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Originally Posted by Antithesis
KTrain, I don't know if I'm explaining myself right and I'm probably making myself look like a complete fool in this thread, but I'll dust myself off and try again ...
I don't think your examples are the best and I suppose that's partly caused by me not fully explaining myself - in our specific case there's a baby gate to keep our son from going downstairs as it's under construction - we have cats and need the door open - but that's beside the point.
The father in the article you posted did not provide his child with something needed for survival (being out of the car when it was remarkably hot outside) ... there is absolutely nothing forgivable about that to me and it marks complete failure as a parent. Perhaps the label "terrible person" isn't the right one but I do think the point remains ... there is a huge difference between forgetting a child at a day care and leaving them in a roasting hot car.
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I agree with what you're saying. The daycare and other examples were to show that parents can forget or not be 100% aware of their kids at all times.
The death of a child under those circumstances does warrant the phrase "complete failure as a parent" but that doesn't mean, at least to me, that the individual is a terrible person. That's all I'm saying. Too often we're quick to condemn people in these situations without fully understanding the story. Then again, that happens in most "news" stories.