I think these explain my post. It has to STOP. I do not condemn these parents as totally bad parents….but they do hold some responsibility to know where and what the kids are up to. Maybe in today’s world we just fill our minds with so many places to be, things to do, problems to solve, meeting to go to remember ‘I have a child’.
http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/87857
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_c089f50c-7a4e-11df-b43c-001cc4c03286.html



I sure have to condemn them. This is negligence. Anyone who “loses track” of 2 year olds for hours in the middle of the day is guilty of homocide. And their suitable punishment should be obvious.
I don’t even “lose track” of my dog for that long.
I don’t even know what to say…to loose track, of the most precious thing in the world, I’m speechless.
I am happy that others feel the way I do. I am outraged by these ‘slips in judgments’.
I saw another story just last night of a mother who had (for what reason I don’t know) had to go to the back door of her home to get in. She left the year old child in the car seat. When she got in the house (she said she was sick) she had to run to the bathroom. ½ hour later her daughter was rescued by passerby’s who had also called 911. She was later arrested and charged with child endangerment. The child was dehydrated a bit but otherwise in good condition.
Too often people passing by will not do something in fear that they will be retaliated against, or whatever reason stops people. I wish to this day that someone had stopped, called 911 and done something when they saw my boys left in the car. My EX would take the boys ‘to the park’, but instead of the park he would go park them in front of his favorite book store and go in to find him some books. I didn’t have a clue what he was doing until the boys were teens and related the stories to me. I am so glad the oldest of the 4 boys was smart enough to wait until dad was really ‘into’ a book and then sneak everyone in to the store. They would stay just inside the store by the front window ready to run for the car when the ‘lookout’ saw dad at the register. It was sad and infuriating to me that the boys were recalling these stories as if they were everyday, those were the good ol’ days, remember that fly ball I caught just in time, kind of childhood memories. Only one of the reasons this man is my EX.
The reason I said “I do not condemn these parents as totally bad parents….” because some of these parents would be considered good parents in all other aspects. Which IS NOT an excuse for these bad judgment calls.
And another forgotten baby in our local news last night! Neighbors heard her crying after she had been alone for 45 minutes, and she is safe. But we hit 90′s yesterday! One parent thought the other had taken the kid in the house when they got home. My mind simply can’t process what goes on in these parents’ heads.
Thank goodness for neighbors and passers-by.
I don’t know if this will ever stop. At least this mom didn’t leave the baby out in the car, she just did NOT LOCK THE CAR DOOR. Thieves are not the only bad thing that can happen to you if you leave you car doors unlocked.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Chandler-toddler-dies-after-being-pulled-from-hot-car-98358514.html