One of my Mates on the Explorer, when he was a rookie used to say "Hit me, but don't give me hell."

The matter of leaving the child in the car for 10 minutes, I had a problem with that myself, but when I saw how effective it was I had to admit that the wife knew what she was doing. That child was never in any danger because we were watching the whole time.

Besides, the wife, with 20 years of experience in early childhood development was better qualified than the average cop on the beat. She has 5 degrees, one of them in early childhood development, is a PhD.