Tragic. Mother was probably drunk, high, or both.
How do you figure that?
Don’t be so quick. This has happened to people who are simply frazzled from rushing around and ill equipped to deal with life sometimes.
What if she had been up until 4 AM, unable to sleep because she had worked double shifts, worrying about paying her bills and her sick father, unable to sleep.
What if the kid was sound asleep the entire time, didn’t make a noise, and she was on her final warning at work for being late because of her sick kid, whatever...
I just cannot believe that person in the article said she thought it was deliberate...just hideous. Until you know the circumstances (that the article doesn’t provide) you should refrain from being judgmental.
Doesn’t make her smart or a good parent, but doesn’t make her a evil murderer either.
Tragic, yes.
It's more likely that the mother was late for work, stressed and distracted, and became a victim of the law that makes parents place their kids in the back seat facing the rear of the car. Out of sight, out of mind.