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re: ATL - Toddler Left in Car
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:40 am to HeadyMurphey
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:40 am to HeadyMurphey
This could easily happen to anyone. You don't understand this unless you're a parent yourself
My husband and I have a system to always text each other after we drop off. And if we forget to text he other one is checking in around 8:30-9:00 just to make sure.
My husband and I have a system to always text each other after we drop off. And if we forget to text he other one is checking in around 8:30-9:00 just to make sure.
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Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:40 am to Golfer
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Safe to say he isn't leaving another kid in a car. So what's the point in wasting jail space on him?
We waste all kinds of jail space on people that never hurt anybody, intentionally or unintentionally.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:41 am to Golfer
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Safe to say he isn't leaving another kid in a car. So what's the point in wasting jail space on him?
Because like all other similar crimes unlikely to be repeated, some people aren't pushed into this behavior simply because of love for their children.
Maybe jail time isn't necessary, I think there should be wide discretion. But this is the epitome of criminal negligence.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:41 am to Golfer
I literally just ran out to my car to make sure I dropped off my two girls. I know I did but this is my absolute worst fear.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:42 am to PuntBamaPunt
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Always put something you'll need for work -- cellphone, handbag, employee badge, etc. -- on the floor of the back seat, near the child.
Smart
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:42 am to Mo Jeaux
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I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old, but when they were both infants, I developed an OCD habit of checking the carseat in the back seat of my car to make sure I had not left them in there.
Very smart. I know I read somewhere that you can stick a small stuffed animal that always rides in the car seat when it's empty. When the child is in the seat, you place the stuffed animal in your front passenger seat.
But again, the 8-5 monotonous routine that changes 1 day out of a 100 days seems to be when this is most likely to occur. People just get on autopilot with the routine nature of going to work at the same time and make mistakes.
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Keep a large teddy bear in the child's car seat when it's not occupied. When the child is placed in the seat, put the teddy bear up front in the passenger seat. It's a visual reminder that anytime the teddy bear is in the passenger seat, the child is in the back.
Yup.
This post was edited on 6/19/14 at 9:45 am
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:42 am to Golfer
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Yep and everyone here will say I always check the backseat, or this couldn't happen to me.
It absolutely could happen to anyone. Stress from work, home, worrying about something, child is very quiet, change in routine. It can happen to anyone and I'll never judge someone who does it. Terrible.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:43 am to PuntBamaPunt
I guess it's easier for me because we have a base for the car seat to snap in to, and we put him in the middle, not on the sides, of the back seat. So if there's no car seat, obviously no baby.
I'm forgetful, but the first thing I do, automatically, is get him out of the car when I stop somewhere. And I'm constantly checking the rear view to see if he's doing OK. I'm not going to judge anyone, but it's hard to imagine this happening.
I'm forgetful, but the first thing I do, automatically, is get him out of the car when I stop somewhere. And I'm constantly checking the rear view to see if he's doing OK. I'm not going to judge anyone, but it's hard to imagine this happening.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:43 am to The Third Leg
What if he has another kid? Talk about add insult to injury. What that family needs more than anything is time to grieve and be with each other during this terrible time. Not dealing with jail time.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:43 am to Camp Randall
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It absolutely could happen to anyone. Stress from work, home, worrying about something, child is very quiet, change in routine. It can happen to anyone and I'll never judge someone who does it. Terrible.
Sorry, these people are grossly negligent and no, this could not happen to anyone and it is very rare.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:44 am to CBLSU316
It's scary because it can happen to anyone.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:44 am to CBLSU316
8 hours?
I am guilty of leaving the truck running, running into the corner store and grabbing things while the baby is asleep in the car seat.
it is a shame we hear stories like this every summer
I am guilty of leaving the truck running, running into the corner store and grabbing things while the baby is asleep in the car seat.
it is a shame we hear stories like this every summer
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:45 am to The Third Leg
I am an excellent mother and it could happen to me. People make mistakes. When you are sleep deprived, stressed out, and doing things out of the norm, shite like this can happen.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:45 am to The Third Leg
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this could not happen to anyone
from the article I posted on page, seriously, read it.
It happens that way somewhere in the United States 15 to 25 times a year, parceled out through the spring, summer and early fall. The season is almost upon us.
Two decades ago, this was relatively rare. But in the early 1990s, car-safety experts declared that passenger-side front airbags could kill children, and they recommended that child seats be moved to the back of the car; then, for even more safety for the very young, that the baby seats be pivoted to face the rear. If few foresaw the tragic consequence of the lessened visibility of the child . . . well, who can blame them? What kind of person forgets a baby?
The wealthy do, it turns out. And the poor, and the middle class. Parents of all ages and ethnicities do it. Mothers are just as likely to do it as fathers. It happens to the chronically absent-minded and to the fanatically organized, to the college-educated and to the marginally literate. In the last 10 years, it has happened to a dentist. A postal clerk. A social worker. A police officer. An accountant. A soldier. A paralegal. An electrician. A Protestant clergyman. A rabbinical student. A nurse. A construction worker. An assistant principal. It happened to a mental health counselor, a college professor and a pizza chef. It happened to a pediatrician. It happened to a rocket scientist.
Last year it happened three times in one day, the worst day so far in the worst year so far in a phenomenon that gives no sign of abating.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:45 am to GRTiger
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have nightmares about this as a new parent. I have started making a habit of looking in the backseat every single time I get out of a car.
Put a toy/stuffed animal on your dashboard when the kid is in the backseat.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:46 am to The Third Leg
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Sorry, these people are grossly negligent and no, this could not happen to anyone and it is very rare.
Are you a parent?
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:46 am to CBLSU316
78 degrees in Atlanta in June and the reporter is wearing a jacket
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:46 am to Camp Randall
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It absolutely could happen to anyone. Stress from work, home, worrying about something, child is very quiet, change in routine. It can happen to anyone and I'll never judge someone who does it. Terrible.
From a criminal perspective though, criminal negligence in driving could happen to anyone, a kid drowning, etc.
Theoretically costly mistakes can happen to anyone. But someone with heightened responsibility, IMO, needs the mindset that it will not happen to them (not that it "cannot"). I think courts, families and communities should dish out the forgiveness and sympathy for the parents on a case by case basis.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:46 am to PuntBamaPunt
God I feel terrible for this guy. I can't imagine what he is going through both with himself and his wife.
I like this a lot. Definitely will remember this.
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Keep a large teddy bear in the child's car seat when it's not occupied. When the child is placed in the seat, put the teddy bear up front in the passenger seat. It's a visual reminder that anytime the teddy bear is in the passenger seat, the child is in the back
I like this a lot. Definitely will remember this.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 9:47 am to Mo Jeaux
Yeah, I'm grateful that I'm anxious wreck when it comes to my kids. I always check the backseat.
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