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No matter what, if you have children, even if you think they’re home or at the babysitter, please CHECK your cars before heading indoors to ensure your children are not locked in. It’s far too hot to leave babies and toddlers in their car seats even for a few moments.
Maybe carry something like a rist band or put your watch on the wrong hand to remember.
Put your phone into the crib – so you don’t forget it and also not check the phone while driving. Statistically, I think there is more harm to the children from checking the phone than from abandoning kids.
That’s a genius way not to forget
Aaq: Who has a crib in their car?
Uncle – car seat, sorry it was a while from when I was buying cars by measuring how many car seats of different sizes I can fit in.
None – not my idea, someone else came up with it.Always_Ask_Questions,
“Put your phone into the crib – so you don’t forget it and also not check the phone while driving.”
This is such a good suggestion. For those without a smartphone that they check frequently, use something else that you’d immediately notice not having outside the vehicle, like your shoe.
Never think that this R”L only happens to neglectful parents. It can happen to anyone. We all have to rush sometimes, have routines that we auto-pilot into, and have a lot on our minds.
For those running a gan, preschool, or playgroup, if a child is absent unexpectedly and without prior notice from the parents, call the parents immediately to check on the absence.
> For those without a smartphone that they check frequently,
Put your sefer there. Or get into habit of talking to the kid and have them on your mind, so you’ll notice that he is not answering.
Another trend that I read about several years ago, but should still be on presumably: rise in number of child injuries, esp in the parks. As nothing is happening, parents or babysitters look at the phone and sometimes at the kids. Turns out something might happen when the caregiver is looking at the phone … This is clear halocha for a worker to pay 100% attention to his work, kal vehomer to your own kid. See also the story about Mittele Rebbe so engrossed in his phone, oops sefer, that did not hear little Tzemach Tzedek crying.
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