backseat wars

Backseat bickering bugs just about every mother, but when a Manhattan lawyer had enough of her quarreling daughters, she kicked them out of the car and drove off. Madlyn Primoff, 45, dropped her tweens in a shopping district three miles from their home on Sunday night and has since pleaded not guilty to child endangerment.

One report said:

Police would not say if Primoff ever returned to look for the girls, but they said, without explaining how, that the 12-year-old eventually caught up with the mother. The 10-year-old was found by a "Good Samaritan" on the street, upset and emotional about losing her mother, police said.

The girl gave police her mother's name and their address in well-to-do Scarsdale, and they asked Scarsdale police to check Primoff's $2 million house. Shortly afterward, Primoff called Scarsdale police from home to say the 10-year-old was missing, said Scarsdale Detective Lt. Bryant Clark.

Do you sympathize with Primoff for trying to end the car quarrel or do you believe she should be charged?

After looking at super sized station wagons for weeks, my dad bought a BMW. I will never forget the look on my mom's face when he drove home in the lil black compact or how he told the four of us kids crammed in the back to "hold our breaths" so he could shut the door.

In a way, my dad's purchase put a wrinkle to our backseat wars — none of us had room to whack each other as our limbs were intertwined and since our knees were jabbed in the back of the front seats, we were forced to resort to dirty looks. To see how the tradition continues, read more