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In reply to the discussion: Another baby dies after being left in a hot car. WHO forgets a child is in a car??? [View all]Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)41. Self control?
So, you're saying a married couple should not have sex unless they plan on breeding?
I was raised in a home where my mother stayed home. It sucked. She was miserable. Today, that's almost impossible for most people to even consider. The cost of living has skyrocketed while wages have stagnated. There are few families that have the ability to have a stay-at-home-parent.
I was a single mother. My son didn't 'suffer'. I suffered more having a miserable stay-at-home mother than I would have if she had been able to have a career.
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Another baby dies after being left in a hot car. WHO forgets a child is in a car??? [View all]
demtenjeep
Jul 2014
OP
Are cars really that big to some drivers that, upon exiting, they are unable to see A CHILD?
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#4
Combine a quiet baby with sleep deprivation, mental exhaustion, and crushing medical bills....
aikoaiko
Jul 2014
#42
I don't know. I don't forget even my coupons. Or umbrella. Or hat. Definitely not purse.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#2
I don't get it. DRIVING in a car in that heat is not always very comfortable
Dreamer Tatum
Jul 2014
#6
People who view their babies as Facebook content generators and fashion accessories. nt
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#12
With all the comparisons in this thread to "I've left a package/food/cell....etc"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jul 2014
#61
People judge because they don't want to believe it could ever happen to them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2014
#29
Thank you for posting this. It's a wonderful article and people who claim that such a thing couldn't
Luminous Animal
Jul 2014
#44
this incident happened at home. The car was parked infront of the home for more than 2 hours
demtenjeep
Jul 2014
#43
everybody. in the sense that research shows no similarities between people who forget
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2014
#49
if you've ever forgetten *anything*, i.e., if you're human, it could happen to you.
unblock
Jul 2014
#50