No, it could not happen to me.
You see, I am not brain dead, I’m not the brightest candle in the cave, but not so stupid as to leave a child unattended in a car.
I noticed a sign on the door of our local Walmart: “Did you forget and leave your child in the car”. It struck me then how our increasingly leftist oriented society is covering up willful neglect with “or gee, I forgot”.
We aren’t just talking about heat related deaths, we are also talking about kidnapping, sex crimes and other violence.
So, IMO, this article is just plain effing stupid. More leftist tripe. Only those truly responsible people will buy such devices and pay attention to the warnings.
I agree. I’m fairly absent-minded, but I KNOW that about myself, so when I had children, I created systems to ensure I didn’t do stupid things. Of course, I also had my children before the age of the “smartphone is permanently attached to my hand and I always HAVE to be checking something/texting somebody/talking to somebody/you-name-it” phenomenon. Not once in my life have I ever left one of my children somewhere, because I forgot I had them.
“You see, I am not brain dead, I’m not the brightest candle in the cave, but not so stupid as to leave a child unattended in a car.”
You can only say this because it has never happened to you, YET!
I see this as a GREAT idea. Also add sensors to the rear seats like the ones the front seats have reminding you to put on your seat belt. Weight activated.
Ding, ding, ding, as if you left your lights on or your car isn’t in park. When this happens to me I always think, “what did I forget to do? Hmmmm, oh yeah, I left the kid in the back seat.
The people buying the car seats would be paying the extra $$. The extra cost in new cars would be negligible.
Have you ever intended to complete several errands while you were out and kicked yourself because you forgot one of them?
Do you think Einstein was brain dead? What do you think might have happened if he drove a long distance to work and one day his wife asked him to drop off the baby somewhere?
No, it could not happen to me.
“Pride goes before a fall,and a haughty spirit before destruction.” Something to keep in mind.
I never, not once, forgot my kids and left them in the car. But that’s due, at least in part, because I was firmly convinced that it COULD happen to me. I’m not perfect; I’m subject to the normal human failings, especially when I’m sleep deprived or in an unfamiliar routine or rushed or what-have-you. And I was determined to never be complacent, never think “it could not happen to me” and let my guard down.
And at the end of the day, I thank God that he always kept my kids safe from the failings of my own human-ness.