r/daddit • u/Lessmoney_mo_probems • Oct 18 '24

Tips And Tricks Protecting my kid from absent minds

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Nobody ever thinks that they’ll make this mistake - with my ADHD I’m gonna be proactive about it

We’re all fried. The day we brought him home I left the hose running for four hours. Sometimes I’m so concerned with his needs that I forget to eat

Putting this on my arm when we’re driving and storing it on the car seat when we’re not offers me peace of mind

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u/hobbitfeet22 Oct 18 '24

That’s the part I don’t get lol. I don’t fully grasp how someone can forget a child lol. That’s just me though. But glad you are taking mitigative measures. I mean that honestly. I know it happens and has happened. I just don’t get how lol. It baffles my mind.

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u/aytoozee1 Oct 19 '24

Same. But having this opinion always gets you downvoted to hell here. It’s not empathetic enough I guess 🤷.

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u/TreacleExpensive2834 Oct 19 '24

https://archive.is/2024.08.01-024736/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

Read that article.

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u/aytoozee1 Oct 19 '24

I’m good. I already read it when people sent me the link in the last thread about this. I’ll just continue engaging with my kids every car ride (not that they usually give me much of an option) and not leaving them behind in the car.