Being a parent isn’t easy, but S Club star Rachel Stevens has been criticised by parents for leaving her children in a car alone for 10 minutes.
The singer reportedly left 4-year-old Amelie and 18-month-old Minnie in the car as she ran errands.
Now Supernanny Jo Frost has leapt to the mum-of-two’s defence after she saw her being slammed online.
She took to Twitter, writing: "I'm sure @MsRachelStevens is now aware that her parenting choice was not a smart one but truly so fed up with celebs being publicly shamed."
After seeing Rachel leaving the car with her children inside, a witness told The Mirror: “At first I didn't realise they were in the car on their own or how young one of them was but when I did it was quite shocking.
"I suppose I think about the worst-case scenario but what if they took off the handbrake or managed to get out of the car? Or if someone managed to get in?"
Official government guidelines on the matter state: "The law doesn’t say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it’s an offence to leave a child alone if it places them at risk. Use your judgement on how mature your child is before you decide to leave them alone, e.g. at home or in a car."
Rachel’s representative has yet to comment on the incident.
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