Comments on: Unexpectedly Hot Parenting Topic http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/ stories. tips. ideas. struggles. joys. of being a daddy Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Jenny http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:44:53 +0000 http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/#comment-1061 Okay, I already commented on this, but… This week on the news, a lady was running into a wireless phone store to pay a bill, just for a minute. So she left her infant in the car. On her way into the store, she was attacked by a man who wanted to steal her car. She fought with him, knowing her child would be taken if she gave in. He stabbed her in the chest, but luckily he ran away on foot and the baby was saved. The woman died. I wonder what might have happened if she’d taken the time to get the baby out. Would he have moved on to someone else? (He didn’t attack her until she was nearing the door of the store.) This story has my mind made up. You never know what can happen when you leave your child in the car.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:07:47 +0000 http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/#comment-1007 I don’t think forgetting your child in the car qualifies as “stupid.” It usually happens to smart people who are departing from routine or have too much on their minds. I read one story in which the father normally didn’t take the baby to daycare, but on the day of the incident he was supposed to and forgot she was in the car. Factor in that we are required by law to tuck our children rear-facing into the back seat where we can’t even see them, and it becomes such a terribly easy mistake to make. It can happen to anyone, because we are human. I think the misconception that it only happens to horrible, abusive, stupid parents causes it to happen more often. Because–honestly–how many people think they ARE the kind of person who would forget their child in the car? Most of them don’t until it happens, and then they are in shock! If everyone accepted it could happen to them, they could take precautions and prevent it.

Please read:
http://www.babyalert.info/story.php

]]> By: bryan howlett http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:46:46 +0000 http://www.suburbandaddy.com/2008/04/14/unexpectedly-hot-parenting-topic/#comment-998 The worry never goes away, it just gets a little bit easier to manage. My boys are almost 18 and 16 and I still worry every second they are not with me.

The driving cars part will adds a whole new dimension. I haven’t managed this to well.

Keep up the good work, I really enjoy this site.

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