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[Lipstickdiva]

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@ChynnaBlue

I don't think you "get it." 

Responsibilty begins & ends w/the parents.  A "village" is NOT major corporations. 

A "village" is comprised of concerned neighbors.

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and then if the alarm fails, parents will sue the car companies or child seat makers for faulty alarms when they forget their child. I can see it now....

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This is exactly my thought as well.  I was going to post something similar.

It will be the manufacturers fault if it fails and a baby dies.  Still no personal responsibility will be taken.    

[Lipstickdiva]

There have already been 12 deaths of kids left in hot cars, so far this year and we aren't even into summer.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@ChynnaBlue

I don't think you "get it." 

Responsibilty begins & ends w/the parents.  A "village" is NOT major corporations. 

A "village" is comprised of concerned neighbors.

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and then if the alarm fails, parents will sue the car companies or child seat makers for faulty alarms when they forget their child. I can see it now....

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This is exactly my thought as well.  I was going to post something similar.

It will be the manufacturers fault if it fails and a baby dies.  Still no personal responsibility will be taken.    

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I've never heard any parent blame anyone but themselves for these tragedies. Tell me how no one is taking personal responsibilities for these deaths today? Jail time is NOT the only way to take responsibility. They have dead children. You really think they don't bear the responsibility of that every single minute of every single day? Come on.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@ChynnaBlue

I don't think you "get it." 

Responsibilty begins & ends w/the parents.  A "village" is NOT major corporations. 

A "village" is comprised of concerned neighbors.

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and then if the alarm fails, parents will sue the car companies or child seat makers for faulty alarms when they forget their child. I can see it now....

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This is exactly my thought as well.  I was going to post something similar.

It will be the manufacturers fault if it fails and a baby dies.  Still no personal responsibility will be taken.    

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I've never heard any parent blame anyone but themselves for these tragedies. Tell me how no one is taking personal responsibilities for these deaths today? Jail time is NOT the only way to take responsibility. They have dead children. You really think they don't bear the responsibility of that every single minute of every single day? Come on.

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There are a lot of excuses being made by many of the parents or caregivers as to why and how it happened. 

If someone leaves their child or pet in a hot car to swelter and die that horrific death, I don't care that they live with that every single minute of every single day.  They should!  

[Andreatoo]

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@Andreatoo wrote:

The saddest thing I've heard in relation to the glut of hot car deaths are the tips given. 'put your phone or laptop in the back seat. Something important that you're unlikely to forget'

?????!!!!!!!!!!  The kid isn't the important thing in the back seat?!!

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Really?? That was someone's suggestion/answer?? Pathetic.

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We just had an incident with an 11 month old girl in front of her own house! The suggestion was made on the news by, if I recall correctly, a rep from fire/rescue...

I was floored when I heard it!!

[CJC]

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

@CJC, is this the case in Iowa where the father left the kid in the car while he went into the barbershop?

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Yes, Iowa.  Then this afternoon my hubby read me a clip in our paper (I'm in SC) saying an experienced Georgia police officer left his K-9 unit dog in his cruiser for 3 hours.  Said he simply forgot.  Lordy, it is 100 degrees in the shade down here in the deep South.  What is wrong with people that they have morphed into such irresponsible idiots?

[occasionalrain]

Companies should not take on the responsibility that belongs with the parents. Why should all of us pay more for cars with child alarms and the increased insurance the car companies will have to pay. If the alarm fails the parents will most certainly sue just like the family of the child whose inept mother allowed her son to fall into a zoo's wild dog exibit did.

[chickenbutt]

It really is something to think about that a person definitely wouldn't forget the phone they put back there next to the kidlet, but the kidlet - oops!   I also understand that break in habit thing that has happened with some of these cases, but still - your kid?

I never had kids, thankfully, so I may not understand well enough..  But I just think about how I deal with things where I've become forgetful.  I learned pretty quickly to do whatever I need to do to NOT forget the things that are most important.  I'm probably more of an organizer than most but there is always a way to make sure you don't skrew up the important stuff.

If they need to staple a note to their forehead, then THAT is what they need to do.   I can totally understand forgetting stuff, but you do what you need to do in order to not forget the very important stuff.   I guess if their phone is the most important then, by all means, put it back there next to the child.  SMH a little bit, but - whatever it takes!

But just to appear human, where some might think I have no understanding - I have to say that I have had dreams that I had a baby and I kept forgetting where I put him.  Lame - yes!  

[shoesnbags]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

How is it that it's common now and rare years ago? A person protects what they value, they don't forget to go to work or to buy their lottery ticket or to watch the Game. They forget their child or pet because they are thinking about something else, something that means more to them.

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Years ago, babies rode in the front passenger seat. It was next to impossible to forget a child strapped into a car seat right next to you. I've only noticed these stories in the news since car seats were moved to the rear of the car.  Ever hear the expression, "Out of sight, out of mind"?