This happened locally, if your a parent ... learn from it (page 2)

AudeSapere

Free2beme -

Thanks for the reminder. I live next door to a 3-year-old and two small, active dogs. The dogs love me and always run towards me and/or my car. It makes me so nervous when I cannot see them.

A JW friend of mine ran over a child in her apartment complex back in the 80's. (I've since lost contact of the friend so don't know the outcome of the case.) It messed her up even though the child survived.

Frightening, indeed. Thank you for the sobering reminder to account for children (and pets).

My heart goes out to the family.

-Aude.

smellsgood

Poor guy! He has got to be beyond heartbroken right now.
You know, something that makes me terribly angry is the carelessness of mostly I would say teenage drivers through PARKING LOTS where there are many little children who could escape from more long enough for an accident to occur. The retards who whiz through like its talledaga just make me want to stuff a sock in the dual jackedup mufflers.
It's just a tragedy waiting to happen. Not only this, but their common discourtesy to park in the closest parking spots when there are women with children and old people who need them more. Hmmph.
SirNose, my Uncle and Aunt have 12 children. It's just expected now that we'll get a card in the mail every year or two to tell us she's pregnant. And she delivers them at home with a mid-wife!! The oldest one (6 mos. older than me) just got married. I would be surprised if she wanted more than one child growing up taking care of smaller ones all her life.

smellsgood

JWdaughter

Oh, I feel so bad for that family and his community.What a tragedy!

My husband insists that we own a big 4 wheel drive for him to go camping in(1-2x a year!) I hate it. I have to do all my errands in it and can't see over the hood worth anything, definitely can't see behind me. I won't even park unless I can pull forward-so sometimes I WON'T go shopping when I need to because backing that thing up in a parking lot with people around, specially kids, scares the xxxx out of me.

I think it is stupid to own vehicles like that to run local errands in when you live in suburbs. Can't afford to drive it anywhere. I hate trucks, can you tell? Sorry, this hit a nerve!

Drive carefully!!!

JWdaughter

Having as many children as you can 1) afford to take good care of, and 2)WANT is everyone's right, whether they don't want any or they want 15. We can personally question the wisdom of the decision at either end of that spectrum, but not the right. IMO :)

smellsgood

: I think it is stupid to own vehicles like that to run local errands in when you live in suburbs.

I couldn't agree more.

agapa37

anew me you could have said that comment without that bad word.....(damn)

fullofdoubtnow

What an awful tragedy. I am glad that the family are being well supported.

sass_my_frass

:(

My cousin killed her son the same way, it's a very common accident. Big cars aren't safe.

Undecided

My dad killed a little boy when he ran out between two cars. My wife's dad killed his little son with a truck, he would run out to meet him and ride on the running board on the side of the truck into the driveway. He slipped and fell off under the rear wheel before his dad could stop. Later, another of his sons was killed in this same truck. He never got over this, became a drunk the rest of his life.

Ken P.

free2beme

Just a comment to the person who asked why I published this online. I did not publish it online, I copied it from an online article in our local newspaper and just pasted it here. It was published online by the mail tribune newspaper. I also do not think I was trying to shame anyone in anyway. I was simple making note to look our for children and found this to be a very sad reminder of what can happen. I own a large truck I use for towing and a small for driving around. I am so much aware of how bad things can happen in either, but in large trucks there are serious blind spots with the height involved.

This happened locally, if your a parent ... learn from it

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