There STILL are morons out there who leave their kids in hot cars

This was my first thought, also, after reading the thread title. Powerful, troubling stuff.

 

Lmao! Take it to the bank, Azrael!

 

A little bit in the story and especially in the online chat Weingarten did a couple days later, cell phone usage was a big theme -- it seemed that a very large percentage of the people who got distracted had been on the phone in the car.

There's tons of good stuff in that whole package that makes you look at the world in a new way, unless you're Troy and you're incapable.

 

Yep, it's the cell phone's fault, huh? The shitty parent leaving their child inside an enclosed vehicle on a scorching hot summer day couldn't be at fault, right?

How many 'ways' can you possibly look at this situation?

This whole cell phone scapegoat is non-sequitur. This all goes back to the sweet, simple means of responsibility. One should own up to their actions. Take responsibility for being a forgetful buffoon.

 

Troy, did you read the article?

 

Troy doesn't read.

Troy does.

 

Good.

That's kind of like a pass-fail test of parenthood, like "don't hand the kid an electric hairdryer in the bathtub."

 

That is seriously LOL funny. Well done.

 

Wish I could bring myself to read the article. I just can't stand stuff like that. I don't even want to try to imagine how a parent must feel after making a mistake that leads to the death of his or her child.

Can't say I understand Troy's venom. I'm sure these people are putting themselves through more hell than he could ever inflict.

I will be extra paranoid when it comes to looking out for my little one just from reading this thread. And that is one hell of a lot of paranoid.

 

I think people should trouble themselves to read the original article. No parents left their kids in a car. You'll have to find something else to be mad at them for.

 

Sorry, but that plea was made long ago and it appears some folks aren't interested.