Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east | Extreme heat
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/europe-heatwave-shift-east-child-deaths-france-cities-heat-stress
Posted by TheGrimSpecter
Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east | Extreme heat
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/europe-heatwave-shift-east-child-deaths-france-cities-heat-stress
Posted by TheGrimSpecter
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Is there more resilience now or was this heatwave not as bad as 2003 because nearly 15k people died in France that year from heat related stress? It seems like this years heat is worse.
I finally made the decision to buy a warning system that goes off if I leave my child in the car.
As someone not from France, have people on France not started installing air conditioning? France, and much of Europe, has been having severe heat waves for the past few years. Has the government not taken any preventative measures?
Edit: I’m asking about generally due to the number of heat related deaths reported in France so far, not specifically about kids in cars.
>On Friday, a hospital in Marseille said an 18-month-old child had died in emergency care earlier in the week after he was found in a car in a state of hyperthermia. A police source told the newspaper Le Figaro it was believed that the father, who works in the area, may have forgotten his son in the car when he was supposed to drop him off at daycare.
If I gave my true, unfiltered opinion on parents like this, I’d be nuked from this website. So I’ll just leave it at this: any parent who forgets (or god forbid deliberately leaves) their child in their car in this heat should be banned from raising or in any way taking care of children for life.
How could you forget your child in a car? Serious question
Run an ac? Drink water?
Just for your information: Ways to prevent forgetting a child inside a care are (aside from warning systems):
– You put something you need for work (or whatever else is planned) on the back seat near the child. Since a car heats up very quickly, it should be something you’d notice is missing immediately.
– Place something like a noticeable stuffed animal on the child’s car seat. When you put the child in the car seat, take the stuffed animal with you and place it somewhere where you can see it clearly while driving or getting out of the car (for example, on a bag you’ll need.)
It is very unfortunate and sad the child passed but it has nothing to do with a heat wave. A child will die if you leave them in a car in 80 degree weather in less than half an hour.
It shouldn’t be that hard to not leave your child in a car!
Cannot wrap my head around people needing alarms to know if they leave their child in the car…trying to understand.