Just factor in a parent with little sleep, too much work, carelessness and a lifetime of regret.
And yes, lack of sleep is a factor. As is a general lack of ability to keep up with all the details of what’s going on.
Thank you, Mamzelle.
For more than a century children have been viewed by too many as a shameful, expensive, nuisance, instead of the little instances of God’s love that they really are. Taking care of them is pushed to one side.
In such a culture, I can bless God that I was able to be a stay-at-home parent whose day was centerd on my child.
Why do people like that have children? My mother was like a drill sergeant.
Yes, I agree, raising children is a very hair raising experience. And you do get distracted and it can be exhausting. I also agree that the back seat mandate on the car seats is a very bad thing, and esp. the part of having the seat backwards. You just can’t see the baby at all. And it’s true, if they’re asleep you’d really never know they were there.
People should probably get in the habit of just checking that seat every time, esp. when they KNOW the baby ISN’T there.