Fla. Baby Dies After Being Left in Car

[on-ramp]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040730%2F2224253578.htm&sc=1110

i hate reading these kinds of stories...it's sad.

the guilt that these irresponsible idiots feel must be completely unbearable.

[KevinP73]

Originally posted by on-ramp
i hate reading these kinds of stories...it's sad.
the guilt that these irresponsible idiots feel must be completely unbearable.

I agree it's tragic. But do you really think any of these people really "feel" responsible for the death of the child? It seems to happen often enough that some people must not realize the gravity of the situation.

[qikcpa]

its now a felony in GA to leave a child unattended in a car for any lenght of time. (good)

[JustJordan]

Originally posted by KevinP73
I agree it's tragic. But do you really think any of these people really "feel" responsible for the death of the child?

Allow me to enter into the discussion that this isn't one parent leaving dozens of children in cars to their demise and still feeling responsible each time.

Therefore, your statement begs the question: should one parent's negligence, in view of previous incidents by other parents, mean that they would feel any less (responsible / guilty / terminally stupid)?

Granted it's patently ridiculous for a person to leave their most precious gift unattended under any circumstances. I just don't agree that they would feel any less responsible just because it has happened before to other families.

It seems to happen often enough that some people must not realize the gravity of the situation.

Unfortunately, they only realize the gravity of the situation when it's too late. That's where education comes in, which usually happens for about two days after the incident, and two days after the court hands down the punishment. If not for the news media, there would be zero education on the subject.

All the best...

[Tyson Schmidt]

You need a license to own a pet, but anybody with reproductive capability can have a child. No testing or proof of competency required. We just let Darwinism take it's course at the expense of an innocent child.
You'd think the least we could do is require classes on at least the most basic parenting skills along with pre-natal care.

[84porsche]

I must say how stupid can someone be to leave their own kid in a car with the doors shut and the windows up. Really this is just plain common sense and has nothing to do with parenting. It's absolutely horrible but I don't see how this is an accident. You don't see your baby in the back seat, you don't remember putting him/her in the car, when you walk by the car you don't see them in the window, what is wrong with this world?

[dd74]

Parents have lost the ability to parent these days. Babies have lost their allure. Pets are more important, or so I'm told. They give unconditional love, right? Feed 'em and forget 'em. They don't cost as much; don't grow up to be teenagers; don't talk back; don't prove you wrong, etc...

The other day one of the mothers from my daughter's school called me on the phone and said: "My kid didn't go to camp today. Yeah, he faked he was sick or some crap . I'm really getting tired of this ****ing **** with him."

That's her first born. There's another waiting in the wings for some of what the first received...

And to top it off, she's upper middle class, if that means anything.

[targa911S]

Hell my drummers drunken ex girlfriend left his dog in the car like that and it died. She did a year for felony animal abuse!

[JustJordan]

You want sad? I don't have the link handy, but there should be a few websites out there with a story about a couple that fostered (eventually adopted) two kids. They kept these kids in diapers and locked inside cribs whenever they were home well into their teens. What bothers a lot of people is how the school system didn't pick up on any of this for many many years.

The sentence for keeping these kids locked up in cribs whenever they were home: 8 months, eligible for parole after 5 months. Why? Because they pleaded guilty.

Go to google.com and look up blackstock foster parents abuse. Blackstock is about 25 miles north east of where I live.

There's a big province-wide and possibly national appeal going on to have the parents sentenced to a much longer term. The kids were essentially sentenced to 12 or so years by foster parents (who are supposed to be screened for this stuff), even though the kids committed no crimes. Why the parents should get off so lightly is beyond my comprehension... and the comprehension of a lot of people.

[911SC Pilot]

Originally posted by qikcpa
its now a felony in GA to leave a child unattended in a car for any lenght of time. (good)

As it is here in Vegas also