re: ATL - Toddler Left in Car

You are so correct. It astounds me that people can find an excuse for this. Can it happen to anyone? Sure....but it doesn't. It happens a few times a year over a course of hundreds of millions of commutes with children in tow.

Like you, I am a pretty seasoned parent. I have four kids and my watchful eye and ear is always...always, tuned to their safety and protection. I just don't comprehend how the mind can completely shut off the fact that your baby is in your presence. For a minute or few....sure but not any longer than that.

Any one reading who doesn't have children yet please don't worry about this happening to you. It is a one in probably 300 million commutes kind of odds. Your child will never, ever be out of your mind more than an hour at a time unless you are asleep. Heck, you can be sitting in the most important corporate meeting of the year and you will think about the baby. The child will be in your thoughts all day, everyday.

This dude just wasn't wired right if his baby wasn't in his thoughts at least once an hour.