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Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:18 am to ballscaster
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i'm going through a rough patch right now
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Hang in there pal.
Finally after 6 pages someone acknowledges that part of his post!
Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:22 am to lsu480
Gay as it sounds, I was about to hit the hay, and I thought, "SFP said he was going through a rough patch—let me go log in and say something nice."
Posted on 5/13/16 at 12:48 am to ballscaster
That was cool of you, I didn't even notice because I was so pissed about the kid by the time I got to that part.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:03 am to lsu480
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:20 am to Dorothy
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long read, but worth it if you can make it through the whole thing.
At work and bored, just finished it. Some really sad stories in there.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:22 am to SlowFlowPro
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i'm going through a rough patch right now but damn. i don't know how people go on after this.
I know a family that lost two children to suicide within a year. I don't know how they go one, but they do.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 1:32 am to Hot Carl
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Even if she truly forgot and it was an "accident," certain acts have consequences.
Yes let's put her in prison. That'll teach her a lesson.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 2:16 am to SlowFlowPro
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The Evenflo Advanced SensorSafe Embrace infant seat uses a wireless receiver that plugs into a car’s on board diagnostic port, and syncs with a chest clip that goes around the baby (other companies’ products rely on Bluetooth or cellular technology, Evenflo points out). Once the car turns off, if the chest clip is still buckled, a series of tones will ring out and alert the driver.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 2:47 am to Hot Carl
Unfortunately, my best friend's sister went through causing her child's death by leaving him in the car.
She had just started working graveyard shifts, maybe her 2nd week of them after years of 1st & 2nd shift work. She picked up her toddler from her mother's 1 morning (where the kid stayed overnight while she worked when she had her shared custody), went to the grocery store, then home.
Kid was asleep so she unloaded the groceries first. She got distracted by something inside, I forget what exactly-phone call/answering machine/used bathroom, & 1000% forgot the kid was in the car/her custody. Exhausted, she fell asleep then woke up a few hours later, few too late as it turned out. Her honest defense was pure exhaustion & not being keenly aware it was her time with the kid.
She spent years in prison for the death. She was released a couple years ago due to good behavior, counseling strides, etc. But she will obviously never be the same nor forgive herself.
She had just started working graveyard shifts, maybe her 2nd week of them after years of 1st & 2nd shift work. She picked up her toddler from her mother's 1 morning (where the kid stayed overnight while she worked when she had her shared custody), went to the grocery store, then home.
Kid was asleep so she unloaded the groceries first. She got distracted by something inside, I forget what exactly-phone call/answering machine/used bathroom, & 1000% forgot the kid was in the car/her custody. Exhausted, she fell asleep then woke up a few hours later, few too late as it turned out. Her honest defense was pure exhaustion & not being keenly aware it was her time with the kid.
She spent years in prison for the death. She was released a couple years ago due to good behavior, counseling strides, etc. But she will obviously never be the same nor forgive herself.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:30 am to Mizzoufan26
Judging by the amount of downvotes in this thread, there are some shitty parents here.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 5:33 am to Mizzoufan26
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I love how leaving something in the back seat, a briefcase, a gym bag anything is less practical/dependable than a message/call to your SO.
The always having something in the backseat of your car part is not practical or dependable. With kids, things are always coming and going out of your car with and sometimes without your knowledge. One kid wants this toy, or this stuffed animal, you need your briefcase inside the house, you forgot your gym bag, etc.
Having two people in a routine to check one another is more dependable than one. If one forgets, the other will remember to check.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 5:34 am
Posted on 5/13/16 at 5:41 am to SabiDojo
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Yeah, a briefcase in the back seat is a pretty easy habit to form.
It may be a pretty easy habit to form, but it's not dependable. Some days you may not need your briefcase, or you need it in the front because you have to look at something important at a red light, etc.
Two people remembering is better than one. Have someone else waiting for the call/text "dropped her off--she was great". Once this habit is formed, chances are both parents will not forget on the same day.
Sometimes, it's not the same parent everyday dropping off Everyday--depends on both parents work schedules, travel situations, etc.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 5:44 am
Posted on 5/13/16 at 5:48 am to Hot Carl
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but at the very least she's got to get charged with negligent homicide. Even if she truly forgot and it was an "accident," certain acts have consequences. Whether there was intent or not.
Thank goodness you are not the judge.
This mother has another child at home that needs her, as well as she and her husband need each other right now. A consequence, such as jail time, would serve no good purpose whatsoever.
Again, I am grateful the people making this decision to not send her to jail do not think like you. They are in the position they are in for a reason, as are you.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 6:11 am to CorkSoaker
Knowing how bad your child must have suffered b/c of a mistake you made is punishment enough. I work in mental health and years ago had a prominent md in our area do the same. It was one of the saddest cases I have ever been around.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 6:31 am to SabiDojo
Sabi, we do the same with regards to car seat in middle. I was also paranoid about being sideswiped and not being able to forgive myself if he got hit on the side I chose for him.
ETA: I guess it's because Louisiana is so hot and I'm paranoid..but I taught my kid how to unstrap his harness and buckle. He knows the rule is you never do it when the car is driving but when we get home and the car is turned off he gets himself out. I don't even like to say or think why I taught him that but it was something I thought he was capable of doing incase it was ever necessary. I just really believe the minute you think it'll never happen to you...it will be you.
ETA: I guess it's because Louisiana is so hot and I'm paranoid..but I taught my kid how to unstrap his harness and buckle. He knows the rule is you never do it when the car is driving but when we get home and the car is turned off he gets himself out. I don't even like to say or think why I taught him that but it was something I thought he was capable of doing incase it was ever necessary. I just really believe the minute you think it'll never happen to you...it will be you.
This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 6:42 am
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:26 am to SlowFlowPro
Wasn't there a surgeon in Shreveport that done a similar thing few years back?
Panicked in surgery, ran to parking lot. What a tragedy.
Panicked in surgery, ran to parking lot. What a tragedy.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:48 am to SmoothOperator96
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How can you be that oblivious.
She didn't hear the baby while driving? She didn't see him/her when she was getting in/out the vehicle. Does she not use a rear view mirror? Come on... So sad. A life that ended waaaaaaaaaay too soon
100% correct. What does it say about her when she didn't see her own child while she's getting out of her car, nor back in, and amazingly it never registered in her mind during the work day that "hey I left my kid in my car."
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:49 am to TigerDeBaiter
my wife drops my son off at daycare 99% of the time due to our work schedules, but leave my laptop bag in the the car seat in my truck just to be sure that in the event that my morning routine changes, I will have to move the bag in order to put my son in the car and the bag will be in a different place if I were to forget to drop him off.
Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:56 am to forever lsu30
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She picked up her toddler from her mother's 1 morning (where the kid stayed overnight while she worked when she had her shared custody), went to the grocery store, then home.
Kid was asleep so she unloaded the groceries first. She got distracted by something inside,
This is the part that loses me. Why would you leave your unattended child in the car while you bring groceries in? Logic would tell you bring baby in first, groceries second.
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