The Science & Statistics Behind Hot Car Deaths

[stillwatersc]

I just wanted to share this pic- I ordered these back when little Cooper passed (RIP sweet little dude) - and think it's a great idea- a sticker to put on the front drivers window as a reminder to always check the car. I ordered a bunch - for my car, husbands car, parents cars for when they drive the kids, etc.

Anyway, hope this helps. Cool idea.


Sent from my not so humble opinion.

Those stickers are made available by a family who lost a child last spring in a hot vehicle - dad forgot to drop her off at daycare. It was out of his normal routine. The "S" on the trunk of the elephant is for Sophia.

http://www.wspa.com/story/25755481/hartsville

He hopes that his lapse in judgment serves as inspiration for awareness, in which the stickers symbolize. "I want everybody that I can reach to be aware of this thing that everybody thinks that can never happen to them,” mentioned gray.

http://www.remembersophia.org/

 

[Mountain]

Two year old found dead in hot car - Hot Springs Arkansas yesterday 7/24/15

http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/07/24/hot-springs-infant-found-dead-in-car/30647585/

 

[Maiko]

Two year old found dead in hot car - Hot Springs Arkansas yesterday 7/24/15

http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/07/24/hot-springs-infant-found-dead-in-car/30647585/

:tantrum:

I will never understand how these babies/children are forgotten (or left) in cars. It absolutely breaks my heart to think about how they suffered.

 

[wendybtn]

ETA: this article was JUST published on June 3rd of this year. I had read it when a friend posted it on Facebook, and thought of it immediately when the Cooper Harris story hit the news.

This is not "science" but it's a blog post written for Salon by a mom who left her 4 year old in the car while she ran in a store for a moment, and was prosecuted:
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/03/the_day_i_left_my_son_in_the_car/

He was not injured or harmed in any way, but the trial and her side of the case are interesting.

I was sympathetic to her. I saw her side of the story. I understand why she did what she did that day.

I read that article and wondered when the 4 year old took charge of the parents. All I got out of it was that we have let our kids pick their own rules even if their choice causes their death. Why was she having a long conversation with him? Who is the parent here?

 

[La Louve]

ETA: this article was JUST published on June 3rd of this year. I had read it when a friend posted it on Facebook, and thought of it immediately when the Cooper Harris story hit the news.

This is not "science" but it's a blog post written for Salon by a mom who left her 4 year old in the car while she ran in a store for a moment, and was prosecuted:
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/03/the_day_i_left_my_son_in_the_car/

He was not injured or harmed in any way, but the trial and her side of the case are interesting.

I was sympathetic to her. I saw her side of the story. I understand why she did what she did that day.

I just read that whole Salon article and I have to say it felt like one big long blahblahblah of excuses and self-rationalizing. She's just trying to make herself feel better IMO. Her "big mistake" is still neglect, in my opinion. The fact that she got in trouble is the only reason she wrote that article. IMO If she hadn't have been busted, she never would have given it another thought and most likely would've done it again. Her outrage over the way she was treated legally just screams of entitlement, IMO. Her Community Service should've been something that reminded her every day, painfully, of her stupid decision-making.

I'm not a helicopter parent, I was raised in the 50s and 60s, and never once did my parents or any of my friends parents EVER leave us in the car, even for a minute.

 

[eileenhawkeye]

If anyone was wondering if this case would cause the general public to automatically be suspicious of people whose children die in a hot car, it has not. Comments still seem to be overwhelmingly sympathetic. It will be interesting to see if the trial has that sort of impact.