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Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 8:52 AM
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While reading the paper lately, I have come across so many stories about parents who are forgetting their children in hot cars, or the second runner up, the story of the woman who left two very small children in a stroller and then proceeded to get in a car and go pick her husband up from work! What a novel concept. Pick husband up and go straight to jail! What were you thinking?

Parents now days are afraid to have any conflict whatsoever. They don't question each other in matters of family and they usually too afraid to get involved in their own child rearing, much less anyone else. Why do the fathers or mothers not find out where their children are? Do they not question anyone when they have to go pick up their children from the middle of the sidewalk or at the police station? How about the one's forgetting them in the car.

Excuse me, but don't you remember changing diapers, feeding them, putting them to bed for the night. You left them in the car accidently, RIGHT. Problem was that you didn't care one bit about anyone except your self or your friends, job, shopping or whatever other excuse you will use when the children are stolen or dead.

It has been said that children are a gift from God, so I'm pretty sure that does not come under the heading of returned merchandise or refund. Are we so cynical that we can't even trust a gift from God?

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Ms.Martinez I respectfully disagree with your article. I 100% belive that(most) people do not do that on purpose. Secondly a change in routine or a new baby can result in such tragedys. I am in no way saying that these incidences are not horrible needless deaths nor condoning the actions that got these children killed. However in my own personal experiance I know that shortly ( a few days) after haveing my first child i very nearly forgott her in the car i only made it to the house door but regardless it wasnt intentional and im sure that 99 % of the people whos children die in these tragedies didn't leave them there to die. Imagine if you will the guilt that the parent or caregiver will live with for the rest of their lives and yes they are ALIVE but ya know what i bet money theyd gladly trade places with that baby . Perhaps you should keep an open mind .

-- Posted by just1 on Wed, Aug 29, 2007, at 3:57 PM

I am not a mother (obviously) but it seems to me that there is a big difference between forgetting your child in the car but remembering when you get to the door of your house and forgetting your child while you are in the store shopping. These babies don't die from being left in the car for a couple of minutes. They have to be in there for a while I would think.

I think it is more of a product of how busy our lives are getting. We all have so much going on all the time nowadays that we just forget things. While the thought of forgetting your child for a long enough time for them to cook in your car appalls me, I think it just shows us that we need to slow down a little bit and think about what we are about.

-- Posted by mattnielsen on Fri, Aug 31, 2007, at 1:49 PM

Sorry, but people who cannot tolerate their children long enough to shop should not have them.

I was aware of almost every move my children made!

They complained to me "but all my friends get to go to rated R movies!" Well my kids didn't.

We are responsible for our children whether they are annoying or not!

NEVER leave a child alone anywhere!! It is as natural to protect your children as it is to eat when you are hungry!

-- Posted by anbuh on Thu, Sep 27, 2007, at 12:40 PM