Ken Zayn – I am so sorry that that is what Judaism looks like to you. Maybe you should move! And to try to connect all that seriously depressing outlook into this lady in the store is so sad.
WIY – I have placed my babies safely in the cart as you described, but only after making sure 100% that they were safe. Any scenario you would like to construct to argue that does not apply, as I would not have placed them there if they were not safe. I also would not have walked away from the cart, nor would I have placed things ON him, though I am certain I put things around their legs. While I feel you may or may not be wrong in your judgement, I consider it a tremendous maaleh that you are so caring for an infant.
And yes, Haleivi, many here don’t consider the mother’s human. In the CR there are many who see mothers as mindless baby machines who obviously had too many children because it never occured to them to do otherwise, not because they wanted to contribute to klal Yisroel or build a bayis neeman. If you know individuals suffering otherwise, get them help, but stop calling it a hashkofik issue!