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IAlwaysUpvoteFirefly
This is why I will never have kids
ReadyBasher01
My mom always left the A/C running when I stayed in the car. I locked the doors too.
imnotthatguyiguess
i used to drive a car without working air conditioning and it really was horrible when it was like 100 degrees out
festersnake
you should just get a thermometer that works in centigrade, then it would have only been 37.7 degrees out.
kimdog
How do you forget about the tiny human being kicking the back of your seat the whole way there?
BlessYourBeautifulHide
It's probably more likely to happen when the child is asleep.
ch3burashka
The out of side, out of mind principle applies heavily; studies have shown that. It ain't about love; it's about children in the back seat.
Harcorepkurharcoreprkur
Did you mean "sight"?
ch3burashka
Wow, major slip up. Must've been a Freudian slip - was probably thinking of various sides to order with my entree.
vengfish
Can you imagine one day you had a brain fart and instead of forgetting your cell phone, you forgot your kid? Having to live with that?
festersnake
I dropped my kid in the toilet once... wasn't putting my hand in there though, just flushed, walked away and bought a new one.
thecrossthebridge
Guys, there is an amazing article in the washington post on that topic ("Fatal Distraction"). Google if interested!
thatsLMFB
I don't understand parents "forgetting" they have kids. I always think my kids are with me when they actually are not,
odetopotato
i love this
Etal00
Thank you.
sparrow1889
I never understood this whole thing, I spent half my life waiting in cars. Then I remembered I lived in Ireland.
baileyli
Not saying that it is not negligence, but it could happen to the most careful parent.
iloveturtless
I'm pretty sure this happens to pets more than children. Either way it's fucked.
DeathLobster
This is great and all but kind of "villainizing" people who are, by all accounts, normally excellent parents.
DeathLobster
If you have forgotten your keys or phone at home, congratulations, yes you too have the ability to forget a child.
SaySomethingClever
most of the stories i have seen about it lately are people who are too lazy to wake their sleeping kids to bring them into the store :\
lauriz25
I loose my cell phone all the time, I've never once forgotten my child. I understand being tired, or change of routine may cause you to
DeathLobster
Haven't yet doesn't mean you could never. For the most part it is not an issue of "bad parenting."
lauriz25
Forget for a couple of minutes, but when it's hours that's not an accident.
BlessYourBeautifulHide
Hours at home it's not an accident. Hours at work, if you forgot the drop them off at daycare, it can be an accident.
Kibroman
More like that you shouldn't leave them unattended in a car.
CynicalFish
Meh, I used to ask to stay in the car sometimes when I'd have a headache in the hot weather, would just lie in the backseat and daydream.
CynicalFish
The heat, when you don't have to move, always felt kinda good :c Like a sauna. Maybe I'm a lizard secretly without knowing it.
itsbre
Yeah I used to do the same thing, but not until I was about 9 and could leave the car and find my mom alone if it got too hot
ScruffnShine
No kidding, last saturday a woman left her daughter in her car & she put it in reverse & she ended up backing into a truck (1/2)
ScruffnShine
while the mother was trying to get her out of the car. The girl was able to get out of the car & she was fine.
Ventx
I got the parked car in gear when I was less than a year and a half old. My daughter has neeever been availed that opportunity.
Pharya
My brother did the same thing in our driveway when he was about 6 or 7. Took the handbrake off and it rolled forward into a pole.
KylaJade4
My mom always left me and my brother in the car. We lived in Reno Nevada. I thought it was normal lol
greenbean442
One of the "pro tips" on how to not leave your kids in a car on accident, is to leave your phone in the back seat with them. Because people
festersnake
you could just leave you kids in the back seat instead, they're actually really hard to forget about, unless they're already dead...silent
greenbean442
NEVER forget their phones, yet they forget their god damn kids.
Reinette
People don't forget their phones because they're used to carrying them all of the time. If you take your baby in the car outside of your 1/?
