I’m seriously contemplating going to Jasper’s church tomorrow just to heckle him.

One would think so. In fact, I have no reason to believe that parents aren’t taking more care to ensure it doesn’t happen to them. Articles like this are exactly that - more care. Admonishing “tricks” like these is literally telling parents not to take more care, “because I didn’t need to.”

Once I would have joined the people who chorus “It could never happen to me because I care about my kid!” And then I came across this article in the Washington Post, the same one cited by Michelle (but which I’ll lay odds most people here will never read):

If you have a brain which works in the normal way, you are absolutely vulnerable to this sort of mistake. Being aware of this, rather in denial, is a great way to avoid it happening to you.

Sure do love all the perfect parents in this comment section who have never, ever fucked up, not even once. Not even when they are tired, or stressed, or sick, or overworked or running on fumes.

Congrats to all of the perfect parents in the comments.  Every parent who has had this happen didn’t think they needed a reminder, either.

To Everyone who thinks this can never happen to them:

For me it was that article Michelle linked to. I read it when it came out and it was powerful. None of the parents in that story thought it could happen to them and many were these uber-organized types that never forget anything. Do I really think it could happen to me? Not in a million years. But reading about the…

I was not asserting that I am the best parent in the world. I am saying that this could happen to ANYONE, and it can. 

3-pedaled lives matter?

Yeah when I wear sandals I take the right one off for throttle and brake action but always keep the left on for the clutch. Why not just take the baby’s shoe and put it on your lap? That little poop factory doesn’t need it, I mean he never even offers to drive!

For me, it is my briefcase. I always put it in the backseat, even if the kids aren’t going with me, to make sure I am in the habit. I won’t forget my computer (in my briefcase) and have to get the bag every time.

Ew. That sounds like a “Oh how nice for you!” comment. Like you said, I’m sure it is well meaning but man does it sound condescending. 

Unfortunately the Supreme Court has ruled that cops can be too stupid to understand the law and still be in the right, and police departments can legally prevent smart people from becoming cops in the first place.

I see a lawyer making the comparison of a cop barging in because he saw me baking with flour on my snapstory — it’s nonsensical. Especially when it looks nothing like drugs, and isn’t described as such on the post. I hope to god no judge allows that kind of idiocy to stand if it went to court.

Cops waste time on Facebook at work too, it turns out!

Hen o’ the woods! Talk dirty to me some more, baby!

Yeah apparently cops trolling Facebook for mushroom pictures is normal and common and no one told us. Pity, I’ve got some very succulent hen o’ the woods that probably would get me thrown in jail for indecency.

So, aren’t we going to talk about the fact that this guy either has someone on his facebook eagerly looking for any excuse to call the cops on him, or the cop in question was monitoring some random dude’s facebook ?

I’m honestly curious how a judge would have ruled on probable cause. On the one hand they look nothing like drugs. On the other, apparently the officer was dumb enough to think they were drugs.