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A couple of years ago I read an article addressing this sort of thing. It actually suggested that the driver "leave somethingimportant -like your cell phone" in the back seat so they would remember to look in the back and see Junior. There's a big difference between having a child and being a parent.
Your children should be the most important 'something' in the back seat.
I've forgotten a lot of things, but never a living breathing being. How the heck do you forget your own child? I know it happens all too often, but there is really no excuse for it. All car seats should come with a key fob alarm that activates when there is body weight in the seat. That way it only goes off when you get over a certain distance away and the child is in it.
Someone could make a killing, no pun intended, on putting a sensor in a car seat that links to the car fob and the lock/alarm button. If the sensor has weight on it (a child) you cannot lock your door with that sensor having that weight on it. If there is a weight on the sensor, instead of getting the little chirp sound to indicate you locked your car doors, your alarm goes off.
Just a quick thought as I read about this tragedy that happens way too often, especially in Florida.
Winter in Florida...seasons are Summer, Summer, Summer and Let's Fall in to Summer all over again.
I think there's definitely an element of I'M BETTER THAN THAT! sanctimony in which people secretly revel in these stories. I consider them tragedies. I cannot count the number of times as a father that I suddenly thought "OMG, where's ____?" when at the park, or just watching the kids at home, when my attention wandered briefly. I shudder at the possibilities. And sometimes I wonder if the difference between myself and the parents in these cases is just dumb luck piled upon dumb luck for many of them. Inattention, yes. But who among us as parents have not been inattentive at times?
I cannot take satisfaction and feel superior to them.
I just pity the children. And I pity the parents, who will suffer for the rest of their - probably long - lives as a result.
So you don't see the difference between losing track of a kid for a few moments at a park or other public place...versus forgetting about them for a whole shift at work?
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