AllYourPeppermintAreBelongToMe
I've been left in a hotel room on a family vacation. I was 5, in the bathroom. When I came out, everyone was gone. Forgetfulness happens.
fksly
They forget phones too when shit changes in your life. Nothing is immune to this.
acidosaur
People often forget their phones. I have done.
PrincessRufflebutt
As sad as this statement is, it's true. And probably not a bad practice to start if I ever have kids.
Reinette
normal routine, your brain can flip into auto pilot mode which is what it's meant to do. The baby isn't part of your normal routine, so 2/?
Geutz
Recently, someone suggested taking off one of your shoes and putting it in the back seat.
Killmatlc
The dad that was sexting inside a nice air conditioning hotel while his son died in the car. His punishment should be the same. Left to die.
TheGingersaurus
Are we talking about that asshole that "forgot" his kid was in the car? I hope we're talking about that asshole.
lachicablanca
Too many fishy things going on with that story for me to believe it. He can rot in hell if it was planned.
MrsZbornak
asshole def didnt forget. he took baby to eat & it takes 6 minutes to drive to work. you cant forget a child in 6 minutes!! that man is evil
HommeDeBois
That story has shenanigans written all over it. And not the fun kind with video games and alcohol. The bad bad bad kind. The worst kind.
TheGingersaurus
I agree. I fail to see how someone could forget a child. It's not like they're quiet creatures.
MrsZbornak
it was only 6 minutes from chick fil a to day care/work. you cant forget a child in 6 minutes. first thing wife says when he saw him 1/2
MrsZbornak
did you say too much. they are both guilty. they took life insurance policy right before babys death. poor baby was tortured to death 2/2/
Harcorepkurharcoreprkur
None of that shit made sense. And the mother's feigned ignorance was even more suspicious.
MrsZbornak
and she had the nerve to say at the funeral, if she could go back, she wouldnt bring him back . WTF?
itsbre
I'd never leave my dog in a car in attended, but a kid maybe. If the child is old enough to come find you if it gets to hot, let them stay.
itsbre
Id be more afraid of them getting kidnapped then it being too hot
HPWombat
Most of the time, kids who are left in cars and die are left there by accident. It happens on days when there is a schedule change or—
HicJacetMelilla
+1 for awareness!!!! People with the hubris to say "This could never happen to me" seriously scare me. This Pulitzer-winning article (1/2)
bookwyrm17
Exactly. This article talks about that: http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing
HPWombat
a change in the normal routine. Something as simple as the kid's diaper bag not being visible can make the parents' brain focus on other—
HPWombat
things. It doesn't mean they're awful people or distracted people, it means that it can happen to ANYONE. Be diligent on days when you—
HPWombat
have a change in routine, and don't be afraid to call a spouse on those days to make sure "dropoff to the sitters" went okay in the morning.
ahewitt0000
No. I am sorry, but NO. I dont care what the fuck your routine is; you do not leave your own child in a car for hours on end.
HPWombat
It's an accident. It happens to normal people, not to horrible people.
vielleicht
sorry but if you forget your child because you can't see a diaper bag your an aweful parent
IronsideSam
its called auto piloting sometimes and it happens a lot more often then you think. Its doing things by memory such as morning routine.
HPWombat
It's easy to call these parents "awful" for being forgetful but that's a defense mechanism you're using to distance them from you, not truth
Aramahn
Maybe it's just me, but in my 12 years of being a dad, I have NEVER been this checked out. But maybe that's just me.
TheQuark
I can tell you, as a loving but absent-minded father, I was SO glad when my two got old enough to get out of a car themselves
fksly
It can happen to you. Did you ever find yourself in the room without knowing why you went there? Forgot food in the freezer? Same mechanic.
SaySomethingClever
when i worked in a daycare, if we didn't receive a call by 9 that a child wouldn't be in, we had to call the parents bc of stuff like this
Pharya
Since when? Where are your sources? Why do you propose to be an authority on the statistics behind kids in cars
ThisIsIs
This is super important. If people think it's just jerks doing it, it'll keep happening. It can happen to anybody who stops paying attention
Hanska01
Exactly! People think it's intentional, 80% of the time it's not.
