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Forgotten Baby Syndrome

posted 7 months ago by JoeBlow88 (552)
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Nothing scares me more than Forgotten Baby Syndrome. This is on my mind every work day morning. Very sad how often it happens to normal people, i wouldn't be able to recover from it mentally.

Seems like there are endless stories online:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/child-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-while-mother-taught-at-ontario-high-school-mayor-says-1.5965102

https://cafemom.com/news/212876-mom-left-toddler-hot-car

"Terry described that his client was in police custody, "suicidal and pulling her hair out in clumps in a shit smeared, padded iso cell in the Douglas County Jail, with screaming schizophrenics on either side."

[–] parkerbot (5950) 7 months ago

I bet neither forgot their phone.

[–] JoeBlow88 (552) 7 months ago

100%. The phone always goes onto the floor in front of the baby.

[–] Mustang (5257) 7 months ago

Or their smokes.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10768) 7 months ago

My mom raised 9 kids. Sorry, I'm not buying this. We're either talking very low iq's here, or negligence tantamount to manslaughter. Selfish self-obsessed women.

[–] JoeBlow88 (552) 7 months ago

From what I've read it happens to all sorts of people, fathers (seems most common), all sorts of professionals, and even a professor.. ~40 times per year in USA - not very common but that is hundreds of children since i was born.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (10768) 7 months ago

My point is that there's no excuse. The mothers I know would never forget they had a baby in the back seat. There's just no excuse for these women. They belong in prison.

[–] WandererFromYs (1774) 7 months ago

As a parent, there is no such thing as forgetting about your baby. Your life revolves around that baby for at least the first few years. Everything else is on hold.

[–] 102000 (6146) 7 months ago

Absolutely!