Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 15, 2024

Remember, toddlers, it’s important to speak up when you’re in a car and it stops!

Jokes aside, babies being with a parent whose routine doesn’t involve getting them out of the back seat is how they get forgotten about. If you are driving around a small child and don’t have a stone-set routine to check the back seat, put something you will be looking for in the back of the car. Babies can fall asleep and stay quiet. Routine is a very strong ruler.

Obviously, Val didn’t say NO! to Joan… again. And again. And again.

Put your PHONE which seem to be more important than kids in the back seat. Shouldn’t be on the phone and driving anyway.

Oops!

Val should have told Joan it was her problem. Joan’s failure to plan shouldn’t constitute an emergency for Val.

This is a rerun. NOW they tell you to put something important, like your phone, in the back seat so you don’t forget your kids!

I always check to make sure I have my keys when I pass a threshold.