More than once, while driving around completely alone in my car,
I've had the sudden and shocking feeling that I forgot one of my
children somewhere. The feeling is quick -- over in an instant. But it
still leaves me a little stunned. And I can't help but think very
purposefully, OK, where's that one. And her sister. And, wait, who has the baby? Oh, right. Check, check, annnnd check.
So
when I hear stories about parents who have accidentally forgotten their
children in the back seat of the car -- long enough for the child to
overheat and die -- I have never once though oh, that could never happen to me. I've also never thought that parent committed a crime -- murder even.
But
knocking around there somewhere in my brain is the thought that somehow
the parent should have known he or she was way overextended and maybe,
like me in the car, should have done a mental inventory, should have
known this was a possibilty.Looks like I'm not alone.
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