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This article originally appeared on macleans.ca with the headline “A hot day, a parked car – and tragic consequences.” 
In one week in early July 2013, two Canadian toddlers died after being left in hot cars, one in Alberta, one in Ontario. Cases like these happen with frightening?and increasing?regularity: multiple times every summer in Canada, and almost 40 times per year in the U.S. In Carrollton, Georgia, a more recent case involved twin sisters, Ariel and Alaynah North. The two 15-month-olds passed away tragically on August 2, 2016 after being left in a hot car for an unknown length of time. Their father, Asa North, was arrested and charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct for the cause of their deaths – their mother was in Atlanta at the time. Yet in almost every reported case, there is no intent to harm, just a simple, horrifying slip of memory, a hot day, a tragic mistake, a child left in a car. This week, Maclean?s speaks to Jodie Edwards, a college professor at a small, Ohio university. One hot, August day almost five years ago, Edwards forgot to drop her 11-month-old daughter Jenna at the babysitter?s on her way to work; she died from hyperthermia, after being exposed to the extreme heat. Q: Many of us imagine that parents who make these mistakes are scattered, and take safety lightly. Can you tell me a bit about your approach to parenting"
A: My husband and I had been marri...