It's hot outside. Never leave your child (or pet) in your car, even for a short time with the windows cracked.

• Open car doors and let the car cool off before entering.  Hot car seats, especially metal seat belt buckles, can burn a child’s skin.
   
• It is against Texas law to leave children younger than 7 years old in a car alone.
   
• Even when the outside temperature is only 70 degrees fahrenheit, the temperature inside an enclosed vehicle can reach 120 degrees fahrenheit . 
   
• Heatstroke occurs when the body temperature reaches 104 degrees fahrenheit (a body temperature of 107 degrees fahrenheit is considered lethal).  A young child’s core body temperature may increase three to five times faster than that of an adult. This can cause permanent injury or death.
   
• Never allow young children to play in or around parked cars.  Be sure to keep all doors locked so that a young child does not accidentally lock him or herself in a parked vehicle.

Look before you lock!

More resources:

www.safekids.org

www.kidsandcars.org