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SADDEST SUPPORT GROUP: PARENTS WHO LEFT INFANTS TO DIE IN HOT CARS
Balfour, an analyst for the U.S. military, realized her mistake too late. Now she's devoted her life to helping other parents who have lost a child by accidentally leaving a baby in the car, and fighting to change auto laws for better safety features.
No safe amount of time' with kids, hot cars
Leaving children alone in warm vehicles is a dangerous mistake too many parents make, and it can be deadly.
Unlocking The Door: How Can We Prevent Children Being Left in Cars?
This is a blog post I didn’t want to write. As a mother, there are some things that are beyond my comprehension. There are places that I absolutely cannot let my mind go. I just can’t. One of those places – the one none of us like talking about; most of us can’t even THINK about – is losing a child. We stay in our happy places, our “it can’t happen to me” zones, until reality makes it all too clear that it does happen.
Judgement Doesn’t Make You Fail-Proof – On Babies Left In Hot Cars
Every year, every. single. summer. my heart aches a deep, sharp, searing pain for the children who are lost to a tragic accident that takes way too many.
A Job Seeker’s Desperate Choice
On the morning of March 20, Shanesha Taylor had a job interview. It was for a good job, one that could support her three children, unlike the many positions she’d applied for that paid only $10 an hour. The interview, at an insurance agency in Scottsdale, Ariz., went well. “Walking out of the office, you know that little skip thing people do?” she said, clicking her heels together in a corny expression of glee. “I wanted to do that.” But as she left the building and walked through the parking lot, she saw police officers surrounding her car, its doors flung open and a crime-scene van parked nearby. All the triumphant buoyancy of the moment vanished, replaced by a hard, sudden knot of panic. Hours later, Ms. Taylor was posing for a mug shot, her face somber and composed, a rivulet of tears falling from each eye.
