If people backed into parking spaces would they not forget their children?
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Anonymous
| Have all of these cases been people pulling into spaces? When you back in you either glance back or look into the rear mirror in most cases, right? Seems like it may help for those concerned about forgetting their child to back in. |
Anonymous
| I have a camera. I don't always look in the backseat |
doodlebug
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| Didn't the onslaught of forgotten children ramp up when carseats were turned backward for longer? Seems like that's the bigger cause...simply not being able to see the kid. I'm also not convinced all of the cases are accidents. |
Anonymous
| If people weren't dumbasses who were yakking on the phone they wouldn't forget their kids. |
Anonymous
| I always back in, regardless I don't understand anyone forgetting their kid. |
Anonymous
I remember reading this as well being the cause. I always feel very bad but think the same thing, not always an accident. |
Anonymous
| I just can't wrap my head around how someone forgets their kid. |
Anonymous
| Agree with the pps. I'm not judging the people who this happens too but it just seems like I'm a society where I'll run back to the car in 5 minutes if I don't have my phone with me, how the f would I forget a human being?! |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Even with rearfacing the arms and feet are usually visible though in my experience. |
Anonymous
| Guess it depends on the parking lot. If it's a parking ramp with parking on both sides then backing in would be worse than front in. |
Anonymous
| Only people who are actively trying to murder their kids "forget" about them. |
Anonymous
There's research on this and it turns out it's a matter of habit. In virtually all of the cases, the parents who forgot their kids had a change of schedule. That is, a different parent took drop-off duty, or went in a different order for some reason. So, let's say that every day you drive directly to work. The one day you are supposed to drop your child off along the way, you are in a groove and forget. If you've ever turned the wrong way based on habit, it's the same thing. |
Anonymous
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didn't we just do this thread earlier this week?
Don't think this can't happen to you. Just stop. It can. And only in a small percentage of these cases is this negligence or (worse) murder. It is usually a truly tragic accidental lapse. |
Anonymous
| I have a nonverbal child and have never forgotten her. Not once. |