Heat wave and kids: Take precautions not to leave your kids in a hot car. Here, 5-year-old Arbi Costas, from London, plays with his father in an inflatable car near Brighton Pier during the hot, sunny weather in Brighton, southern England, July 7. (Luke MacGregor )
11:44 am ET -Heat waves, like the current scorcher, are reminders for parents: Stories of kids forgotten in hot cars are rare, but parents would still do well to take precautions to remind themselves of that quiet, sleeping baby in the backward-facing car seat.
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