“粗心爹媽將孩子忘在車內”的新聞頻繁見諸報端，這種看似不可能的事情為什么頻頻發生呢？更多時候，大腦的一次“短路”，就可能導致永遠不可挽回的悲劇。

It is completely beyond comprehension. Yet it is happening more and more often — a tragic consequence of our frenetic lifestyles and increasingly cluttered minds. In fact, the phenomenon of leaving your child in the car has even been given a name: Forgotten baby syndrome.
這完全難以理解，但卻越來越頻繁地發生，也是我們狂熱生活方式和日益雜亂的心緒的悲劇結果。事實上，把孩子忘在車里這種情況已經有了個專門的說法：忘記孩子綜合征。

‘Forgotten baby syndrome’ is a term referring to a psychological state where parents forget their young kids or toddlers inside their vehicles and walk away.
家長把小寶寶忘在車里，直接走掉，這時的心理狀態就稱為忘記孩子綜合征。

In general cases it is unintentional behaviour of parents with busy life schedules where they forget to either take their kids out of the vehicle or forget to drop them off.
一般來說，這都是家長的無心之失。他們的日程安排很緊張，忘了把孩子從車里抱出來或送下車。

The results of ‘Forgotten baby ayndrome’ are quite unfortunate where the child is either severely injured or dies due to entrapment in the car.
忘記孩子綜合征會導致非常不幸的結果，孩子會因為被困在車里而嚴重受傷甚至死亡。

The majority of known cases of Forgotten baby syndrome have happened in the US, where there have been more than 600 resulting fatalities since 1990.
大多數已知的忘記孩子綜合征案例發生在美國，自1990年以來，美國已有600多名兒童因此死亡。

（中國日報網英語點津 yaning）