TheGayPenguin
73.92% of stats are made up on the spot.
Hanska01
Yup !
UH60Mechanic
There are a lot of people in these comment threads who are going to be very upset when a cancelled action in their brain happens to them.
contemplativeobserver
People are consistently unaware of their surroundings. It's just lazy use of ones brain and senses. You can all keep your excuses.
acidosaur
Neuroscience isn't an excuse. It's an observation about how the mind actually works. No one is saying these things to excuse the parents.
CriminySTFU
Not gonna knock that, HP. However, there's always that idiot that doesn't want to drag the kid through the grocery and leaves it in the car.
HPWombat
Sure. But it's not most cases. When you're in a parking lot on a hot day, keep an eye out for kids in closed cars.
TheSisko
When I was a kid, it was commonplace to leave the kids in the car, but the windows were always down.
Hanska01
Leaves "it".
HommeDeBois
~20% of kid/car deaths are from parents leaving their kid in the car for 'just a minute'. 20%. 1/5 of these parents just made a bad choice.
DeathLobster
Those kids don't normally die. Unless you're in the store for three hours.
whutserface
Lady on the news left 4 kids 1-7yrs of age locked in a car with windows up in 90 degrees while she grocery shopped. That wasn't an accident.
PrincessRufflebutt
No one said every one of them is an accident. Just a lot of them.
Katrin931
Said most. Not every single time.
whutserface
Yeah, I just thought it was interesting that I had actually seen a news story about that mother moments before I came across this post.
sometimesiwonderwhatimdoingonhere
Did he say that every case is an accident. Obviously there are idiots, but the majority are just accidents.
TheSisko
Was the 7yo drugged? That's old enough to open the door and rescue siblings or scream for help.
CynicalFish
Hm that is a very very good point, there aren't many cars whose doors can't be opened from inside but maybe she parked in a lake D:
whutserface
Who knows what other kinds of abuse happened to that kid to prevent him from seeking help.
sanitypotion
Child safety locks. When turned on, back doors can only be opened from the outside. My sister and I used to prank each other with 'em a lot.
TheSisko
So climb into the front.
ginangu
They can't climb into the front and open the doors?
sanitypotion
The only reason I would have figured that out is because I already knew about the locks.
ShamnusMcfee
Imagine all those times you just space out and go on autopilot. You check back in twenty minutes later and barely remember anything.
AllYourPeppermintAreBelongToMe
This. Although I cannot recall being forgotten in a car, I have been forgotten in other locations. I remember a hotel room on vacay best.
contemplativeobserver
I'm not disagreeing, I just find this hard to believe. I still don't understand how it can happen by accident.
contemplativeobserver
I guess being aware of ones surroundings is too difficult for people to learn. Easier to think accidents happen, nothing we can do.
contemplativeobserver
See, downvote and ignore. No room for growth in this species.
contemplativeobserver
Stop talking to yourself.
contemplativeobserver
Hey, fuck you buddy.
contemplativeobserver
Your only angry because you got downvoted.
contemplativeobserver
Then again I don't understand much about being human.
Sefinh
Ever been looking for something like glasses... that are on your face the whole time? Add to that a heat-addled brain or dehydration.
Kormath
It's unfortunate, but true.
contemplativeobserver
No. I'm really not that unaware of my surroundings.
contemplativeobserver
Not since learning this is my brain and senses to use and control.
contemplativeobserver
Oh yea, you're so good at controlling your brain function, you nutter. I'm sure others can do different things with their brains.
contemplativeobserver
That's not my point. It's about training and self awareness.
Natureboy596175
I experienced this once. I was waiting for my fiance to finish in a store and I sat in the car. I had to open a door to breathe... (1/2)
Natureboy596175
(2/2).... after 10 min. My shirt was soaked. I became very tired. Now a days, I won't even leave groceries in the car for more than a minute
chamaeleonsky
for every ten minutes, the temperature in a car rises 20 degrees
MalaysianFlightPlanner
As a Canuck - It's 80 degrees out and he's not on fire?
