A Texas mother has been arrested after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when left the infant in a hot car in Corpus Christi.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18901880

A Texas mother was taken into custody Tuesday after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when she left the infant in a car outside a Corpus Christi school on one of the hottest days of the year.

The mother, 33-year-old Hilda Ann Adame, was jailed on charges of causing serious bodily injury to a child and child endangerment/abandonment with imminent bodily injury, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department incident report.

It was not clear how long the infant had been in the car before the baby was found unresponsive, according to the incident report.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    164·
    4 months ago

    Shit happens, even with loving parents. Do you know what it feels like to have four hours of sleep non-contiguous each day for three years? That’s some parents’ experience.

    Teaching your kids to survive regardless of your parenting doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent. It means you care about your kids enough to do everything possible to make sure they survive.

    • BambiDiego@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 months ago

      Sensibly, you’re right.

      In the real world, there’s no excuse, just explanations.

      A 2 year old just cannot be expected to handle a crisis of any sort. You can teach them to be careful, to be aware, to be expressive, to be communicative, but never to handle a real crisis.

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        31·
        4 months ago

        Just gotta do your best, and hopefully you’ve done enough to ensure they survive to adulthood.