Please pay attention

[u/LaFemmeCurieuse]

My neighbor was outside talking on her phone while watching her 2 year old grandson. He was running around in front of her. I got into my car, turned on my favorite podcast and put the car in reverse. I looked up and realized that I didn’t see him anymore. I checked my rearview camera, and he was standing behind my car. Fortunately, my foot was still on the brake.

I’m so grateful that I have that camera. He’s so little that he was completely hidden from my rearview mirror. His grandmother didn’t look in our direction until I got out of the car and called her. I try not to think about what could have happened if I’d been running late and rushing.

[u/billsdabills]

I one time came home after school to find a toddler in my house (I was a teenager, my parents weren’t home, and we did not have a toddler in the family). Turns out his grandmother who lived a mile away was watching him, and when she turned her back “for a second”, he had walked out the door. By the time I found him there was a full blown manhunt for this kid. Thankfully, a neighbor knocked on my door right then to enlist me to help in the search, and she rode with me to return the kid to his parents. A short police interview later all was well!