This sort of case is different from ones in which the caregiver leaves the kids in the car knowing they are there, and then goes into the beauty parlor for a several hour hair braiding session. I remember just such a case maybe a couple of years ago. Yes, I know the results to the poor child can be exactly the same, but the motivation behind the act is very different. <p.I was an absent-minded parent myself when my kids were young. I forgot to pick them up a couple of times. I am absent-minded period. This sort of thing could have happened to me. It would have killed me.