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I’ve read 2 or 3 articles and the only thing I see is that the police report from the incident indicates that OTHERS (not the police) had provided testimony that this had occurred on other occasions. And on one of those occasions ‘caring’ individuals alerted the school authorities (tattled) about one of those incidents. I see nothing that indicates a history with the police about this subject.

I love how we become such nanny-state liberals when something tragic happens to a kid. We must, of course, save the children from ourselves because the reality is that any one of us could have made the same mistake.

I take 3 kids to school in the AM. None of them in baby-seats. If something takes me out of my normal routine (such as a kid with a doctors appt) i will still accidentally drive the same route. The difference is that my talking age kids will tell me - hey dummy - you’re not taking me to school yet - why are you going this way?

On the weekends if I start off in the same route as my weekday morning routine I will accidentally drive the school route much to the hilarity of my kids.

I can give this woman the benefit of the doubt because I myself have left kids at church thinking the wife had them and she likewise thought I had them. These things do happen.

We can of course get all judgemental and indignant because and armchair quarterback her to deathrow... but frankly I see that as damaging and dangerous as the mistake this woman made. the only difference is we’re doing it willfully.

For those of you throwing the apologist label around - go for it.

I am not being judgemental and I will “go for it”.

The woman went to her bloody car 5 times and even moved it to another location in the parking lot! How do you explain not seeing the child sitting in the back seat? Please, can someone explain that to me? Do we blame the stinkin’ donuts??? Who is responsible for the child baking in the back seat of the car?

“I love how we become such nanny-state liberals when something tragic happens to a kid. We must, of course, save the children from ourselves because the reality is that any one of us could have made the same mistake”

In other cases I’ve thought the same, but this case is different.
She returned to her vehicle five times.
She even moved the car.

I’m beginning to think this was deliberate.

If the mother had left the child in the car this one time and hadn’t gone back to the car during the day numerous times, one could see how it could be construed as an innocent accident, but she had left the child in the car before. It should be fairly obvious that this woman is irresponsible and dangerous to the welfare of her own children. Now, this innocent baby girl is dead. At what point should a parent be held accountable for failing to care for a helpless child? It’s like one poster above said — it’s about laziness — and careless indifference. Under the circumstances, do you think we should be concerned about any other children in her care? Would you entrust one of your children to this woman, in particular, a 2 year old?