--- description: "I'm perfectly capable of taking care of my own child" title: Watch a 1970s TV Show Portray a Parent Being Accused of Locking Her Kids in Her Car image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67e6b6b8cc6e4f31/69877d770b72e348456dd7fa/screen-shot-2015-02-03-at-3-20-22-pm.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a 1970s TV Show Portray a Parent Defend Locking Her Kids in Her Car  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2015 10:33 PM CUT  Emergency!  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2015 10:33 PM CUT Sure, [we all fume now](http://time.com/3693641/judging-the-couple-who-locked-their-kids-in-a-car-to-go-wine-tasting/ "undefined") when parents are caught locking their kids in their cars. The latest incident is a Washington, D.C. couple caught Tuesday leaving their their toddlers in a near-freezing car–while they attended a wine tasting. The D.C. couple pleaded not guilty, claiming they monitored their (unharmed) kids with an iPhone — and were [filmed by _ABC News_ on desperately sprinting from their court hearing into a cab to avoid reporters.](http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/couple-charged-abandoning-kids-wine-tasting-28686043 "undefined") But there was a time when the ethics of leaving your kids in the car were actually a topic for debate. Here’s how the 1970s TV show _Emergency!_ portrayed a mother’s angry reaction to two firemen who “broke into her car and took her baby.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3694338/kids-car-wine-tasting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3694338/kids-car-wine-tasting/"},"headline":"Watch a 1970s TV Show Portray a Parent Defend Locking Her Kids in Her Car","datePublished":"2015-02-03T22:33:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:29.874Z","description":"\"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of my own child\"","url":"https://time.com/3694338/kids-car-wine-tasting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","baby","car","emergency"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67e6b6b8cc6e4f31/69877d770b72e348456dd7fa/screen-shot-2015-02-03-at-3-20-22-pm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67e6b6b8cc6e4f31/69877d770b72e348456dd7fa/screen-shot-2015-02-03-at-3-20-22-pm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emergency Left Baby in Car","caption":"Emergency Left Baby in Car","creditText":"Emergency!","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3694338/kids-car-wine-tasting/","name":"Watch a 1970s TV Show Portray a Parent Defend Locking Her Kids in Her Car"}}]}] ```