Rundown by MOM?

mid-afternoon on Friday, the 5th of September 2008 by Tina

The mother says she thought he was in the back seat.. I have a problem with that statement..

At age 8.. they are often in booster seats.. didn’t she verify he was properly belted?
Backing out of drive.. did she not turn her head to check if the area was clear? And in checking.. wouldn’t she notice her kid was NOT in the back seat?

PLUS.. the article notes THREE other cases of parents run over by their parents.. Oh my Gosh!

Children in Oakland, San Jose and Pittsburg have been run over and killed by their parents this year.

FOXNews.com

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6 Responses to “Rundown by MOM?”

Katie Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pm +0
I am always scared that I will back over a child. I can’t see kids standing behind my car. It doesn’t help that I drive a mini van and live on a hill. Heck, I could probably stand behind my vehicle and not be seen.

I have a ritual. I open the garage door. I walk behind my car, and scan the entire yard and down the sidewalks. Then I hop into my car, and start backing up. With my fingers crossed that no kid suddenly jumped behind my car.
Tina Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 10:25 pm +0
Your method is great.. another thing to help you feel more secure.. get those mini magnifying mirrors, they just stick onto your side view mirror.. chad got them for his truck.. and large vehicles are hard to see around, and you are taking awesome precautions.. but this would give you more confidence.

Now the case i mentioned.. again this woman thought the kid was in the car.. wouldn;t you realize when you looked behind you if you saw your kid in the back seat? Really that article make me wonder.
Katie Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am +0
Yes, not quite sure how she missed an 8 year old not being in the car. I’m so paranoid, I do a visual check on the girls before I leave. More for a seat belt check, but I’d notice if they weren’t there.

Actually, I’m most worried about neighbor’s kids. (since I check my kids before I leave). There are some small neighbor kids around, and I’m always scared that they will see the open garage door, and run up to play with my girls. That is why I do the entire yard scan and the sidewalk scan…
Tina Says:
September 7th, 2008 at 9:46 am +0
I am very glad you do check so thoroughly and everyone should!

And yes even if your own kids are in the car, checking for the neighborhood kids is a good thing.

I do think the parents should have their kids under better control as well as knowing and understanding dangers.. but sadly some people are only birthgivers andnot parents,

i am just still bugged that this woman ran over her OWN KID, the same kid she THOUGHT was in the back seat.. so obviously she NEVER looked around/behind her.. else she would have seen her child was not in the back seat.. and would not have run over that kid.. i feel for that kid.. if he/she survives childhood.. yikes!
Katie Says:
September 7th, 2008 at 10:58 am +0
This is the story that I keep thinking of

http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20080522/steven-curtis-chapman-double-tragedy-daughter-killed-by-singers-son/

I’ve seen the parents interviewed. They loved their daughter. They love their son. Their son has to live with this for the rest of his life. From what I recall, it was an example of the “bye-bye” syndrome. The teenaged son was leaving, his 5 year old sister ran out of the house, unexpectedly, to give him another goodbye.
Tina Says:
September 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm +0
Steven Curtis story.. i went to that, and every hyperlink takesyou to something completely unrelated.. “singer” takes you to homes to rent, etc.. odd.. and they said “The son killed her sister by accident” the SON killer HER sister.. so is the son a girl too? bad reporting on that item.. yikes.. but the story does appear to be true by other accounts I found.. and yes gotta wonder how messed up the brother will be for his HUGE mistake.

I have heard this “bye-bye syndrom” before I one that just bugs me.. if this is a big enough problem of kids for demented reason standing BEHIND a car to say goodbye, I question the IQ of the parents.. and logical parent would educate their kids.. and any intelligent kid would have a clue NOT to stand behind a car.. that just bothers me, it is an excuse for ignorance to give it a “name”.

the story I was referring to states this “Police said the mother believed her child was in the car’s back seat when the child was actually behind the vehicle.”.. the Mother BELEIVED her child was IN THE CAR.. this is what gets me on that article.. YET she BACKED OVER her kid.. the SAME kid who she THOUGHT WAS IN THE CAR? How dense? This is as bad as the stories that the mother/caretaker places a child on the roof and forgets.. or the any number of people who cook their kids in their cars because they left them in 100+ temps in a closed up car in an oven of a parkinglot for hours..

Some folks should not have kids! Some people have NO Clue!

The story you thought of, i do still wonder about.. i found info on the childs death but the actual incident is not discussed, she was adopted.. so wonder if the older brother had an issue with her.. there are so many other things that couldbe involved in that story that are not being discuss.. who knows.