Since nineteen ninety-nine, the number of children who died from heat stroke in the car ranges from twenty-nine to forty-nine deaths each year (Barbalich). In “You’d Never Forget Your Child In The Car, Right,” Andrea Barbalich discusses two stories of children tragically left in the car during the scorching summer heat. Sadly, these two children died from heat stroke and one other child luckily lived after being left inside the car for a short amount of time. Dr. Diamond, a neuroscientist in psychology, discussed how children are left inside the car by basal ganglia taking over your everyday activities such as driving to work every day (Barbalich). Since I am a parent of an eight month old, this article is extremely important to me. Leaving your child in the car is a devastating occurrence and should never ensue to anyone. Barbalich makes choices consciously when writing this includes the audience, purpose, Genre, and writer’s sources. First, the conscious choice Barbalich made is the audience of the article. “For mothers and fathers who have unintentionally left their child in the car, the aftermath couldn’t be much worse…” (Barbalich). Furthermore, the audience of “You’d Never…show more content… The story Barbalich uses is from families who have lost a child from heatstroke. Also, Kate Carr’s, the CEO for safe kid’s worldwide, information was used throughout the article. A neuroscientist in psychology department at The University of South Florida, Dr. Diamond received details from hot-car deaths and spent time with many parents who have lost their children. “There are the basal ganglia— the “the background system” that controls our habits. “it allows us to do things without thinking about them,”Dr. Diamond says” (Barbalich). This proves the writer’s sources are very credible and they are not biased because they are all from credible sources and from several different
