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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's hot enough to cook an egg in there (I think), so please don't cook your children too. They're not food.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand why this is so common in the US.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Lots of really hot climates, lots of cars, 3rd largest population in the world, and a very active news media.

If India or Africa could afford cars you be hearing about it a lot there too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

3rd largest population in the world

I’m curious how you came about this statistic?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I literally live in a country that's hotter than the US and this rarely if ever happens. I'm not sure it's just media bias.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

So many possible factors. Family support allowing more sleep, less car-centric cities, less tradition of single parent transporting the kid around while on errands, etc etc.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Car dependency

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140729204858/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

FUCK ME

Several people -- including Mary Parks of Blacksburg -- have driven from their workplace to the day-care center to pick up the child they’d thought they’d dropped off, never noticing the corpse in the back seat.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why's it always gotta be a 2yo. :/

I'll be sure to hug my daughter extra tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Probably old enough the parent thinks they'll be fine on their own for a bit, but young enough to be a hassle to bring along on a "short" errand.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that's because it's one of the most mentally draining ages.

Often the parents forget about them rather than intentionally leave them with no windows open.

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