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53. studies have shown this can happen to anybody.

it can and has happened to rich people, poor people, well-educated, poorly educated, moms, dads, you name it.

real life means people get too little sleep at times, get stressed out, fall into routines, get thrown off of routines, get distracted, and so on. and this means we forget things sometimes. even important things sometimes. yes, even our own kids.

just because you can't fathom it or imagine it happening to you doesn't mean it can't happen to other perfectly reasonable and responsible people.


just imagine, for example, that you're on your normal commute. it's a friday morning, it's been a rough week. not enough sleep, big presentation today. you're driving and mentally reciting your speech, anticipating questions, planning answers. then you come up to unexpected road work. you have to take a detour and now you're going to be late. you're still trying to think about your presentation but you also have to think about a slightly different route to work all while dreading your boss's face when you show up late. you finally get to work and rush up the stairs. whew! you got there on time, you give your presentation and everything is great.

you go back to your desk and listen to your voicemail. it's the day care center wondering if you're still planning on dropping off your kid. oh, crap! your spouse normally does that but today she couldn't so you agreed to, but you forgot! the baby fell asleep and didn't make a peep the entire trip!


of course, 99.99% of the time, you'd remember the kid. people forgetting their kid doesn't happen very often.

but are you still absolutely sure it couldn't happen to you, or someone else you think of as a responsible person, not even 0.01% of the time?