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Mike 01:10 PM 05-21-2018
Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
https://www.shreveporttimes.com/stor...ort/623133002/ - 6 month old - "Forgot to take her to daycare."
Good suggestions there.

Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-car...as-2017-05-17/ - 7 month old - "Forgot to take her to daycare"
School parking lot for hours and nobody noticed?

Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/baby-dies-...ry?id=54253787 - 10 month old - "Forgot to take to daycare"
Forgotten Baby Syndrome - Some might say it's legit, others an excuse. Either way, parents need to do more to make sure they don't forget. I'm sure when the dad was called and he went out to the car to see baby still in it, he was devastated. Sometimes life can make you forget little things, but babies aren't little things.

Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/mi...301-story.html - 1 year old - "Forgot to take him to daycare"
Said: “This is the first U.S. child that has died this year due to heatstroke in a vehicle,”
The 1st of how many?

Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
If they are late showing up, just send a text.

Yes, I strongly feel if more parents were held accountable we might see less of this. Until then a 10-second text could save a life.

Parents: Look Again!!!!!!!

An examination of media reports about the 700 child vehicular heatstroke deaths for a 19-year period (1998 through 2017) shows the following circumstances:

54% - child "forgotten" by caregiver (376 Children)

28% - child playing in unattended vehicle (198)

17% - child intentionally left in vehicle by adult (120)

1% - circumstances unknown (6)
Some daycares would have trouble adding monitoring and reminders to their already busy schedule, but if I ever do go into daycare, I'd do it. If someone was on a regular schedule and was running late, I'd be texting to check up because I would assume that if there's a change of plans, the parent would notify me, and I would be wondering what's going on.
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