The simple safety habits experts recommend after a child’s death

The death of a Kentucky infant who was left in a vehicle for several hours has renewed attention to a question that safety experts have been asking for years: What steps can parents and caregivers take to prevent forgetting a child in a car? Experts say tragedies involving children left in vehicles are often linked to disruptions in routine, memory failures and momentary lapses in attention rather than intentional neglect, making prevention strategies especially important, kidsandcars.org reported.