Simple safety habits experts recommend after a child is left in a car
A Kentucky infant’s death has renewed focus on steps parents and caregivers can take to avoid forgetting a child in a vehicle.
The death of a Kentucky infant who was left in a vehicle for several hours has renewed attention to a question that safety experts have been asking for years: What steps can parents and caregivers take to prevent forgetting a child in a car? Experts say tragedies involving children left in vehicles are often linked to disruptions in routine, memory failures and momentary lapses in attention rather than intentional neglect, making prevention strategies especially important, kidsandcars.org reported.