This happens all too often and it makes no sense. On another board (a ttc/pregnancy/parenting board) I simply asked the question:
HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU FORGET YOUR CHILD IS IN THE CAR???
Ya usually would think (well for women at least): keys-check, pocketbook-check, big assed weight of a child hanging from my arm or in the stroller-check, check and check
Well I had people jumping all over my shit when i asked about it. One of the excuses was sleep deprivation. Of course I got the "you are not a parent" card pulled on me by some skank (thanks, asshole...this was said a few months after my own miscarriage)
Still my question is "how in the hell do you forget your kid in the damn car?"
Waiting for the flames from parents here...
As far as the TN woman who needed to get her drink on while the kid was roasting in the car. The bitch needs to go under the jail