Another Infant Death In Hot Car :(

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  • NightOwl
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Mar 2014
    • 2722

    #16
    Crafty do you have a link? Like a news story?

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    • craftymissbeth
      Legally Unlicensed
      • May 2012
      • 2385

      #17

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      • craftymissbeth
        Legally Unlicensed
        • May 2012
        • 2385

        #18
        Apparently the 1st degree charge is because of the initial child endangerment, which is a felony... I'm a little hazy about how it was phrased on the news, but it has something to do with that.

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        • craftymissbeth
          Legally Unlicensed
          • May 2012
          • 2385

          #19
          Wichita, Kansas, police have arrested Seth Michael Jackson, 29, in the baby's death. Neighbors say Jackson and another man had four other children in the house.


          This says it was in a Dodge Charger but idk how legit that source is

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          • craftymissbeth
            Legally Unlicensed
            • May 2012
            • 2385

            #20
            Here we go, this is much more reliable. It also sort of explains the charges.

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            • Grandma88

              #21
              Grandma Who Cares For All Babies

              Parents, Use Common Sense...There are cheap and easy ways available to remember your innocent baby secured in the car seat. As a grandma whose raised two daughters and have grandbabies, I recommend this:

              Purchased from Amazon.com
              Headline Sign 1519 Slider Sign, 2.5 inches x 10.5 inches
              $12.43 and free shipping

              1. Use thin red and green construction paper ($5.00, purchased at any craft store, to cover the existing words (or pay a bit more to have your own signs made). Cut out and glue the construction paper over the old words and use white out ($3.00) to change the red side to say DON'T FORGET THE BABY! and the green side to say "GOOD JOB!".

              2. Use command strips for picture hanging (like velcro) ($5.00). Put a set together (female to male) and cut in half. Secure one of the half pieces to the bottom of your rear view mirror and the other side to the top of the sign. Secure the sign to bottom of the mirror. At 10.5 inches wide it will be clearly visible. Use the second half of the command strips for a second vehicle, if necessary. Take the sign down when the baby is not in the car or leave it to green.

              3. After securing the baby in the rear facing car seat, attach the sign under the mirror and slide it to the red side. You will not forget, trust me, as that bright red is in your face the whole time you drive.

              4. Once the baby is safety dropped off, slide the sign to green or remove and store in the glove compartment until the next time the baby is in the car.

              5. Always get in the habit of securing the sign to the mirror whenever the baby is in the car.

              Total cost to make: Approximately $26.00.

              NO MORE EXCUSES!

              Grandma

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              • sharlan
                Daycare.com Member
                • May 2011
                • 6067

                #22
                He and his "partner" were busy smoking pot. It wasn't until he saw a baby crying on tv that he remembered the baby.

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                • Wubby
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • Feb 2014
                  • 90

                  #23
                  Originally posted by sharlan
                  He and his "partner" were busy smoking pot. It wasn't until he saw a baby crying on tv that he remembered the baby.

                  http://news.yahoo.com/police-tv-show...213318275.html
                  This article changes a lot in my opinion.

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                  • Meeko
                    Advanced Daycare.com Member
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 4351

                    #24
                    Originally posted by SignMeUp
                    I can only imagine that because it sounds like this baby's older siblings were not present that day, that the foster dad forgot he had the youngest sibling
                    And honestly, I could not help but think of the Ray-ray pledge, and how someone could decide that this could also be applied here -- providers calling families after they get home to be sure they remembered to take their children out of the car.
                    I hate Ray-Ray's pledge idea...it is nothing more than an excuse for parents to take even less responsibility for their own kids.

                    How about we also have providers call parents to make sure they fed the kids dinner....and then have providers call them to make sure they got bathed......and then have providers call them to make sure the kid got put in bed safely...and call them in the morning just in case they forgot to set their alarm.....then remind them to feed the kid breakfast, change their diapers.......????????

                    ....because the general consensus seems to be that parents really shouldn't be held responsible for anything at any time any more.

                    These aren't "accidents" It's lack of parenting and it will only get worse if providers are the ones who take over.

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                    • Kabob
                      Daycare.com Member
                      • Jun 2013
                      • 1106

                      #25
                      As my friend said to me the other day: parents don't forget their cell phone, so why are they forgetting their precious, irreplaceable child? Clearly that father in that now famous case didn't forget his phone the day he forgot his son. Since when did a replaceable cell phone become more important? I wonder if these death rates are going up...

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                      • SignMeUp
                        Family ChildCare Provider
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 1325

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Meeko
                        I hate Ray-Ray's pledge idea...it is nothing more than an excuse for parents to take even less responsibility for their own kids.

                        How about we also have providers call parents to make sure they fed the kids dinner....and then have providers call them to make sure they got bathed......and then have providers call them to make sure the kid got put in bed safely...and call them in the morning just in case they forgot to set their alarm.....then remind them to feed the kid breakfast, change their diapers.......????????

                        ....because the general consensus seems to be that parents really shouldn't be held responsible for anything at any time any more.

                        These aren't "accidents" It's lack of parenting and it will only get worse if providers are the ones who take over.
                        And if that pledge were applied to this case, we would need to call at the end of the day too, to make certain that our daycare parents took their children out of the car at home at the end of the day.

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