I've read it several times since it was first published. You didn't read my post very well, however.
You asked why people feel sympathy for the parents and stated that we didn't show enough sympathy for the children.
And people, myself included, pointed out that the article points out HOW someone can not realize. And then everyone, in all the threads, pointed out how horrible it is for the child.
I am honestly shocked people can not relate to this. I have never felt so overwhelmed with shit going on in my head until I had kids. I am very distracted.
The overwhelming sentiment in the thread about the article a couple of weeks ago was "the poor parents!" And hardly anything to the effect of "the poor children!"
Personally, for me, the article makes me feel more disgusted towards the parents due to the descriptions of exactly what the children endure.
Yes, the article "explains" how it can happen. But, I have never once in my life been unaware of the occupants of any car I've been in, whether as passenger or a driver. I think people go too easy on these parents.
You are welcome to disagree, but I found the thread a couple of weeks ago to be very jarring and disconcerting.
I can't even think of hat to say about the babies that die. A little little girl dies sweltering alone in a car and is in such agony for such a long time that she pulls out all of her hair before she dies? I can't come up with words that come close to expressing my feelings about that, so there is nothing to say.
I've read that article and all it did was make me feel more anger towards those parents for causing their poor children to suffer and die in such a horrific and painful way. I don't understand it either, Alyssa.
I also don't understand, when I read the comments on here about the article a couple of weeks ago, why so much sympathy was expressed for the parents who did that to their children, and so little for the children themselves. It made my skin crawl.
A woman I work with lost her son because her husband accidentally left him in the car. Normally she did daycare drop off but on that day her h (who worked nights) needed the car so he took her to work and was supposed to drop off the baby after. The baby fell asleep, her h drove home and went to bed. He remembered a few hours later that his son was in the car and it was too late. I'll never ever forget the scream she let out when she got the call. It was a total accident but I know neither will ever forgive themselves for what happened, I think they will punish themselves enough that they don't need other people to judge them on a horrific mistake that they are too "perfect" to make.