that you are thinking of how long it will take a child to die and what the effects of that will be? we have to sit heres as a country and think about what we are going to do to protect our children and hold people responsible. care takers. parents who leave their children unattended in vehicles. in nassau county, senator martens proposed legislation on this topic that children under 8 should not be left in vehicles unattended without a parent or guardian or somebody over the anyone age of 12 the in severe heat or cold. this is what happens. it s devastating. not only philip leaving his child. leaving him all day saying he forgot the child was in the car and he forgot he didn t drop the child at day care. is that going to be something he s got to convince the prosecutors and possibly a jury?