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Posted on 6/8/16 at 8:19 pm to Broke
Anything is possible, some folks live a stressful life which can be quite distracting. Any parent who forgot to pickup a kid from an after-school activity can relate on some level. There are some insidious people who do this purposefully but many are accidents
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:18 am to Broke
How in the frick do you FORGET and child in a car......YOU HAVE ONE frickING JOB....
and for the idiot friends and relatives that get on air and social media talking about what a good parent he/she was and how much they loved their kids.. for fricking frick's sake ya'll are insane.
mandatory irreversible sterilization should be the penalty for the freaking gene pool evacuees that do this stupid shite.
and for the idiot friends and relatives that get on air and social media talking about what a good parent he/she was and how much they loved their kids.. for fricking frick's sake ya'll are insane.
mandatory irreversible sterilization should be the penalty for the freaking gene pool evacuees that do this stupid shite.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:23 am to tigerjjs
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Tragic Accident
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Documents reveal that Mercer admitted that he left the child in the back seat of the vehicle around 9 a.m. He returned to the car at 11:30 a.m. and heard a "coughing" noise in the back seat. He then saw the unresponsive child with fluid coming from her nose.
Enjoy prison.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:30 am to choupiquesushi
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How in the frick do you FORGET and child in a car......YOU HAVE ONE frickING JOB....
and for the idiot friends and relatives that get on air and social media talking about what a good parent he/she was and how much they loved their kids.. for fricking frick's sake ya'll are insane.
mandatory irreversible sterilization should be the penalty for the freaking gene pool evacuees that do this stupid shite.
As tragic as this is, you are nobody to judge this man. After reading the article this seems like it was definitely an accident and what a nightmare it must have been for that child and the parent. People make (sometimes huge) mistakes. It's easy to take a morning routine for granted. You are not a perfect person, so stop judging others. This is a tragic accident and we need to do all we can to prevent it in the future, but at the end of the day it was an accident and treating this man like a murderer isn't going to help anything. Have some compassion and try for one second to put yourself in his shoes.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:35 am to DaTroof
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As tragic as this is, you are nobody to judge this man. After reading the article this seems like it was definitely an accident and what a nightmare it must have been for that child and the parent. People make (sometimes huge) mistakes. It's easy to take a morning routine for granted. You are not a perfect person, so stop judging others. This is a tragic accident and we need to do all we can to prevent it in the future, but at the end of the day it was an accident and treating this man like a murderer isn't going to help anything. Have some compassion and try for one second to put yourself in his shoes.
That is not a mistake, that is being unfit to parent - must be one of your ilk. Not judging but making suggestions for those that judge. I have never said I was was perfect.
Leaving a child in a car is not a freaking accident.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:37 am to LSUBoo
One morning I was bringing my little boy to daycare and I got a call from work about an issue that was going on. I stayed on the phone the whole way to work dealing with the problem. I accidentally drove straight to work and forgot he was in the car. Luckily when he is in the car, I point my rear view mirror straight at him so i saw him when I pulled in the work parking lot.
Until then, my reaction was the same as most of yall about how it could happen. I only would bring my kids to daycare about once every few months and I rarely have something like that come up at work. It happened the same day and threw my routine completely off. I do think some parents do this on purpose but I feel for the ones that don't.
Until then, my reaction was the same as most of yall about how it could happen. I only would bring my kids to daycare about once every few months and I rarely have something like that come up at work. It happened the same day and threw my routine completely off. I do think some parents do this on purpose but I feel for the ones that don't.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:39 am to tigerjjs
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Mercer was taken into custody with the Baton Rouge Police Violent Crimes Unit. Mercer told investigators that he was supposed to drop off his eight-month-old daughter, Raylee Mercer, at daycare but instead followed his normal morning routine and drove to work at Madison Preparatory School.
Mercer is the baseball coach for the school. Online records indicate that Mercer was hosting a baseball camp Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Damn that's sad
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:42 am to choupiquesushi
You don't understand what the frick you're talking about. Please just stop now.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:43 am to ThuperThumpin
thats genius - great idea
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:44 am to Lsupimp
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This article on the topic explains a lot and won a Pulitzer. This is so tragically common:
Thanks, but I couldn't even make it to the end of the article. It's terrifying, and the fact that you're a "good parent" or "make kids your priority" doesn't prevent you from making a mistake.
I can't even count the number of times I've absent-mindedly driven away with my coffee cup on top of the car or left my sunglasses behind. Obviously it's not the same thing but it's too close for comfort.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:47 am to choupiquesushi
Read the article someone posted on the first page - it may shed some light on to this trend.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:48 am to choupiquesushi
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How in the frick do you FORGET and child in a car......YOU HAVE ONE frickING JOB....
