Another baby has died in a hot car (Spain)

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Another child has died in a horrific way after being accidentally left in a hot car.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/girl-dies-car-extreme-heat-spain

again, it was the father, distracted by work, who forgot to drop her off at nursery. I honesty don’t think this is a man/woman thing I think it is a work thing. In every one of this abominable stories it is someone being distracted by a work situation and they forget they haven’t dropped off the child. The article explains really well why it happens and how we need to make safeguards because we can’t rely on ourselves at all times.

distraction kills! Much more than malevolent intent.

AIBU to think that every single parent needs to read this article to realise it can happen to anyone and sometimes extreme stress and the power of habit can overcome us and cause the worst to happen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

BE WARNED it is the most upsetting piece of writing I have ever read.

How unkind, ridiculing such an awful situation.

They’re quiet when they’re asleep …

Why is it unkind?

Its what many on here are saying, podcasts, singing along, tired, 'air brained, different routine, sleeping baby - all reasons given for why you might end another persons life - before its even started.

I may be a bit of an outlier, but I am on @Gloriia's side here. She is simply demonstrating how ridicuous it is to make excuses for someone who left their baby in a hot car, because they 'forgot' her. As some posters have said, I bet they managed to remember to take their phone out of the car.

Exactly. So everyone who has done something that has had devastating results, may as well say similar things/come out with similar excuses......

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What a ridiculous and ignorant comment. You are entirely capable of forgetting your child, just like anyone. The fact you think otherwise makes you very dangerous.

Because knowing parents that have lost children, it’s the most devastating thing g in the world, they never recover.

To be having in your mind that these people that lost children in this way are not suffering the worst possible punishment is awful. As humans we make mistakes, errors etc, none of us are infallible.

That poster has been prolific and goady on this post and for me I find it extremely distasteful.

Hopefully that explains my mindset to you, as to why I think she’s being unkind.

Thats it exactly everyone out of normal moments of forgetfulness 99.999999% of the time, it's no harm done, its something mundane, keys, phone, purse, the bags that were ment to be returned.

Then there's the slightly more serious the baby forgotten outside the shop, left in the hall or in the post office. The parent who's got in the car out the norm and forgotten about pickup.
Or the parent turns up at work and spots, hears remembers about the LO at the last minute.

But for that 1 in a billion or whatever the odds are its a child who's fallen asleep or been sat quietly in the back seat that's forgotten on a warm day.

Its really is the odds being that small. So small that it makes not just the local news, but international news.

And yet you refuse to acknowledge that by virtue of being human you are capable of making a mistake and leaving them. That’s what you makes you dangerous. The “it could never happen to me, I’m a good parent (and they aren’t)” attitude.

What? 😂 That post doesn't make any sense. Why on earth does someone who never forgets their baby 'dangerous?' 😆

I think you ARE in a different reality (as your username suggests!)

Absolutely! It’s an unpleasant trait, but very apparent on every post as you say.

The most devasting thing in the world happened to the child.

I agree no one is infallible or should think they are and accidents can happen but leaving a child in a car is not the same as locking yourself out the house or forgetting to buy the milk.

Its a cavalier attitude to safety/childcare thats the issue.

Perhaps posters defending this Spanish parent should have a bit more time for the child and how they died.

Ah yes. That makes it okay then to forget your own child. They sleep.

It’s dangerous to not acknowledge your own limitations. To think you aren’t capable of doing something everyone is capable of is inherently dangerous. If you can’t see that I would question whether you should be a parent or not.

I was pointing out for very silly post about children are never being quiet, stop twisting what I said!

I make no apology for having empathy with a bereaved parent, judge me as you like.

To be in this type of situation would be the most devastating thing ever! My heart breaks for them.

And for the children involved

This is really tragic.

Our car has a weight alarm to prompt you to put a seatbelt on when driving if it detects someone in the seat. Surely the same technology could be applied to a parked car which would automatically wind the windows down if weight left on a seat, maybe with an ability to set a weight for a car seat and anything beyond would trigger an alarm or the windows.

Or maybe a car seat alarm linked to the cad that needs to be manually switched off once the child has been removed.

I didn't suggest multiple differences, I stated that in the case of the McCann's - leaving their child was a deliberate choice. In the majority if cases where a child has been left in a case and forgotten in a case, it was not deliberate.

If you can't understand after reading all of the cases, the studies quoted, and the comments in this thread, then you have a comprehension problem.

Just because you can't understand, doesn't make your viewpoint correct. All of the studies and information prove this.

Do you really think that multiple parents chose to "murder" their child in this manner, if you don't believe it was accidentual ?

Do you think all of the research is flawed?

Do you think that just because you can't understand something means it can't be true?

And your emojis are particularly offensive, given the topic.

Sadly I think many of us know parents who have lost children, through no fault of their own though, unlike this tragic situation.

I have been 'prolific' as some posters keep quoting me. Of course I'll respond. I've been polite throughout, insulting me is unkind and absolutely inappropriate when dealing with such a sensitive issue.

Its a cavalier attitude to safety/childcare thats the issue.

Specialists who have dedicated years of their lives to studying this disagree with you.

What makes you think you know better?