Ill's about right, yes. Granted, I don't have thirteen children, but I still can't imagine losing track of any one child for seven hours. Especially not the youngest of the lot - toddlers are always underfoot. That's how it's supposed to be.
That poor, poor little girl. As the baby of 13 kids, she was probably often forgotten and ignored. I wouldn't be surprised if they bring yet another child into this world and neglect it as well. They probably think it's God's will.
nice counterexample to the whole anti-birth-control crowd. Which is better, someone never having been born or being baked to death in a locked van at 19 months?
The sad part is, you are probably right on both counts. Now, both my parents come from large families, so I'm not saying large families instantly equal neglect - but, you know, this wasn't the first time the father had been neglectful. Why did they have thirteen kids? He obviously wasn't able to care for them all. The word the article uses is "chaotic." I wonder what a multitude of sins that word hides. And... no matter whether you have thirteen kids or thirty... how do you not know where your baby is for seven hours?!? I swear, this article has set off every abandonment issue I have ever had. :P
Unfortunately something similar happened here last year, a couple went shopping and each had thought the other had brought the baby in with the groceries and put the child down for a nap, it was only when the Mum commented that the child was sleeping late they realised what had happened, but by then it was far too late, the baby had died, the police didn't press charges, saying it was a tragic accident, and that the parents were being punished enough.
That is a tragic accident. :/ I don't think it's quite the same thing as giving orders to your older ones to take care of the little ones and then going happily about your day, including going out for pizza - and never bothering to check that your children are really all okay. He was the last person to drive the vehicle. I'm somehow unconvinced that he couldn't have looked around him long enough to notice his daughter dying of heat in her carseat.
That is soooo sad and awful. Sounds like the family is scattered brained and there is so much going on and so many kids, but I still cannot see how you could forget your youngest child in a car for God's sake. I have an 18 m/o and just cannot imagine "forgetting" her in the car....sheesh.
I dunno. I have once gotten myself and Logan dressed, set him down for a moment to finish a last-minute chore, and then walked out the front door without him. He was all of two months old at the time. I made it all the way down the driveway (a three-minute trip) before I realised what I was doing. I cannot imagine not noticing his absence for *seven hours,* though.
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Date: 2002-05-31 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2002-05-31 04:33 pm (UTC)So so so sad.
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Date: 2002-05-31 06:24 pm (UTC)grrrrrr
*frustrated*
nice counterexample to the whole anti-birth-control crowd. Which is better, someone never having been born or being baked to death in a locked van at 19 months?
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Date: 2002-05-31 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2002-06-01 08:11 am (UTC)*shudders*
I want to go over there and take all their children under six, and keep them safe....
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Date: 2002-06-01 04:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-01 08:14 am (UTC)I would call that a tragic accident.
I'd also shake the parents severely for not checking on the kid's sleep, but....
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Date: 2002-06-02 06:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-04 10:15 pm (UTC)"This is a time of loss."
I'd say so, buddy.