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2 Babies Dead: How Does a Parent Forget a Child in a Hot Car? 2013 in Review
The details connected to the deaths of two babies over the holiday weekend -- in separate incidents but under similar circumstances and only a short drive from each other in Virginia and Maryland -- could hardly be more tragic: In both cases, police say, a relative forgot the babies in a car with outside temperatures hovering around 90 degrees. Unfortunately, such cases are not rare.
Motorists backing up hurt hundreds of kids yearly
October French was one of seven Oklahoma children killed this year in accidents in which a vehicle was backing up.
Missouri Safety Groups Sue Department of Transportation over Increasing Backover Accidents
The latest statistics reveal that more than 250 fatalities and over 18,000 injuries occur because of backover accidents. The sad part is that most of the victims are young children aged between 1-2 years. In most of these cases, the driver of the car is a close relative or parent of the victim.
The First Years True Fit IAlert Car Seat
If you are like me, my smart phone is not just a phone. It’s literally my brain. Constantly reminding me of appointments, errands and organizing my endless lists of to dos. So, it’s not surprising that someone finely created a system that will work with your smart phone to let you know if your car seat isn’t correct.
Why do more?
Regardless of how busy you are and how badly your day is going, nothing makes you feel smaller than standing within arms' length of a mother who lost her child, wanting only to reach over and take away her pain, knowing you never can. What hits you is their strength.
