Some people say a New Jersey court has gone to the extremes to punish a mother who left her young son sleeping in the car while she ran an errand.
An appeals court ruled the mother was guilty of child abuse last week, the New York Post reported.
The woman went into the store for a few minutes and when she came out she was arrested.
Police say her son was not hurt and slept through the whole incident.
She was placed on the child abuse registry, even though a social worker visited her home and found her kids were well cared for.
