Woman leaves a baby in the car
By scortch9823
@scortch9823 (106)
United States
September 7, 2007 3:18pm CST
So I've got to get this off my chest. We had a woman in the area not too long ago, who drove to work, and forgot to take her child to daycare. Well she went to work, and ended up leaving the child in the car all day. As you can guess, the child ended up dying in what has to be one of the most painful and horrible ways imaginable. I just want to get everyone's thoughts on this subject, and if you had the power what would you do to that mother? I can't even begin to imagine myself. It just shocks me, being a new parent of a wonderful daughter. I just can't imagine ever forgetting her like that, and what would go through that baby's mind as it suffered.
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9 responses
@BlueAngelRS (2899)
• Canada
7 Sep 07
I know and understand that people that have alot going on in their lives can forget about this and that but a child pleaseeeeee give me a break how could any mother or father forget their own baby..I could never forget about my children I think and want to know what they are doing all day and when left in the care of someone else I'm always calling to check to see how they are...I lost a baby 4 months ago a still born I had a severe case of pre-acclamsia toxemia and I could never ever forget my now 15 month old...My 14 year old son I need to know his whereabouts all the time.
@scortch9823 (106)
• United States
8 Sep 07
That is me exactly. I mean when I'm at home, I am constantly following my little girl around, as she attacks the dog and cat. I mean I just don't get it. She is my entire world, and I refuse to leave her alone for a second.
@BlueAngelRS (2899)
• Canada
9 Sep 07
that is so true....I can't imangine ever forgetting about my children like the both of you and like I said in my first post...I mean they are people too...I can see forgetting your wallet at home or forgetting to buy something at the store but a child give ya head a shake...There is no excuse in the book for forgetting a child in the car in my view hugzzz you both.
@clntigger (90)
• United States
8 Sep 07
aman to the both of you every second of every day is devoted to my children. I constantly worry about them. My husband wants them to get into bike racing and car racing and when he speaks of it my heart jumps out of my chest. and there only three and one. I cant imagine what ill do when there actually old enough to decide it for themselves. there is only two people I trust my kids to stay with thats my sister-n-law who has two children 5 and 3 and she loves my kids like they were her own and shes just as causious as i am, my mom i will let them stay with her. but I call everytime i turn around checking up on them and usually me and my husband dont get to have any alone time because im always worrying about them. They are my life.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
8 Sep 07
I don't like that this happens but people seem to be in such a rush these days they they forget a lot of things, children included - on a daily basis.
I don't think it's right to ask people what they'd do to this mother - that's just cruel & what if you did it, you could state it was an accident but no-one would care, they'd just see you as being a bad parent.
If she did 'honestly' forget the child then she will always have to live with guilt of her actions & nothing anyone does will make her feel worse than she already would.
It's sad when things like this happen but it's a very different situation when it's accidental - you'd be better off asking people what they'd want to do to someone who did it intentionally.
@Stiletto (4579)
•
8 Sep 07
Well it's possibly conceivable that she could forget but to go the whole day without remembering?? I mean surely you would think at some point during the day the realisation of what she had done would hit her? I'm a forgetful person but there are limits to what you can and can't attribute to forgetfulness! Unless she was suffering badly from stress of course - I've been in that situation before and it's alarming the way it can impair the way your brain functions. As to what happens to her well, if it's genuinely due to forgetfulness this woman will have this on her conscience for the rest of her life. That's a far greater punishment than anything society could impose on her.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
7 Sep 07
Yea I'm not far from you at all (location wise) and posted about it too...I was just FLOORED when I read it in the Dem & Chron....HOw STUPID does one have to be to do that???? I couldnt and still cant wrap my damn head around it at all!!
heres the other thread if your interested..
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1232392.aspx
@scortch9823 (106)
• United States
8 Sep 07
I know what you are saying. My first reaction was to just be floored, and imagine what that poor child was thinking as it was suffering. All macho guyness aside, it nearly had me in tears thinking about this. I just can't understand it. I guess there really is something wrong when you have to go through all sorts of checks to adopt a dog, but anyone can just have a baby.
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
8 Sep 07
i cant believe how many people could do this to children, there must be something wrong with this mother to just forget that she didnt take her child to day care. i think this mother needs to see a specialist and also serve time behind bars.
@brijlesh (273)
• India
7 Sep 07
hey friend, Everyone had some probelm in life. and may be that woman also have some problem which is more difficult than child love. Supposeany woman who is very poor and want better for her child then that may leave her child in a car of rich person.
But really this is too painful for mother and fathers too.
@clntigger (90)
• United States
8 Sep 07
why make a child suffer like that when it is 100 degrees outside you have to know not to leave the child in any car a rich persons car gets just as hot as a poor persons car. and if the poor person had any kind of since to them at all they would have known that the baby would die in a very hot car. Im very sorry im emotional about this whole thing. This is a situation where the poor little child suffers because of the parents neglegence and that is wrong.
@tdbrower1969 (1242)
• United States
8 Sep 07
Stories such as this are appearing on the news everyday in some part of the country, or at least this is the way it seems. I just can't imagine leaving a child in the car all day long. I always called the day care to check on my children, often through out the day. I would think that people would learn with all the children left to die in cars, to always make sure. But, I guess that a lot of the deaths are intended deaths, and a few are accidental. I am sure that it is something that will haunt the parents for the rest of their lives, but I also feel that it should have been avoided.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
8 Sep 07
I am a pretty spacy person but I just can't imagine forgetting my child. I don't breathe a breath or think a thought or do an action without first pausing to consider how it will affect my children. I forget many other things because of my children but my children I don't forget.it does happen frequently tho.
