I'm not crazy...
and I was not the only one who thought that back-seat sensors for children left in cars was a good idea.
This article is heart-wrenching, but it's not just a sucker-punch to make you cry. It's marvellously well-written, and about something I think more people should be aware of.
Fatal Distraction
I've written about this before, so I feel it's worth saying: despite my ranting, I genuinely do try to be a loving, tolerant, person. But people who get on their high horse about this and tell me that the parents are just bad people who deserve what they get - well, those people make me want to punch them in the nose. It's a system fault. That system is the human brain, and the human brain IS NOT PERFECT. Sometimes it makes errors. Sometimes it makes catastrophic errors. I would love to see more people realize this, and stop blaming the parents long enough to look for a solution instead.
This article is heart-wrenching, but it's not just a sucker-punch to make you cry. It's marvellously well-written, and about something I think more people should be aware of.
Fatal Distraction
I've written about this before, so I feel it's worth saying: despite my ranting, I genuinely do try to be a loving, tolerant, person. But people who get on their high horse about this and tell me that the parents are just bad people who deserve what they get - well, those people make me want to punch them in the nose. It's a system fault. That system is the human brain, and the human brain IS NOT PERFECT. Sometimes it makes errors. Sometimes it makes catastrophic errors. I would love to see more people realize this, and stop blaming the parents long enough to look for a solution instead.