Death by Distraction
April 12, 2011
HERE IS another one of those cases of fatal distraction, similar to ones discussed here before. A Puerto Rican doctor was on her way to work when she forgot that her baby was in the car. She returned to her parked vehicle hours later to discover the baby dead.
This mother is to be pitied. She must pay the ultimate penalty for accepting an artificial way of life that is approved of and celebrated everywhere.
— Comments —
A. writes:
We see that all the time in Arizona where it is so hot in cars even when it does not seem hot outdoors.
I think it is a failure of bonding that occurs when new mothers go back to work too soon, or when they have nannies who take over too much of the child care. In my day, we always knew where the kids were.
It is also caused or exacerbated by the distractions of modern life in America.
Maybe this civilization needs to collapse.
Laura writes:
We talked about this issue here and here before.
Brittany writes:
I don’t think the problem is working parents because these cases did not become a problem until the 1990s. If working mothers was the issue these accidents should have been more common before the 1990s. All I can say is that sticky notes on the steering wheel can save a lot of grief.
Clark Coleman writes:
