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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:12 PM Original message |
Tips for parents to remind themselves small child is in car |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's truly sad that these reminders would ever be needed. |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. My thoughts too. I hope I'm a father one day.... that child would be my world. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. and you still may be sick or sleep deprived and make an awful mistake. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Wow, You need to bendover and take a couple of deep breaths |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You are right that people can make mistakes. |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Sure, sounds bad, until you catch yourself almost doing it... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. People are so busy these days...these are good ideas... |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. And here I've been trying to figure out how to forget my kids are in the car. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. They shut up when they fall asleep. nt |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. So, then, Benadryl. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I've known people who had to put the kid in the car and drive them around.. |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, I realize that. I have three children. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. we're dumber than I ever expected us to be. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good suggestions. As tired as we all are, it's no wonder that |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. bwahhahahahaha. Wait, this is serious? omg. How can they remind themselves to |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Well, ya know... |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. When I hear stories like this I wonder how |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. I read an article a couple of years ago about a young mother in |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Forgetting the kid soared when US started having baby seat put in back seat |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Parents this stupid shouldn't have children |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. BING BING BING |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. It happens to people from all walks of life.. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I believe you have it right. nt |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Exactly. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I think you're right |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Let me jump in with another "emphatically agree" |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Thank you Jesus, I never thought I'd get to read a post from |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. This really is good information. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. My mother's neighbor lost a child this way... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. recommend |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wow I would be MUCH more likely to forget the damn cell phone or purse |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. people, generally it is out of the routine parent that does this. i always had kids |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes, I think that's exactly what happens |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Without getting into the "what kind of idiot..." debate-- couldn't Car Seat manufacturers include an |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. ooh... great idea--the alarm |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. A parent can remember to retrieve a cell phone or a purse, but not |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was attacked for suggesting this a few months ago by one of DU's uber-liberal types. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. What the fuck is an uber-liberal type? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. It does seem strange to some folks that a person could more easily |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. There is something seriously wrong with contemporary American society. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. In a nation of several hundred million people... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. . |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. My headlights beep when I haven't shut them off. Can't they fit carseats with something like that? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. I make it a rule to never turn the engine off while there's a kid in the car. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Catch me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that just make it more likely that you'll lock the keys inside? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. They're not walking yet. They either go in the stroller or into the house. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Oh, and the other reason I won't lock my keys in the car is |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Gotcha. My intent wasn't to criticize what works for you. We all have our ways of doing things. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is a problem? It certainly isn't when your kid is in a restaurant screaming his lungs out. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Um... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. I keep my kid on a line attached to my keys! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. How the hell do you forget your kid in the car? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Easy. Lots of people have done it. |
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