This article on the topic explains a lot and won a Pulitzer. This is so tragically common: LINK

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.

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Posted by Cold Cous Cous

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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.

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