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In reply to the discussion: Man left baby in car for 8 hours (he's ok) outside work. Didn't realize until wife called [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)37. you need to read the article. When we are stressed out/tired & routines are breached our higher
brain functions don't work properly.
This is a symptom of a society that is stressed out, over worked, over tired with not enough of a familial or social support systems for parents.
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Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
OP
He is irresponsible, and I'm not looking to reward him for his choice to seek medical care, but you
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#3
It's so discouraging that these threads so often end up as monuments of (self)righteousness
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#11
maybe it's a defense mechanism. We need to believe we'd never allow ourselves to make that mistake.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#32
So true. Many idiots on the DU act like they never could bever make a serious mistake. n-t
Logical
Jan 2013
#51
Well thanks for the article, but it does nothing to present any "reason" this happens...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2013
#17
you need to read the article. When we are stressed out/tired & routines are breached our higher
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#37
The Washington Post had a Pulitzer Prize Winning story on these kinds of incidents
charlie and algernon
Jan 2013
#14
Every single person responding to this post needs to read that article ALL the way
JanMichael
Jan 2013
#25
It is easy. I remember jumping in a car with my convulsing infant in my arms. As my husband
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#59
What do you think was terribly, terribly, terribly wrong? (Other than of course forgetting baby)
gollygee
Jan 2013
#44
Look, I'm as apt to have this problem as you are. Maybe I'm not clear on this...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2013
#55
Skinner had an interesting post in another thread a while back on the same thing..
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#60
Shades of the old days - there were many children left in cars years ago or at home alone. The laws
jwirr
Jan 2013
#38
Read: Frazzled parent who works too many hours for too little pay bc of profit predators
LaydeeBug
Jan 2013
#39
Thank goodness everything is alright. I'm sure this poor man will punish himself...
Walk away
Jan 2013
#54
What gives you the confidence of saying there is no problem with this kind of memory failure?
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2013
#84
Just getting the baby up, fed, ready, out the door, strapped in; along with the other demands of the
NBachers
Jan 2013
#78
The Washington Post article is very sad, but also very instructive.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2013
#81