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In reply to the discussion: Father kills himself after finding 18-month-old son dead in hot car [View all]wryter2000
(47,940 posts)68. A non-tragic example
Our church used to take kids to the Yale/Brown football game. Parents would car pool. One year, a parent loaded all the kids into his car except for his own child. He went back and got his child (although this was before cell phones, so there had to be a lot of terror involved for both parent and child).
It's possible to forget your own child.
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Father kills himself after finding 18-month-old son dead in hot car [View all]
ItsjustMe
Jun 2022
OP
There was a case here in Colorado a number of years ago. Sitter did not show up,
niyad
Jun 2022
#101
Calling it a lapse in judgment indicates you fundamentally fail to understand the issue.
Ms. Toad
Jun 2022
#108
Everyone's brains can glitch. Everyone can be distracted, including loving parents.
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2022
#18
if the writer didn't experience it personally perhaps they heard a similar story
orleans
Jun 2022
#93
"How can someone forget that their child is in the car with them?" Very easily.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2022
#12
It changed my thinking about the whole issue, instantly. I used to be someone who would say "no one
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2022
#50
I think it is strange that people have to put something important in the backseat with their kids
ripcord
Jun 2022
#7
It doesn't have anything to do with importance. As experts say, if you can forget your cell phone,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2022
#13
Isn't that you would immediately notice a missing shoe when you stepped out of the car? (nt)
petronius
Jun 2022
#29
No , It's just that you easily remember if you don't have the shoe. Even compared to your wallet and
JI7
Jun 2022
#110
There is a simple technological solution - but auto manufacturers and regulators don't seem to care
dwayneb
Jun 2022
#22
How about having all new cars have a warning alarm if you shut off the car and leave the vehicle
Dysfunctional
Jun 2022
#40
Right for seatbelt purposes my car detects people in front passenger seat.
Captain Zero
Jun 2022
#107
I hope it doesn't happen more now since so many people have brain fog from getting infected w/ Covid
liberal_mama
Jun 2022
#63