I find it very difficult to believe that something like this, "Could just happen". I don't care if the child is asleep. That's no excuse to me.
I am a mother and I HAVE NEVER forgotten my child in the car, on top of the car, in the mall or otherwise. I have never forgotten my husband's nieces or any of my friends' children. There is an item in the car called a REAR VIEW MIRROR! Use it. There are times in the car when you need to look into or reach into the backseat.
"It just happens" is not a viable excuse to me. It doesn't "just happen". If it just happened, those of us who don't live in Siberia or Alaska might have possibly been casualties.
What about routine. There have been times when I haven't had my daughter with me and I've been making my way to her drop off point...out of routine. Not only did this man forget his grandchild, he forgot that he stops at the babysitters house practically everyday? How do you forget that? Does he forget to go to work? OR to go home after work? Was this his first time dropping little Sasha off?
Last edited by Miss. Mocha; 08-13-2002 at 03:56 PM.
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