Some Don't Like it Hot

You know how they say history repeats itself. With today's high expected to hit 101º, it's summer here in Texas, and let me tell you, it's too darn hot out there! And when it comes to Texas parents leaving their children to broil in a hot car in the good ol' summertime, history is repeatin' like a mofo.

Though I blogged about this last July, apparently it still bears repeating: DON'T leave your child and/or pet in the fuckin' car, regardless of how "quick" you think you're going to be! How hard is that to remember, for Pete's sake? And yet, like clockwork, every single summer, I have to see stories like this on the local news. What is it going to take to make parents get this through their head? Do we have to resort to issuing prizes for good parenting now? Would the promise of a flat panel plasma TV be enough incentive for you to do your goddamn job? What's it going to take? What? WHAT? WHAT?!

As you already know, I'm no advocate of children and/or babies. However, that's no reason not to be outraged by the rampant (and continuous) stupidity of some of the so-called parents out there. Hey, take it from someone who goes into a room, then forgets what he went there for in the first place, I know I could never cut it as a parent. BUT, just because you're not a parent doesn't mean that excuses like "I was tired" and/or "preoccupied" are gonna fly when it comes to your child's safety. I honestly don't understand why people have children if they're not prepared to care for them properly. It all reminds me of that scene from Parenthood where Keanu Reeves character says: "...you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father." (or mother for that matter).