[graciegirl]

It's another beautiful day in The Villages. Thank you Morse family.

[OhioBuckeye]

I guess these young parents weren't raised very good as a child either. I just can't imagine what these little kids go through heat exhaustion. I've heard that some of them go through convulsions, they find gobs of hair in these little kids hands. It must be a terrible death. This doesn't have anything to do with leaving a little kid in the car, but to show you how young parents treat their children. I was in a grocery store in Martinsburg, W.V. one time about 15 yrs. ago & I saw & address a young mother about 25 yrs. old that pick up her 3 or 4 yr. old son by the hair & I said how would you like it if someone did that to you, she looked me & said, "Mind your own F _ _ _ing business, that was the first time I just about pop a woman in the mouth. At least a mins. after that she picked him up by the shirt! I'm sure this little kid is probably treating his children just like he was treated because he probably thinks that's the way you raise you children. My point of this my comment is these kids that are left in the heat of a car & live through it are probably doing the same thing to their kids!

[bbbbbb]

[QUOTE=graciegirl;1564103]Thank you Bogie. Information

Hi. Would you like to see and experience first hand, the absolute worst in parents? Suggestion:

Contact the County Social Services. Agree to take in one or two children of your favorite age group, you can set the time frame and limits. Be a Foster Parent, short time. You can have the Children for short terms. In that way you can see first hand, the incredible damage that some folks do toward their children and YET they get the Welfare money, they retain parental "rights".
We did it for many years folks, I could tell you some Hell Raising Stories about CHILD NEGLECT and it will be a valuable lesson. Yes, you can usually meet the parents,
unless they are in jail. A real meaningful venture and you can accomplish something, but not much.

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[graciegirl]

I think you are confused about my position on this, bbbbb

[robinsdw2]

I just can't understand how anyone could forget about a child in a car. Even a moron can remember there is a child in the car.

[Bonsai Golfer]

We should be very careful about making assumptions about these tragic cases. We don't know all the details.

With regard to those who think this could never happen to them or that these are horrible parents, think again.

Research into the operation of the human brain has shown that there are two kinds of memory, prospective and retrospective. These memories operate in different parts of the brain and retrospective memory (memory for past events) can interfere with prospective memory (memory for something we intend to do). Every one of us has experienced the situation where we were going to do something and then completely forgot about it. Often this happens when we get locked into a routine and what we intend to do is not part of this routine. As a trivial example, we intend to pick up milk on our way home from golf but we end up driving right past the store and don't remember what we were going to do until we get home. All of us have done something like this and on occasion it has been in very serious situation (missed doctor's appointment, missed medications, etc.)

Before anyone says, "children are different," it turns out the research shows (unfortunately) they aren't. The brain operates the way it operates and sometimes it leads to tragic consequences.

Now, this is not to say this is what happened in these situations. That is something that should be investigated. My only point is that we should be very careful about condemning people when we don't know all the facts.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by bonsai golfer

we should be very careful about making assumptions about these tragic cases. We don't know all the details.

With regard to those who think this could never happen to them or that these are horrible parents, think again.

Research into the operation of the human brain has shown that there are two kinds of memory, prospective and retrospective. These memories operate in different parts of the brain and retrospective memory (memory for past events) can interfere with prospective memory (memory for something we intend to do). Every one of us has experienced the situation where we were going to do something and then completely forgot about it. Often this happens when we get locked into a routine and what we intend to do is not part of this routine. As a trivial example, we intend to pick up milk on our way home from golf but we end up driving right past the store and don't remember what we were going to do until we get home. All of us have done something like this and on occasion it has been in very serious situation (missed doctor's appointment, missed medications, etc.)

before anyone says, "children are different," it turns out the research shows (unfortunately) they aren't. The brain operates the way it operates and sometimes it leads to tragic consequences.

Now, this is not to say this is what happened in these situations. That is something that should be investigated. My only point is that we should be very careful about condemning people when we don't know all the facts.

there is no excuse for leaving a child or a pet in a hot vehicle!!! Period!!!!