EHAN281
As a former Arizonan, it's 80 degrees out and he doesn't have a light jacket on?
IdownvotePeopleWhoComplainAboutDownvoters
80 rubbish degrees, not proper ones..
Dalylah
Amateurs. It's 96° F currently at 9:12 PM in Southern California. 80° is like an arctic breeze... or what I set my A/C to.
japanforsale
Lies. 69F currently. Which universe's SoCal are YOU from?
BroboxylicAcid
California has like a thousand micro-climates. There'll be a 20*F difference between San Fransisco and Sonoma tomorrow, for instance.
Dalylah
Palm Springs. The desert.
NotACanadian
BC and Saskatchewan get to the 100s and you know it!
MalaysianFlightPlanner
I'm from Ontario! I refuse to believe!
leopleuradon
It's been high 80's all week in Newfoundland, and even hitting 90 with humidity. In another week we may all be dead and smoldering.
TheUsernameIReallyWantedWasTaken
I think he/she was referring to celsius/fahrenheit. Like if it were 80 degrees celsius u be ded
JimCosmo
As someone from New Brunswick, I can confirm. All the hair on my body has singed away. My skin is next.
rumblegum
As a Georgian, what the hell is this guy whinin' about? That's spring weather, bitches.
Orionsgate
As a Canuck, I have trouble believing in places that do not have 8 months of winter.
MalaysianFlightPlanner
I think they're just fairy tails.
ilovetraveler
Same with dogs. It's fucking degrees outside and sone Assholes still thinks it's okay to leave their dog outside
itsbre
I leave my dog outside all day every day. She comes in at night. She doesn't like to be inside. She has water and shade. Outside isn't bad.
emotionallydevoid
My neighbor left their pit and fluffy puppy outside without water for two days because they had a dispute.
longdarkteatimeofthesoul
That does depend on the situation though... If they have shade and water as well as being a breed that deals with warm weather - it's fine.
gypsybaby530
Rhode Island just made it a misdemeanor to leave pets in a car that could cause them their life - 1 year in jail or $1000 or both.
ComeauSushi
My question is how did shaq manage to get in that small car?
adp5025
it's a buick
Abso
With a little Shaq-fu, anything is possible:
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Kazaam can do anything
arawana
Where is the shaq wiggle gif? I'm disappointed.
DownWithTheJehovahsSickness
The same way they managed to get a second Shaq Fu going, presumably.
IJustMadeThisAccountForOneMemeNowLookAtMe
Because that's not Shaq, it's Lebron James. Lol come on OP
sanitypotion
Don't you know Samuel L. Jackson when you see him? Dumbass.
ch3burashka
Nah, it's Martin Lawrence, he's a small dude.
BakingSoda
Nah, it's samuell
AetherMcLoud
He used his Shaq-Fu of course.
GRIZtheninja
Are you saying all black people look like Shaq?
BeeR411
*Morgan Freeman
youreasmellypiratehooker
They build the car around him and then use the jaws of life to get him out after the commercial is over.
TomAtofromPalletTown
If my car senses are correct, that's a 2013 Buick LaCrosse. It has space and shit. How did he fit? Magic, most likely.
anglophilestymie
Orlando Magic?
TheCanadianNerd
are we not talking about your car senses?
Counterfit
I would think Shaq could deal with the heat, even out in the Sun, by the Lake. Something something Celtics
whywecanthavenicethings
Didn't Shaq abandon magic?
hiperson134
I don't see Magic Johnson in there with him...
TomAtofromPalletTown
Magic helped him fit in the car, I didn't say he rode shotgun. Please keep up. Jeez the nerve of some people...
