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You raise some interesting points TS.

This part:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It is highly Unlikely to happen to a parent who spends most of their time with a child in tow. The phenomenon actually occurs the other way in that case - when the parent DOESNT have the child with them as usual (a rare occasion left with a grandparent maybe, or their first few months of preschool) then if "auto mode" triggers, they might have a momentary panic response when the child isn't there, before remembering that they're somewhere else.

This happened to me several times. I quit work to be a stay-at-home mum and there are almost 4 years between my children.. so by the time my youngest was at nursery and I had time to pop into town for something, I would turn to take his hand, and get that panicky feeling something was missing... since for 7 years I'd always had a child with me. I rarely left them with anyone, because I didn't need to.... so yeah, I understand that completely.


Also.. the guy with the car alarm going off... he was in the article from the link. God knows what goes through his mine now..