Many grandparents drive with the grandbabies in their car, and I can assure you that most of us do not have SMART PHONES, nor do we ever want one, EVER.
Interesting fact....grandparents aren’t the ones leaving the grand babies in the car. Could it be that the Facebook, blogs, iPhones are making us “forgetful” or not paying attention to life. I have an I-Phone and other gadgets and probably am on them too much so I am not judging but the correlation may be there for some of these parents.
This is such a horrible thing to happen for that couple, so sad. Even more so if it had been a grandparent who forgot. oh my gosh.........I would have to be put in an asylum.
I forgot my son.
He was less than a month old. I had a 2 year old and I was exhausted and very sick.
I got up, did my morning routine, laid him down for his nap, then tidied up the house and gave my daughter a bath. I realized that I needed a few things from the store and decided to take my daughter of ice cream while we were out.
I made it about three miles down the road before I remembered that I had another baby.
Thankfully, he was still asleep in his crib when we got back home - non the wiser.
This was in 1993. No cellphones. No computer. Heck, I didn’t even have a cordless phone. We were living in Germany and had one television station. (AFN) So, no. I wasn’t distracted by technology.
But I do understand how a new parent’s exhausted brain can fall into a routine and just ‘skip’ important details.
I think that grandparents do better because they usually don’t have the kids full time and they’re better rested than new parents. That’s why grandparents are necessary.
I hate to admit that story, but I think it’s important for people to get off their high horses and realize that we’re infallible human beings. That makes us think and be more aware of the horrible possibilities and take precautions.
If I had a baby today, I’d have every technological safety measure that’s available.