What could cause a parent to forget that they put their child into the car with

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   twig22bendposted 11 years ago

   What could cause a parent to forget that they put their child into the car with them?
   
   So many children are dying because of neglect by the parents leaving them in a locked hot car. How is possible to forget a human being is traveling with you? Has this happened also in the winter?

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   sheilamyersposted 11 years ago

   I think if they tell someone they forgot the child was in the car, the majority of them are lying. People will say anything to try to avoid getting into trouble - not that it works, but they try. The easiest excuse for anything a person doesn't do is to say "I forgot". It happens at all times of the year and leaving a child in the car at any time is inexcusable. They have heat strokes in the summer, freeze in the winter, or can be kidnapped at any time of the year.

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   peeplesposted 11 years ago

   Stress, stress, and more stress. Quite often the children forgotten are under 6 months old. These are either new parents or parents who have spent the last 6 months sleepless while still trying to adjust to having a new human in their lives that they are completely responsible for. While I have never left a child in the car I did almost walk out of the house leaving my first child in the car seat next to the front door. Thankfully I didn't make it more than a couple steps from the door before I remembered but I can see how it happens. It's a very sad situation which I believe may stem from a lack of a support system to help relieve some of the stress caused by being a parent. I would love to know the statistics on if this usually happens to first born children. That would explain a lot.

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      Seafarer Mamaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Very compassionate response. I think that more and more parents are under deep stress related to having so much expected of them, as if having a child is a blip and they are expected to return to their regularly scheduled lives...especially mothers,

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      twig22bendposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      FYI: http://www.ggweather.com/heat/. Take a look at this. I am shocked to see that some of these are recorded as intentional. This info does not mention first born. I think we need to hear from those parents that have experienced such a tragic issue.

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   DDEposted 11 years ago

   Leaving a child in the car is something I fail to understand about such parents, neglect for sure, your child should be your number one priority. No matter how stressful a parent's life can be it is most thoughtless forget a child in the car in any kind of weather it is such a lame excuse.

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