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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who goes home and forgets their kid in the car for several hours? [/quote]
It sounds to me like you have not read “Fatal Distraction.”   It won Gene Weingarten a Pulitzer.  Once you read it, you won’t forget it.

https://mitchellhamline.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2012/01/Fatal-Distraction.pdf[/quote]

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Yes. It could happen to you. That piece is so moving and should be required reading for everyone. [/quote]

Nope. I am 100% certain it could never happen to me. Ever. You don’t just forget a child. [/quote]

Honestly I think having the thought that it COULD be you makes you safer.  I will never take it for granted, particularly those days when I didn't get enough sleep and I'm zonked out.  [/quote]

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I had a whole system when my youngest was a baby and I was back at work. I put my work bag with my work laptop in the back seat of my car right next to his car seat. That way, if I ever forgot to drop him at day care (that is a common thread in the kid forgotten in car deaths … a parent on auto pilot drives straight to work instead of to day care drop off) I would be opening my back door anyway to grab my work bag and would see my baby in his car seat.

Obviously, I never forgot my kid. But after reading that old WaPo story - I can see how it can happen and it’s f***ing scary. The human brain has so many gaps in it that we aren’t even aware of. Most of the time, when this happens, it is an accident. But there are unfortunately times when it has happened deliberately or due to the parent/caregiver being on drugs/drunk. Every case needs to be investigated, but most of the time, it’s a tragic accident. [/quote]

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