Babies left in cars in triple digit temperatures

[redvelvet709]

Originally Posted by missik999

When reporting this story on the news they recommended a tip so that people wouldn't forget their babies in cars. They suggested leaving something "important" next to the baby seat so you will be reminded to take your baby when you remember to take the "important" item.

What item could possibly be more important that your baby??

I cannot imagine the mentality. People today are just so unbelievably, tragically disgusting. Stories like these are really becoming far too common.

[missik999]

Originally Posted by msamhunter

On the star's web site is a nice article dealing with people who forgot about their children in the car. Apparently it's not as uncommon as you think. Saying a child dying from being left in a car vs say negligence while driving is saying one type of death is worse than another. Keep in mind careless driver deaths far outnumber what transpired over the weekend. One could argue those people as well really can't come up with any type of excuse that make sense. Again, its not pick and choose.

Somehow I don't see how your phrase "nice article" goes with people who leave their children in cars.

Child neglect and child abuse aren't uncommon either, and the Star has written many "nice" articles about that as well.


So leaving kids in cars is not so bad because it is common? I guess parents who let their kids die by carelessly leaving them in cars can take comfort in that fact. "Hey, sorry my baby roasted to death because of my carelessness, but lots of people forget their kids in cars."

Maybe some parents need an App to remind themselves that they have a baby or child in the car. You know they won't leave the car without their cell phone.

[BU191433]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

Were these children left intentionally?

I really feel for those who have forgotten that their baby was in the car and then had tragic consequences. This happened to a father where we used to live, who did not notmally drive his child to daycare, so he went to work and did not discover the baby until it was too late. It is loving careful parents who do this, so it is frightening to think that it could happen to any of us.

OK, so let me see if I have this straight. The father normally doesn't drive the child to daycare, but on this day he did. So he put the child in the car right? He drove the car with the child in the back seat right? OK, I could see just out of habbit driving to work instead of the day care place. I get so used to driving the same way to work everyday I might without thinking drive my normal route to work. But at some point during the drive it hits me oh I have a baby in my back seat, don't go straight to work.

Don't I ever look in the rear-view mirror see the child. When I pull into work parking lot don't I see the child. When I get out of the car, don't I check the car. When I ewalk into work, when I start working after a few minutes - I mean for God sake at some point it has to enter my mind. I have my child in the backseat of my car.

I would have no sympathy for someone who does this. I do not see how it could possibly happen

[msamhunter]

Originally Posted by missik999

Somehow I don't see how your phrase "nice article" goes with people who leave their children in cars.

Child neglect and child abuse aren't uncommon either, and the Star has written many "nice" articles about that as well.


So leaving kids in cars is not so bad because it is common? I guess parents who let their kids die by carelessly leaving them in cars can take comfort in that fact. "Hey, sorry my baby roasted to death because of my carelessness, but lots of people forget their kids in cars."

Maybe some parents need an App to remind themselves that they have a baby or child in the car. You know they won't leave the car without their cell phone.

The point Missi is, it's not the first time, it won't be the last time and it's not uncommon as people think it is. While it should be, it isn't. And yes, there can be a nice article with links to good information even when dealing with a bad situation. No more so than a parent killing their child because they answered their phone while driving or sending a text or drinking (a point you never bothered to answer btw) or a parent smoking in the car with their child in it. Neglect is neglect period. The factoring point is the end result of that neglect. Doesn't really matter what type of neglect because they can all end up the same way. Some get lucky, some don't. Some kids people shed tears over and gets Nancy Grace on the trail, a lot of kids no one blinks an eye at.

So Missi and everyone else, it doesn't matter how many anecdotes we come up with. On Fire, roasted, doesn't matter! At the end of the the day, those people like everyone else still have the right to due process as guaranteed them as U S citizens. Let the courts do their job. It's that same due process anyone of us would want and demand if we got caught up over a bad decision and as I've been saying, do not act like you are impervious to something happening. It may not be leaving your child in a car but guaranteed, we are all at times not as vigilant as we should be with every situation in life. Sometimes we let social standing get in the way like being in a "nice" neighborhood and some just lack sense or street smarts and don't know what to look for at times. Either way, a lapse in judgment and you can be on the outside looking in just like these two parents from this past weekend. So, I will not judge them as it is not my place to.

[missik999]

It has happened again, another parent left the baby in a hot car. It was "only" 95 degrees today, and 110 inside the car when the baby was rescued by police. The baby was rushed to St. Vincents where she was treated and released.

The mom had been shopping at Hamilton Town Center when someone spotted the baby in the car. It wasn't clear how long the baby had been in the car alone. The mother was arrested, and the baby released to her father.

At least the mom thoughtfully left one of the windows cracked open for the baby while she shopped.

[BU191433]

Originally Posted by missik999

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At least the mom thoughtfully left one of the windows cracked open for the baby while she shopped.

Well that might have kept the baby from any serious harm, but it isn't enough. Even if the car was in the shade and each window was cracked a couple of inches it still is too hot.

[indy_317]

This is what passes for parenting today in the US. #1 thing is pleasure for self, focusing on the child(ren) ranks lower. Very sad.

[missik999]

If the mom could afford to shop at Hamilton Town Center she could have paid for a babysitter.

[msamhunter]

Starting to think people are doing this for their 15 minutes of fame. Yet another one.