That's most likely the issue here. Let me start by saying I'm not condemning 2 working parent households. For some it is a necessity. Bbut I'm willing to guess that in 90%+ of these cases, the child is in a 2 working parent household.
Most of the time, the child is on their way to daycare, something unnecessary in a one working parent household. Often it seems (as in this case) the child was being taken to daycare by the parent who doesn't usually do that.
My theory is in this case is, mom works and usually takes baby to daycare at 700-800 am. Dad is a teacher and now has summers off, so he's responsible for baby during summer. BUT, this week he has camp, so he was bringing baby in to daycare later than usual, but instead once he was in the car, he went into routine mode and drove straight to the school like he'd done all year. Baby fell asleep bc it was 845 am and she probably still naps in the morning.
Daycare didn't call parents once baby didn't show up bc dad is taking summers off. They probably thought someone mixed up the dates and just didn't worry about it (and I imagine they probably get a lot busier come summer from all the kids who are normally in regular school).
So in answer to this... no, he didn't have one job, he had 2. His regular job and his baby. The baby should have been job #1, but unfortunately was not.
I'm a SAHM, and my kids quite literally ARE my job. The only way I'm forgetting about them is if I develop amnesia.
RIP this sweet baby.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:50 am to Broke
I just want to say that no one can ever think this could happen to them until it does.
That's why I made it a priority when my daughter was young to set an alarm that would go off on my phone every morning at 8:00 am reminding me to drop her off at school. It wasn't that I expected it could happen to me, but that I knew it could happen to anyone and that I wouldn't let it be me.
I feel bad for parents like this. They aren't trying to murder their children. They're distracted. And it may or may not be their fault...with so much technology and being so connected to technology these days, there's no wonder why people forget the simplest, most important things in their day to day.
Listen to the Breakdown podcast from the Atlanta Journal Constitution...season 2 is about an accident just like this.
That's why I made it a priority when my daughter was young to set an alarm that would go off on my phone every morning at 8:00 am reminding me to drop her off at school. It wasn't that I expected it could happen to me, but that I knew it could happen to anyone and that I wouldn't let it be me.
I feel bad for parents like this. They aren't trying to murder their children. They're distracted. And it may or may not be their fault...with so much technology and being so connected to technology these days, there's no wonder why people forget the simplest, most important things in their day to day.
Listen to the Breakdown podcast from the Atlanta Journal Constitution...season 2 is about an accident just like this.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:10 am to DaTroof
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You don't understand what the frick you're talking about. Please just stop now
i am a parent from a two parent working household often working 2 jobs....
I do understand what the frick I am talking about.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:10 am to Broke
I don't understand why parents/sitters don't put something that the child would have with them, a toy, shoes, something in the front seat to remind them that the child is on board.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:12 am to kywildcatfanone
people probably don't think it could ever happen to them so don't really see or believe the danger would be my only guess. That baby seat monitor thing that tells the parents when the child is still in the car is awesome - i'm surprised i haven't heard of it before. I feel like they should be advertising and making millions right now.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:27 am to tigerjjs
Such a tragedy! I always wonder what is going on in a parent's life that they forget their child is in the car! Yet the OT had different opinions about the Georgia dad who left his son in the car and the child died. Before it was revealed that the dad planned to kill his kid, I think the OT opinion was about 95% in support of the dad. But now, a totally different opinion for this Baton Rouge dad. Interesting.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:34 am to TheSassyOne
Has anybody seen this before
Tyrann
Tyrann
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:37 am to pjnchamps
I posted this same thought a while back after a similar tragedy...
Basically our morning commutes are on autopilot. Same route, same routines, day after day.
I understand how this can happen and it's one of the saddest mistakes anyone can ever make. The parents who do this don't want to kill their children. They made a mistake and this mistake is forever.
I was paranoid about this when my son was a baby. My wife and I would call each other every morning as soon as we got into work to make sure every thing was ok.
Never had a close call but again, I can see how it occasionally happens. We just have too much shite going on in our lives and in our cars. Also, rear-facing car seats, while safer in accidents, do increase the likelihood that a distracted parent might overlook their child still in the car.
Basically our morning commutes are on autopilot. Same route, same routines, day after day.
I understand how this can happen and it's one of the saddest mistakes anyone can ever make. The parents who do this don't want to kill their children. They made a mistake and this mistake is forever.
I was paranoid about this when my son was a baby. My wife and I would call each other every morning as soon as we got into work to make sure every thing was ok.
Never had a close call but again, I can see how it occasionally happens. We just have too much shite going on in our lives and in our cars. Also, rear-facing car seats, while safer in accidents, do increase the likelihood that a distracted parent might overlook their child still in the car.
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