EricMatthews
I'm HIV positive that he's in there
Ihmhi
True story: Shaq wanted a Ferrari (or maybe a Lambo). Dealer joked that they'd have to weld two of them together for him to fit. (1/2)
Ihmhi
Shaq bought two and had a car body shop do exactly that. (2/2)
cadencorruption
Or leave the AC running!
hetnkik
"Alright, kids, I'm done talking to my cell phone camera. We can get out of the car now.... Kids?"
ItsOkayItsOfficial
I was seriously waiting for this. I don't know if its Imgur conditioning or Stockholm Syndrome.
marquinhodsdm
I honestly don't get it..is something wrong with me, or am I too normal?
hetnkik
His kids died in the car from the heat while waiting for him to record his video about kids dying in cars from heat.
SuburbanRobotsThatMonitorReality
This joke darker than the inside of a child size coffin.
ninjagaidensigma
Top... top-top... top... top... .... top... ... ... ... comment right here.
LazyFelyne
That was so dark that
LazyFelyne
Sorry, it stole what I was gonna say.
VognerCharking
Holy shit, dude.
ISeeStoopedPeople
lozeldatkm
They come in frog green and fire truck red.
Hujijiwatchi
maybe they died of lupus
richardfrost
It's never lupus.
StevieRayVaughan
whet thu fack
SubzeroAK
You could have left it at The inside of a child, and that would have been dark enough.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
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writerv
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MasterPrime
What if you explained it such that the inside of a child is dark because the holes are too tight for light to get in?
SubzeroAK
A priest might have a solution for you.
MasterPrime
oh that makes sense. If you just force 'em to open up you can let the light in.
orangepanda1sucks
This joke is darker then the man in the gif
shahyan
Read this in Ted Mosby's voice.
Sammyv17
Bob Saget's voice.
jpparkenbone
Actually, children can survive a higher body temp than adults, so he would lose consciousness first most likely.
backwardsmanthebackwardsman
Do you get paid to ruin good things or is it just for kicks
ionlyspeakthetruth
Not if they haven't eaten in 3 days
strawberryfieldsforjusttoday
That sound really intentional. :D
overa32182
I laughed way too hard at your comment
NickRivieraMD
Y'know, my dad left me in the car all the fuckin time when I was a kid, he just ROLLED THE FUCKIN WINDOW DOWN. Super simple stuff.
afrowe
If you watch the video the guy actually talks about that and how it still could kill someone if they're i n there for too long.
NickRivieraMD
Look, I'm not talking about a kid too young to walk, but at a certain age, this gets ridiculous.
Mithi
Well, how do you roll down the windows if they are electrical and the ignition is off? And the doors are also locked without ignition.
NickRivieraMD
the locks work from the inside without a key. And you roll the windows down before you leave your kid in it.
itsbre
Leaf the keys with the kids. If they want the window down, they turn on the car. But on,y if their old enough
Agrona
Aside from the legal ramifications of leaving a child alone in a car, you also can't leave your keys in the car with a child under 16.
BlessYourBeautifulHide
The comment said the dad rolled the windows down, like before he left the car.
Cmycherrytree
In today's society we are suppose to raise pansies. My kids go outside, don't have phones, and sit in the truck with the windows down.
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
Something like 40 kids on average are left in cars each year. Accidents happen, speaking as a parent, but that's still 40 kids too many...
waffleninjer
It's fine. There are like 7 billion people on the planet.
bigtuna1125
when i was a kid I used to go sit in my parents cars in the summer and read because I liked how hot I got
Alex00322
That's not even an accident. That's stupidity. Leaving the water on is an accident.
IbukiOnTheScene
It's the same fucking concept but with far different outcomes.
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IbukiOnTheScene
Wow you really aren't too bright. In both cases you forget something important that most people would never think they would forget. Both
IbukiOnTheScene
(3) bathroom or dead baby). The results are different but the process you go through to get there is the same.
IbukiOnTheScene
(2) caused by a momentary lapse in attention that results in you not realizing what you had forgotten until you see the outcome (flooded
ichangedmyusernamebecauseitwasthesameasmytwitter
I don't understand you forget how you have a kid.
