Welcome aboard, Janette. Glad to have you with us!

Janette, thank you for joining and Mike, thank you for asking her.

I read the entire article "Fatal Distraction" and am blown away. Not only is it incredibly moving, but it enlightened me enough to do a 180 in my view about parents who leave their children in cars. It truly can happen to anyone!

Please see the visual reminders parents can use to remember the child is in the back ono the kidsandcars.org Web site and having your day care provider call if a child does not arrive is an excellent idea.

I invite InjuryBoard members to read the article and send it to people you know with small children. What an incredible report for the emotion and understanding it shares with the reader! Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Best-
Jane Akre

Very happy to have you join us Janette. This is a critically important issue. As a parent, I can attest to how easy it is to become distracted, not to mention miss a small child standing behind your car in a driveway. Just last week in Tampa a two year old child was run over in a local driveway.

Thanks for sharing your expertise and passion with the IB community. We hope to return the favor for kidsandcars.org.

Welcome Janette,

It is a real honor to have you as a contributor to InjuryBoard.com. As the father of a two month old, it horrifies me to think that 42 children lost their lives this way last year. However, I can see how new parents experiencing sleepless nights with a newborn child, along with the ever-present challenges of work and home, could find themselves overwhelmed and absent minded. This remains an important safety issue that we cannot be reminded of too often.