“Hello, my boyfriend’s brother and brother’s fiancé have our nephew forward-facing at 8 months as well as wearing thick bodysuits, which doesn’t follow safety guidelines as well.”
You may not want to hear this, but Halloween is just about two months away. Where did the time go? What even is time in the age of Coronavirus and social distancing? We digress… As alarming as that may sound, here’s some good news: Though you likely won’t be able to take your family to something like a haunted house (due to the aforementioned pandemic) this year, Netflix is making sure you can still get your seasonal thrills by recreating Stranger Things set that you can actually drive through (If you live in Los Angeles, anyway.)
A mom writes in asking for advice about buying a new car. This mom is soon to become a mom-of-three, all under 4-years-old. She is in the market now for a new vehicle and is torn between an SUV (sport utility vehicle) and a minivan. While she doesn’t love the look and reputation of a minivan, she understands many families get one for practical reasons that may be appealing to her. She asks the community to share their thoughts on the difference between an SUV and a minivan to help her make her decision.
A mom writes in asking for advice about her 5-month-old son. She says he has recently started screaming every time she tries to put him in the car. She wonders if it is perhaps due to the stay-at-home order currently in place in her state, which has kept them pretty much housebound, making this car thing relatively new to her son. Regardless, she is looking for advice about how to get the screaming to stop.
The mothers of two teens who died in a car crash last summer in Florida allege that authorities misidentified their daughters’ bodies — leading one of the girls to have her organs incorrectly removed for donation.
The front window of a strip mall daycare center was smashed through with a car just last week in Pennslyvania, with four toddlers injured according to authorities.
What Age Should My Child Be Forward-Facing in Her Car Seat?
Mariah Butler plead guilty to child neglect after she left her boyfriend’s son, Logan Starling, in her car and he died. Logan was four when he passed away.
Jacob Luttrull, 33, was driving a Ford Expolorer with his three young boys when high water levels swept them off the low bridge they were attempting to cross while on their way to visit their grandmother. Luttrull and his two-year-old son survived the accident. His five and eight-year-old boys, Kayden and Brantley, did not.
Rowan Ace Frensley was struck by a trailer being towed by the F-150 pick-up truck while attending at an event in a parking lot at Mt. Juliet Middle School, according to a news release from the Mt. Juliet Police Department.
In a heartbreaking yet brave story, twin sisters climbed up an embankment off a Washington highway after the vehicle they were in crashed and killed their father.
According to reports, the father left his daughter in a hot car before going into a local hotel in late July. A liquor store employee walking by the car noticed the girl. When she was found, she was “sweaty, with matted hair.” No food or water was found in the vehicle.
In a heroic effort to save her child, a mother pushed her baby stroller out of the way before an SUV hit and killed her on a busy road in College Park, GA.
Alec, 14, wanted “race cars and sports cars to take him to his final resting place,” and 2,000 people got together to give him just that.
“Harley was a good, kind, helpful and lovely boy. We would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and concern.”
National treasure and world’s most relatable mom, Jennifer Garner, lost her car in a parking lot and documented the experience on video.
A family lost their 21-month-old daughter after a driver hit her while she was playing in her driveway and then took off.
Wilfrid Jean-Louis of Naples, FL was pulled over for speeding, but he had a very good reason for going above the speed limit – his wife was in labor!
A mother in North Carolina has been indicted after allegedly trading her 2-year-old child for a used car.
Raelynn and Payton Keyes, three-year-old twin girls, were found dead last week inside a car parked in the backyard of a house in Hinesville, Georgia.
A grandpa in Lakeland, Florida wants to put a stop to hot car deaths. His solution? An invention he calls the “Stop, Look, and Listen: Child Check” bracelet.
“She leaves them in the car to pay for gas or do something quick, but it scares me.”
Two-year-old Zariah Hasheme died tragically after a nanny left her in a hot car. Her parents had her after a devastating six miscarriages.
This marks the 40th death of a child in a hot car this year.
When a parent forgets a child in a car, prospective memory has failed and habit memory takes over.