Itsachiaotzu
Where do you get 40 as an average? I'm just curious. There have been about 5 in my city alone. I thought that it would be much higher.
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
I read it somewhere, o
MrsZbornak
i just cant imagine the torture those poor babies go through. horrible way to die.
Swunt
accidents happen?... how the fuck do you forget an entire human being. do you hate them that much you could care less? these poor kids.
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
Most kids are rear facing until almost 2 and if there's any change in a normal routine forgetting can happen.
faintpremonition
A) Full car seats look just like empty carseats B) Kids sleep in the car C) It happens when people have a disruption to their routine
bookwyrm17
Read this article about it. It really made me think differently about it: http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing
sometimesiwonderwhatimdoingonhere
It's a terrible accident, but a lot of the time that's all it is. Don't demonize those who already hate themselves for what they've done.
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Swunt
I'm stupid because i don'
acidosaur
You're an idiot.
whatthebeans
When growing up in SoCal, I always liked staying in the car on hot days, but i didn't realize till later why I was never allowed to.
pamelaRRRR
Agreed. No matter how the message gets out, we can use more awareness.
cspinasdf
Something like 400 kids drown in america each year with 800 having permanent neurological damage.
DuckyQuackQuack
Something's not right here..
darkdarling23
No god damned right-minded idiot forgets their own kids. Especially, if they're too young to know to get out of the car if they're too hot.
bookwyrm17
Read this article on how easy it is to forget you have a kid in the car. So tragic. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing
Rainalor
Let's be honest. It's more like 38 kids too many. Those other two little shits had it coming...
brad5297
Accidents happen, sure, but leaving your kids in the car is no accident. And if you do truly forget, you have no business being a parent.
ZacMuerte
I know a person who accidentally killed her 6 month old because she forgot her in the car, as it wasn't her normal day to take her
MelfsAcidArrow
My worry every time my wife and I switch drop off routines
everyoneiskungfufighting
Simple solution: every day you call each other and provide a status - "Jr. is at daycare". Set a reminder alarm on your phone.
MelfsAcidArrow
I actually take a picture of my daughter every morning and send it to my wife :)
demonic
Leaving a kid in a car is no accident.
sometimesiwonderwhatimdoingonhere
So you think the majority of these parents do this on purpose?
demonic
well if it's not a accident then what is it?
sometimesiwonderwhatimdoingonhere
So how many parents do you think are killing their children on purpose?
demonic
i'm saying people are shitty, how can you forget your own kid?
HalfwayToRelevance
I was an accident.
mayormeowsalot
Put your belongings (purse, briefcase, etc) in the back seat so you have to go back there no matter what? Then you'll see them back there
mayormeowsalot
I feel I need to clarify, I do not in any way feel there is any excuse for this. I honestly don't understand how you can forget your child
thetonestarr
As a parent, I'm with you on this. It completely boggles my mind, but I've learned not all parents think the same way as me. =/
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
Not a parent but I've forgotten some pretty damn important stuff before. I can see how it can happen.
EllaWells
The stories I've read go something like this: change in routine, like other parent taking kid to daycare. Kid is asleep, parent is tired -c-
EllaWells
-c- starts driving and brain goes into that autopilot mode we all know. Goes to work, kid never stirs so he/she isn't reminded...
EllaWells
... Until they come to the car after work and see what's in the back seat :(
split
I don't think they're forgetting. I think theyre intentionally leaving them there because "I'll only be gone a minute"
mayormeowsalot
left the kid in the car all day... And I think like a year ago or something the same exact thing happened. (2)
mayormeowsalot
Those ones are different. In my area there's a recent case where they forgot to drop their kid off at daycare and (1)
IbukiOnTheScene
You're a fucking dumbass. Tell that to the parents who lost their kids. Do some actual research on how/why these things happen.
split
I live in Florida. Every summer 2-3 kids die to this. Most don't say they "forgot" their kids.
