[Obadiah]

Don’t be so quick to cast stones here. A child napping quietly in the backseat and your so focus is in front of you as you get out of the car with your mind elsewhere. This is a tragic, tragic occurrence.

[basil]

I'm sorry---IMHO, there's no excuse for this. We had 5 kids in 9 years--in Texas in the summer, and somehow, I managed to never forget one in the car.

However, I was never hooked into a career (other than motherhood), and dropping my kids off at day care either, so maybe that's the difference.

Regardless, I do feel sorry for these parents. How on earth do you ever recover from something like this? Prayers for them..........

[metmom]

Don’t be so quick to cast stones here. A child napping quietly in the backseat and your so focus is in front of you as you get out of the car with your mind elsewhere.

I NEVER forgot my kids. Ever.

When you're a parent, it's your first priority. Being so obsessed with yourself that you think everyone around you is taking care of the things you couldn't bother to do yourself is incredibly selfish.

[shhrubbery!]

No mom who has bonded to her baby EVER forgets about that baby. EVER. It's nature's way.

Career moms in my observation often don't really bond with their babies. I suspect they have a lower level of maternal hormones circulating in their systems -- whether because of career distractions, divided loyalties, or simply separation (infant placed in daycare).

We had an assistant county prosecutor here in NJ leave her infant unattended in a car for hours recently. Same excuse -- she "forgot" to take the baby to daycare. Fortunately the day was on the cool side, and the baby lived.

[adopt4Christ]

You are not a parent, obviously.