I know it is. It's happened repeatedly and been evaluated by a variety of scientists.
I know it is. It's happened repeatedly and been evaluated by a variety of scientists.
I agree. It scares the hell out of me. I feel like I can see how it happens. I don’t think I’m any higher risk than anybody, but I can imagine someone under a lot of stress forgetting there was a sleeping baby in the car. Routine, and stress can teally affect people’s cognition and focus.
There was a case a year or so ago where a dad was found guilty of intentionally leaving his son in a car to suffocate.
I think you need to be held accountable for it whether it be accidental or not. Isn't it manslaughter?
I think you need to be held accountable for it whether it be accidental or not. Isn't it manslaughter?
it is really frightening.
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/h...ail-why-parents-forget-their-children-n777076
Diamond has interviewed several parents whose children have died after being left in cars, and he said he often sees a pattern in the stories.
“When you drive home and don’t normally take a child to daycare, when you have a habit and you are normally driving home from work — and in those subsets or maybe none at all take a child home — well, what happens in all these cases, the parent goes into autopilot mode, which is typically from home to work. It’s in that subset of cases the basal ganglia is taking you on a route that does not include a child,” he said.
In these cases, Diamond said, the child is quiet and out of sight, which causes the parent to lose awareness of the task they’re out to do.
“The twist is, they did not stop at daycare on the way but brain creates false memory the child was at daycare,” Diamond said. “If the child isn’t in the car that child must be where the child belongs, and the parents go to work with absolute certainty the child is safe.”
Related: Texas Mother Accused of Leaving 2 Children to Die in Hot Car to Teach a ‘Lesson’
He said the brain will fill in the gaps, and the importance of the forgotten person or item doesn’t matter.
“What I try to get across to people is it’s not about the importance of the item. It’s about a dynamic brain system that can take things as trivial as a cup I left on my car,” Diamond sad. “And it goes to tragic memory failures such as leaving dogs in cars and leaving children in cars.”
When it comes to forgetting a child in the car, it’s all about routines and breaks in those routines that can prove fatal.
"Any person is capable of forgetting a child in a car under circumstances where a parent is going through a routine and the child is in the back,” Diamond said. “All those components, if they come into play, a child can die
The example I was thinking about is most of the time I take the train to work, sometimes I drive. I’ve been pre-occupied with work, gone into auto-pilot and accidentally taken the train home, leaving my car at work.it is really frightening.
What causes parents to forget children in hot cars?
Diamond has interviewed several parents whose children have died after being left in cars, and he said he often sees a pattern in the stories.
“When you drive home and don’t normally take a child to daycare, when you have a habit and you are normally driving home from work — and in those subsets or maybe none at all take a child home — well, what happens in all these cases, the parent goes into autopilot mode, which is typically from home to work. It’s in that subset of cases the basal ganglia is taking you on a route that does not include a child,” he said.
In these cases, Diamond said, the child is quiet and out of sight, which causes the parent to lose awareness of the task they’re out to do.
“The twist is, they did not stop at daycare on the way but brain creates false memory the child was at daycare,” Diamond said. “If the child isn’t in the car that child must be where the child belongs, and the parents go to work with absolute certainty the child is safe.”
Related: Texas Mother Accused of Leaving 2 Children to Die in Hot Car to Teach a ‘Lesson’
He said the brain will fill in the gaps, and the importance of the forgotten person or item doesn’t matter.
“What I try to get across to people is it’s not about the importance of the item. It’s about a dynamic brain system that can take things as trivial as a cup I left on my car,” Diamond sad. “And it goes to tragic memory failures such as leaving dogs in cars and leaving children in cars.”
When it comes to forgetting a child in the car, it’s all about routines and breaks in those routines that can prove fatal.
"Any person is capable of forgetting a child in a car under circumstances where a parent is going through a routine and the child is in the back,” Diamond said. “All those components, if they come into play, a child can die
Why do you want to charge these parents when we don't charge parents who accidentally back the car over their child in their driveway?
Wut? Are you hitting the crack pile again?
You and zhivago make me laugh
When temperatures outside range from 80 degrees to 100 degrees, the temperature inside a car parked in direct sunlight can quickly climb to between 130 to 172.
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
it should be a capital offense to cook your kid to death 172 degrees is hot enough to cook inside your car.
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
it should be a capital offense to cook your kid to death 172 degrees is hot enough to cook inside your car.
posts like this are how I know that you haven't researched how human memory works.
lol I wonder how this empirical research happened did the scientists lock kids inside cars for hours they go do errands.
Is this something that regularly happens to non-drug using, non-head injury having people? Doubt it.
BTW... over half the States have laws against leaving animals in hot cars. But yall think it's fine and dandy to cook a kid in your car, just so long as you say "ooops.... my bad" afterwards. SMH
Some of you motherfuckers NEED JESUS
If you've ever forgot your wallet or phone at a restaurant, you can forget your child in a car.
Human memory does not assign priority, recall happens by contextual triggers, not by "care".
so...now I'm sure you have absolutely no idea how your memory works.
You think people who accidentally kill their child say "oops" and go on with their life?
now I'm sure you don't have kids, either.
Oh please, Mr. Scientist, tell me how memory works... lol smh. If you leave your kid in the back of a car to roast to death, you're a retard.
BTW, this thread is exactly why women end up getting the kids 99% of the time in custody battles. Dudes up in here like "oh yeah, I can definitely see roasting my child to death in a car. Shit happens."
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If a medical professional failed to do their job for 8 hours and it caused a 21-month year old to die, would that just be an "oh well, accidents happen," in your books?
The question is, why aren't we charging parents who accidentally back the car over their child?
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That story is beyond sad but I am a bit unclear now as to what you're asking:
Are we to argue what the law should be in such instances or if the law should be enforced?
Would people abuse that loophole if it existed? I think the answer is an unfortunate and resounding yes.
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no. if you forget something, you're human. That's how human memory works.
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Was that your big poignant thought? That all humans forget things? No shit. Like anything, there is layers to this shit homie. You forget an appointment? It happens. Forget to buy something at the supermarket? Whatever, you'll get it next time. Forget the name of someone you met at a party a week ago? Whatever.
When you put your child in a car on a hot day and forget about them for hours and they die of heat stroke, that goes beyond the average "whoospie daisy" memory lapse.