Joefesok
Actually no, this is what parents do. My mom used to do this with me, during the less murderous seasons.
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mayormeowsalot
I'm a nanny and I occasionally drive kids somewhere and we also talk the whole ride (school, friends, cartoons, etc). So I'm with you
BitchImCanadian
Put your left shoe back there, there's no way you're forgetting your shoe.
VodkaReindeer
Poor kids whose parents drive a stick.
Hashbrown123
The fact that people need to do something like this is messed up. How the fuck can you forget a kid?
IbukiOnTheScene
It's not as unlikely as you think. Do some research
mayormeowsalot
This is the suggestion the news gives out each summer
BitchImCanadian
And it's actually a pretty decent habit to get into. That's literally a thing impossible to forget.
mayormeowsalot
Right? I don't understand how you can forget a habitual thing, even if you're tired or whatever other excuse.
Rookieragequit
Put your kid back there, that should remind you to... Wait...
NERDRAGEohacat
Or just develop a habit of checking everything before walking away. I did that in college to make sure nothing worth stealing was in sight.
mayormeowsalot
Omg I do this all the time. College student who has to walk a bit to get to class so I ALWAYS check that I have everything I need, TWICE 1
Corrodias
That's actually a really good idea. Forgetting a child happens when you're following your normal routine. So if your routine is checking...
mayormeowsalot
Left a lab notebook in my car and realized this 10 minutes before class, never ran so fast in my life lol 2
Harmonex
I did that, too, and I still leave my keys in my bike. And "do I have my keys on me?" is a major part of my routine.
Harmonex
But it takes one "Oh, I'm going to stop here for directions" or a "Oops, I missed my turn" to throw off your whole rhythm.
droneyourelookingfor
Who's kids are THAT quiet and unnoticeable? I'm shocked we need these tips
mayormeowsalot
Well sometimes they fall asleep in the car. I was notorious for that when I was a kid.
toastlover9
It's an accident to leave your kid sitting alone in a car in 90 degree heat?
SomethingSomethingTraLaLa
Honestly, I can see how slip ups can happen, but also how we need to change safety issues.
Corrodias
The problem is that it's impossible to market such a safety device because everyone thinks, "I'd never forget my child!"
faintpremonition
It'd be nice if the carseat could integrate with the vehicle and signal like an unbuckled seatbelt.
FatLobyte
http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing
shadowex3
new parents are already getting very little sleep, worn to the limits, and generally getting fucked by our societal problems.
shadowex3
new parents are already getting very little sleep, worn to the limits, and generally getting fucked by our societal problems.
pamelaRRRR
A coworker of mine did. (She realized after just a few minutes). She and her husband rotated day care dropoff and baby was asleep.
HPWombat
Thank goodness she remembered!
saywhatiwant
I know my Dad accidentally locked me in the car in like 100º weather, but he immediately called my Mom for the spare keys, and as soon as I
saywhatiwant
started crying he couldn't wait anymore and broke the car window to get me out. Never forgot about me though.
authorannon
Yes, there was a whole article written about it. It has happened to everyone from a NASA scientist to people on welfare. When something
HogwartsToiletSeat
That article--while good--gave me nightmares.
TheSisko
I got in the habit of putting my purse in the back seat so I'd always have to turn around to check.
authorannon
changes your schedule, it can make you think that you've already dropped your kid off at daycare. If they're asleep and all you see
authorannon
is a backwards facing carseat, it's possible. Awful, but possible.
HPWombat
I read that article. It's easy to demonize "forgetful" parents to distance them from ourselves but we're just as capable of forgetting.
Sneckz
Reminds me of a creepypasta I read. Guy had thought he left his daughter at daycare and when he realize he didnt he finds her dead in hiscar
NotSoSmartAlek
the topic has been the subject of episodes of a number of tv shows, especially hospital shows.
JustLivin
Do you have that one? I've been looking for it for a while now. Something about that one and how well it was written hit HARD for me