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07-10-2008, 05:38 PM
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Not really newsworthy.
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07-10-2008, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Not really newsworthy.
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It is newsworthy because it happens frequently. SO many parents leave kids in the car unattended while in the supermarket, bank, post office, etc. intentionaly! Now some people are so focused on work and talking on their cell phones that they're even forgetting they have the kids with them in the first place. Stories like this one are a good reminder to parents that it's never OK to leave kids alone in the car.
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07-10-2008, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
Stories like this one are a good reminder to parents that it's never OK to leave kids alone in the car.
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It should be a reminder that people shouldn't leave any living being alone in a car in the heat, be it baby, elderly, or animal.
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07-10-2008, 11:13 PM
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Never,never, never - no matter how big a pain in the ass it is - NEVER leave the kids in the car.
I hate to think of the way that poor child suffered . . . 
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07-11-2008, 10:30 AM
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It is newsworthy because it happens frequently.
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That's exactly why it's not newsworthy.
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07-11-2008, 11:04 AM
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That's exactly why it's not newsworthy.
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and this is just plain stupid
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5348692
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07-11-2008, 11:06 AM
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That link didn't work for me
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07-11-2008, 11:13 AM
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That link didn't work for me |
short version
Mom goes to bar to meet babysitter at bar where she work and drinks beer while waiting , kid left in car in 94 degree heat.
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07-11-2008, 12:28 PM
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Mom goes to bar to meet babysitter at bar where she work and drinks beer while waiting , kid left in car in 94 degree heat.
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she forgot her kid while she was waiting for the babysitter?
that's just plain stupid...not just anyone should be allowed to have children
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07-11-2008, 07:44 AM
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Not really newsworthy.
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Kevin...we will keep this in mind if it happens to you...
it hurts all the same....I JUST lost a brother in a car accident due to some young PUNKS that had no biz being behind the wheel...
NOT newsworthy sure...but it hurts all the same...you cannot imagine how me and mine are feeling right now nor can you imagine how this guy must feel doing this..but don't blow something like this off because it may not be 'news' to you but what this says is for parents to be more vigilant...don't put yourself in a position to suffer like he is suffering so that way you won't become the next 'not newsworthy person' in the newspapers
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07-11-2008, 09:21 AM
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Kevin...we will keep this in mind if it happens to you...
it hurts all the same....I JUST lost a brother in a car accident due to some young PUNKS that had no biz being behind the wheel...
NOT newsworthy sure...but it hurts all the same...you cannot imagine how me and mine are feeling right now nor can you imagine how this guy must feel doing this..but don't blow something like this off because it may not be 'news' to you but what this says is for parents to be more vigilant...don't put yourself in a position to suffer like he is suffering so that way you won't become the next 'not newsworthy person' in the newspapers
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I hope he didn't mean it's not newsworthy because it happens all the time. I remember the woman who was drunk and left her child in the back of her car, and the man who left a toddler in the car while he was gambling in a casino. The worst was the couple who brought the child home from his baptism - mom thought dad had brought him in, dad though mom had - baby died. That one broke my heart even more than the usual. I'm glad they are covered in the news because it seems like such a common sense thing - and yet, it keeps happening, so obviously there is a disconnect somewhere. I wonder if you could invent an alarm that is sensitive to the weight of a baby in the seat - attach it to your key ring and if you get out of the car without the baby it goes off? Of course, the vast majority of parents who do this would never buy it.
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07-11-2008, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Kevin...we will keep this in mind if it happens to you...
it hurts all the same....I JUST lost a brother in a car accident due to some young PUNKS that had no biz being behind the wheel...
NOT newsworthy sure...but it hurts all the same...you cannot imagine how me and mine are feeling right now nor can you imagine how this guy must feel doing this..but don't blow something like this off because it may not be 'news' to you but what this says is for parents to be more vigilant...don't put yourself in a position to suffer like he is suffering so that way you won't become the next 'not newsworthy person' in the newspapers
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Thousands of kids will also drown in pools and choke on hot dogs this summer.
Each case is equally newsworthy.
Sorry for your loss, but there's a reason I didn't read about it on cnn.com.
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07-11-2008, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Kevin...we will keep this in mind if it happens to you...
it hurts all the same....I JUST lost a brother in a car accident due to some young PUNKS that had no biz being behind the wheel...
NOT newsworthy sure...but it hurts all the same...you cannot imagine how me and mine are feeling right now nor can you imagine how this guy must feel doing this..but don't blow something like this off because it may not be 'news' to you but what this says is for parents to be more vigilant...don't put yourself in a position to suffer like he is suffering so that way you won't become the next 'not newsworthy person' in the newspapers
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I don't think that he was blowing it off, I think he was just commenting on whether this qualified as "news." I kind of understand what you're saying about life-changing events (my wife and I were almost killed by a drunk driver in 2007), and I don't think Kevin meant to be dismissive in his post.
Also, as to the story - I really don't understand how someone could leave a small child alone like that. I understand being busy, I understand being distracted, but as a parent, there's a certain level of attention you should be giving to your child.
My heart goes out to him and the rest of the family, and I can't imagine going on in life after a tragedy such as this, but really, what was he thinking?
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07-11-2008, 09:40 AM
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I don't think that he was blowing it off, I think he was just commenting on whether this qualified as "news." I understand what you're saying about life-changing events (my wife and I were almost killed by a drunk driver in 2007), and I don't think Kevin meant to be dismissive in his post.
Also, as to the story - I really don't understand how someone could leave a small child alone like that. I understand being busy, I understand being distracted, but as a parent, there's a certain level of attention you should be giving to your child.
My heart goes out to him and the rest of the family, and I can't imagine going on in life after a tragedy such as this, but really, what was he thinking?
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Agreed...I cant understand how you get so lost in thought that you forget about your child.
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07-11-2008, 11:10 AM
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what was he thinking?
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10 bucks says he was on his cell phone.
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