Child left in car in 35 degree heat

Sadly this happens, another case here I’m guessing not having a ‘normal’ morning makes this more of a risk? The Mother in this case didn’t normally drop her son to nursery.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65250225/baby-death-boy-left-in-car-at-whanganui-hospital

there are cars and baby seats and so on with alarms to try and prevent it.
Also lots of tales on here (from ‘the good old days’ of new Mums leaving their baby in a pram at the shops etc.

This was from 2009 but yes it happens here. People have a change in their routine and forget. Definitely should be charged with murder but it don't think most are

OK well you win the internet for the dumbest comment today. I think people know leaving their kids in the car is bad practice, do you think they purposely wanted to kill their child?

People don't do it on purpose!!!

Jesus fucking christ. No one is doing it on purpose! No one thinks it's 'good practice'!

It is possible (not likely, not acceptable, not excusable, but POSSIBLE) for anyone to do it by accident. It is incredibly important that people realise that ANYONE could have a set of circumstances that means they do it.

Because if they understand that, then they put actual measures in place so they DON'T do it!

I'm sure every single one of the parents who have done this thought, just like you, that they would never, ever, make a mistake like that. Until they did. Can you really not see that that's what everyone is saying?!

There is a huge difference between 'just nipping into the shop, friends, vets, etc., for a few minutes' i.e. a deliberate act which is horrendously stupid, and being distracted or worried

Leaving a child in an hot car is unacceptable. End of.

If you think the above statement is in any way incorrect, you need to sort yourself out,

This literally happened to my dad when my brother was a baby (although thankfully with a different outcome!).

My dad was meant to drop him off at nursery before work but he drove straight to work on auto-pilot (because he usually drove straight to work and my mum did the nursery drop off). My brother was fast asleep in his car seat in the back and my dad didn't realise he was there at all until he arrived at work (over 1 hour from nursery) and by absolutely chance looked in the back to see my brother there (still asleep). It could have so easily been him the story was about 🥺

I don't believe you because you are completely missing the point by making comments like "Most reasonably educated people (and quite a lot of stupid people) realise that you don’t do that to a dog."
The people this happened to know very well you shouldn't leave a child or dog in a hot car FFS. Read the article and engage your brain instead of saying you don't need to read it and completely missing the point.

It's not an easy mistake at all I'm sorry but I could never forget my child was in the back of the car.

We don’t leave our children locked in cars in external temperatures of 35+ degrees (upwards of 50 in the car).

is that not - for crying out loud - just plain bloody obvious.

Jesus!

Empathy too, in spades. Mostly for children.

There is no excuse in modern times, when the overwhelming majority of people have access to online parenting information, not to know that leaving children unattended in cars is bad practice.

Humans are fallible. We get tired. We get exhausted. We get distracted. We make mistakes. We miscommunicate. We get upset. We misjudge. We do all sorts of stupid things because we are fallible.

Yeah except empathy

I’m extremely intelligent by most recognised measures.

That poster isn't intelligent enough to understand, even if they bothered to read the article. They like yelling "fucking idiot" at the parents rather than engaging their brain.

Not cars but in the 40's, 50's, etc,, it was not uncommon for parents to leave their child in a pram outside a shop {big prams in those days}. It was all to easy to be distracted on leaving especially if there were several shops to be visited, and forget about the baby - only to go rushing back in a panic after getting home. it happens especially when people have several things on their mind and the baby is sleeping quietly

Christ almighty, this thread is so bloody depressing.

That some people think that leaving a toddler in an overheated car is just a mistake. Good grief.

it’s negligence. Plain and simple.

Oh do fuck off. Someone locally did this a few years ago, and it was devastating. We've all done stupid things when we have been tired and I can totally understand how this could happen to someone

No. Obviously.

What kind of fucking idiot forgets that they have their child in the back of their car.

Particularly if it’s not their norm.

Jesus. It’s really not that hard.

I disagree completely with Skylar White

It's tragic, obviously

But I do think that having kids that age absolutely takes it out of you, and if there some small change in routine, it's possible to forget.

And if the child sleeps in the car, then yes, it can happen.

I was less anxious once my kids could open the car door from inside - I cannot tell you the amount of time I double checked my kids were not in the back seat! (OCD)

Devastating, but don't judge. It happens and it happened locally to me. I was exhausted that first year and was terrified I'd accidentally do the same, I used to lave my bag in the back seat for that very reason. There are prams left around all the time here, not the same but just shows how these things can happen

So, using your scenario - imagine your husband left for his week at work as usual. But on this day, it's different. You have a Dr's appointment. Your husband puts your child in the car becaue he needs to be the one to drop them at nursery. It's always you that does that, except for today.

He suddenly remembers he needs to get cash out on his way to work. He heads to the cashpoint, intending to go to nursery afterwards. By now your child is asleep in the car.

He gets the cash, but has a phone call - there's a panic at work, can he get there ASAP? He jumps on the car, and heads to work. His briefcase is on the front seat. He parks, grabs his bag, goes inside.

Can you not think for one moment how that could happen?!

What a heartbreaking story