I am concered. How long do you leave them in there???? Why do you think this is ok? How often do you even do it??? Everyone needs some me time but when you have kids their needs come before yours and when you do have me time make sure they are taken care of... like with a babysitter, at preeschool/ daycare, with the dad or another family or friend. This does not seem normal, okay, or even legal to me.

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  • hammer2377

    THose kids are going to be fucking idiots

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  • tori

    I only did that kinda thing once. When my daughter was about 6 months old. She was screaming, crying. She didn't want to eat. Her diapers were dry. No amount of consolling (spld wrong) helped her. Walked with her, etc. Once She pulled this stunt at the docs office and he said she was having a tantrum. So, on his advise if it happens again to put her in her crib, close the door until you get yourself under control. I went in the backyard and had a glass of wine. I could still hear her outside. After the wine, about 30 minutes, I went back into her room. She was still crying but I could deal with it better instead of hurting her. But mind you, to just put them in there just because you want me time is wrong. Not normal. They will grow up with mommy issues.

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  • mew

    How long do you leave them in there? More than a couple of hours?

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  • hotchickie81

    OMG. I hope this is a joke! That is wrong... and isn't it illegal too?

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