Kids In Cars

It's been ages since my last confession haha, well that's what this blog is like sometimes. A place for me to purge and confess!
So here I go again, with another blurt....
Kids In Cars. More specifically leaving kids unattended in cars.  Recently we had a class newsletter sent home that had a paragraph about children  being left in cars whilst parents drop other siblings at class/school, and that this is illegal and please stop doing it.
HOLY CRAP, they were talking about me!  When I read the newsletter it made me think.."man, I really AM doing a bad job parenting my kids". Because what kind of low-life scum bag would leave their child/ren in a car by themselves? Apparently me. AND it's ILLEGAL!  Oh dear.
Okay, so here's where I justify my actions (to myself mostly!)
Yes, I have left 2 of my children in the car whilst I run my preschooler into class. BUT.  I park directly outside the classroom's door. Literally, directly, as in 6-10 meters away.  I NEVER leave them in the car in warm weather. Actually, the whole reason I usually leave them in the car is because it's pouring with rain and we would all get soaked to the bone if I had to take all 3 out of their car seats, run inside and then run back out and re-buckle 2 kids back in.
And lastly, obviously I leave a window down a smidge, enough for air flow but not enough for a stranger to get their arm in and unlock the door. Yes, obviously I lock the doors too. I would never leave them if I thought they were in any danger, or if they were unwell, or if they cried or basically, if I thought that it wasn't the right thing to do. 
I have mixed feelings about this whole thing, but the most annoying thing is that it wasn't bought up with me directly. It had to be put in the class newsletter as a bit of exciting reading for all those other parents who do do the right thing.
It also has me wondering if other parents (other than the ones in our class!) leave their kids in the car at any time? What about Mums/Dads of lots of kids? What about parents that have to put petrol in their car with the kids in the back seat? Do they take all the kids inside the service station for the 1 minute it takes to pay? And what about kids allowed to sit alone in cars at soccer/football/netball etc because they have no interest in watching their brother or sister play? 
Anyhow, I accept that I've done the wrong thing.  Bad Mummy. But I won't accept that my children have been harmed by the experience/s. 
And, I'll be watching my back with the other parents at school now....