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Did You Ever Forget Your Child in a Hot Car?

As temperatures climb, the danger presented by an overheated car increases.

Parents  sometimes forget their young children in a car, or underestimate the amount of time they'll be gone from their car, with sometimes deadly consequences.

Lisa Belkin, writing on the Huffington Post, raises the question regularly, asking "What Kind of Parent Forgets a Child in a Broiling Car?"

Have you ever left your child, accidentally or deliberately, in a car? What about a dog?

Please tell us in the comments.





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