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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
That's not the point. This child is dead and his father must now live with it. I don't care if he was negligent. Who the hell has not been negligent at one point or another in their lives? Have I had a complete handle on my own kids every second of their lives? No, I haven't and I am sure there have been instances with all three of my kids that could have gone tragically wrong, but they didn't.
I've no reason to believe he supposed that this would happen. I feel for him and the man in the car. To assign blame, to me, seems callous and disrespectful.
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I simply disagree with you.
To me letting his kid wander off, knowingly or not knowingly, was wrong and his actions or inactions put his child at serious risk. This time that risk lead to tragedy. As a parent you're responsible for your child, esp a toddler. If he'd have placed the child in a bath, gone off to answer the phone and the child died I blame him then too.
My guess is both the parent and the driver will carry this for the rest of their lives. That doesn't mean there's a no fault here.