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Wingus Dingus

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19. It's not about regard for children, or attention to children.

Reply to Treefrog (Reply #17)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 04:36 PM

Sep 2021

It's a distracted brain that thinks its child-related tasks are all done because she went to the daycare and dropped off children, her brain registered that habitual task, and then her mind switched to other thoughts and concerns. I can understand completely how it happens, because I probably have ADHD (my kids do) and I am extremely forgetful and easily distracted and bad at multitasking.

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1-year-old girl dies after being left in hot car all day in Texas [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP

I can see forgetting your phone in the car, but a baby? cayugafalls Sep 2021 #1

She didn't forget that the baby was in the car. marybourg Sep 2021 #3

I've had dogs my entire life. Always more than one at a time. Treefrog Sep 2021 #17

It's not about regard for children, or attention to children. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #19

I hear you. I've read all this before. I'm ADHD too. Treefrog Sep 2021 #24

thank you Skittles Sep 2021 #36

TX Only Cares About Your Life Until You're Born SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #2

I'm a lifelong Texan. Please forgive me for this baby's death. Paladin Sep 2021 #10

I'm Sorry That They Control Your State SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #11

Thanks for the patronizing "I'm sure there are some good people there" TheProle Sep 2021 #23

Not everybody engages in the region/state hate. Treefrog Sep 2021 #25

Thanks for saying so TheProle Sep 2021 #27

Don't let it sting. Treefrog Sep 2021 #28

True TheProle Sep 2021 #29

No one has argued otherwise. LanternWaste Sep 2021 #33

Yes. Treefrog Sep 2021 #35

They're only the "majority" Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #30

This happens in every state. Treefrog Sep 2021 #18

Thank you for holding onto liberal values in a red state XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #21

Especially when you have to deal with disdain from your "fellow" Dems. Treefrog Sep 2021 #26

It sure wasn't fun being a Californian Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #31

I thought they had protocols where daycares expect the kids that are being dropped off. milestogo Sep 2021 #4

Body found on floorboard? Treefrog Sep 2021 #5

I feel sorry for this mother. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #6

I honestly wish the car manufacturers would invent something that alerts when others jimfields33 Sep 2021 #8

my car does OriginalGeek Sep 2021 #34

I don't understand MenloParque Sep 2021 #7

Because in her mind, dropping her other two kids off Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #9

Maybe she took her out of her car seat Bluesaph Sep 2021 #32

I cannot imagine the pain. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #12

This article about forgetting kids in cars, "Fatal Distraction," won a Pulitzer. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #13

I was about to post this Sympthsical Sep 2021 #14

This article fundamentally changed my thinking about what should happen to parents who forget their WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #20

This is horrific, but I don't get how you "forget" your baby when the other two had to be in phylny Sep 2021 #15

Read the article in post #13 for an explanation. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #16

I will, thank you. phylny Sep 2021 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author phylny Sep 2021 #38

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