As a member of her family, it is truly sad to see how this has affected so many lives. Not the least of which is the baby who lost her life. If you have any empathy, now is the time to feel it. She knows who will judge her, I am certain.

This was on today, Friday, Sept. 26th??

This is scheduled to be aired October 1st. I attended this taping. Very emotional!

As someone who student taught at the same school as this mom, when she was employed there, I know for myself that this was a tragic accident. It pains me to see all of the comments & posts made on local message boards about how horrible this woman is, and other things I don't wish to repeat. No... who are they to judge? Were they there? Do they know her?

I will watch on Wednesday. I've wanted to reach out to her. Hopefully the rest of America won't be as judgemental as some of the members of our community. (Unfortunately, a similar incident occured days within the anniversary of last year's tragedy. Unfortunately, these things happen from time to time.)

I have not seen this show and I am not sure if I can bring myself to watch it Wednesday. My heart aches for this woman. I saw the preview for the show and immediately began sobbing at the thought of what she went through. I know how many times I have double checked mentally myself to be sure that I have dropped both of my children (3 and 13 mos.) off at daycare and not inadvertently forgotten them. While it seems unimaginable, this tragedy makes us all realize that it is a reality.

I am not a relgious person by any means, and I pray for peace and healing for this mother because I cannot conceive of the emotions she must be enduring.

It's distressing to listen to mothers today so quick to judge and condemn. As a mother of four children I give thanks every time I hear a sitution like this - because fifty plus years ago, I could have been charged with similar crime. Taking our three year son to watch the big parade we innocently, thinking it was best thing, left the year old asleep in the car. Only on our return, seeing the red face was I first aware of the potential danger of leaving a child asleep or not in a car. It happens so easily, so quickly, to even the most devoted parents. Again, more than forty years ago, on a trip to Disneyland with our four children, the youngest being under three, we left the motel in Las Vegas, pulled into near gas station to fill up, water, etc. for the rest of the trip to Los Angeles. It was the service station attendent who alerted these inexperienced parents from Canada that there was potential problem in the back seat. Thankfully, he educated us to the perils of overheating - our two year old, in the car just minutes, was showing a white line around her mouth - the first sign we learned of heat prostration. Today, we would probably be arrested and maybe jailed. It's time for COMMON SENSE, SOME UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION, and not rushing to judgement.

I don't know this woman personally and her story is very heartwrenching. As I stated, I attended the taping and I am curious to see how and what is actually aired. Oprah mentioned that she wondered why women were so critical of each other? I really thought a lot about this poor woman and her situation. Honestly, we live in a judgemental society and I am not in agreement with it but it's easy to hear this story and say "How could........?" My thought is that being a parent is a very personal thing that most of us take very seriously. I think we want to make sure we are doing right by our children and giving them the best life that we can and we aren't always sure we are doing the right things. I don't remember the quote exactly but it goes something like "others will try and knock you down in order to build up themselves." I think this is one aspect of why we especially as women and mothers cannot support one another. We are unsure at times, we are scared, we weren't given a manual and the end product (your child all grown up), good, bad or indifferent will always be attributed back to the parents specifically Mom. I think we, Mothers, are carrying that pressure to be the "perfect Mom" with us daily. In order to make ourselves feel better about what we are doing, it is soooo easy to look at someone else's misfortune and say, "At least I didn't do THAT!" All in an attempt to validate our own parental skills. I will say that as I sat there and listened, I had those "How could....?" thoughts, but I can also remember times that I, although not that extreme case; could have been "that Mom". You're doing fifty things at once, trying to remember so much to do, places to go, errands to run, children to shuttle around, etc. I pray for her, myself and other Moms around the world and hope that maybe she will be able to find some peace with sharing her story.

I will never forget the day that this happened. I live in the area, and my daughter was the same age. And now, one year later, I have a son that is the same age as the child that this happened to just a few weeks ago here in the tristate. It was hard to see what people were saying about her, especially since I can see how it might happen. I can not wait to see this show and hope that the rest of the people out there listen and learn from this... It has definately made me think about things a little more, and we now even have a system to make sure that this does not happen to us. I wish this family the best, and hope that the mom can fing peace and move on with her life!

HOW DECEITFUL THIS WOMAN IS!!!! I live in the same community as this lady and I watched in horror last year as this woman portrayed herself as a poor overworked, overscheduled woman that just accidentally "forgot" her child in the car. I wish to inform all of you that this woman left her child in the car to go to Busken's Bakery to purchase 8 dozen doughnuts before she got to school in which she BACKED HER SUV up to the school and made 6 trips back and forth from her car to the school. All this time her 2 year old daughter is in the car seat. For the rest of the day (approximately 8 hours), she never once thinks about her daughter!!!!!!! FYI(This is all in the police report): This was not the FIRST TIME this lady left this child alone in the car!!!!!!!!!!!!! During that same week that Cecilia died, she left Cecilia in the car alone for 10 to 15 minutes while she took her 5 year old into preschool and watched a play. Also, in 2007, she left Cecilia in the car so much, that Brenda and her husband were warned by the preschool's director that that kind of behavior was unacceptable! SO YOU SEE, BRENDA SET UP A PATTERN OF LEAVING HER 2 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR SO MUCH that on that fatal day, poor helpless Cecilia died a horrific death! What's more, can you believe "the most hated mom in America" did not even change her daughter's diaper in the morning before she put her in the carseat for the morning???

THIS LADY ALSO CALLED HER SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND WANTED TO KNOW WHEN SHE COULD RETURN TO WORK!!!!! HOW DISGUSTING!!

So you see, this was not an isolated event in which she left her child in the car!!! I feel no sympathy for this lady! She is only using her poor daughter's death to get noteriety when she in actuality was her child's killer!!! Check out all the facts, Oprah, before you put a child killer on your show!! YOU PUT THIS LADY ON YOUR SHOW AND YOU WON'T PUT SARA PALIN ON- the world is in worse shape than I realized!

I just cannot beleive that this woman is going on national tv to tell others how she KILLED her daughter. This woman FORGOT her daughter and KILLED her. FORGETTING your child is not normal. I have a little girl and not a second goes by that I don't think about her, what she is doing, how she is, and if she is ok. My daughter started school this year in the same school district that this "Child Killer" was employed, and I thank God everyday that this person is no longer an educated within this school district. I was not going to allow my daughter to start school in this school district that I reside in if this "Child Killer" was to remain within the district in anyway. Thank God that she is not in our district. What makes a person think that she could educate and take care of children if she cannot take care of her own. Lord be with her daughter that is alive. People who abuse their animals are punished worse than what this "Child Killer" was. I hope to God that she lives with this for the rest of her life.

Because of this story and others like it 37 in 2008. The cars-n-kids car seat monitor was invented. You have a monitor in your car seat that tells you to put on your seat belt or that your lights are on. Now your child in the back seat can be monitored as well.

Momof1boy,

I realize you are in the same community, but how do you know all of the SPECIFICS of howmany times she left her child in the car, what she was told by the preschool, not having changed the girl's diaper that morning?! How could you possible know all of that? Was it inteh police report? And regardless of all of that, it IS still a tragedy and she must be feeling ten times worse if all that you say is true and she was reckless like that. You must be very well connected to know all that you do.

madipoo720 -

I also live in the same area where this happened. Yes, all this information that momof1boy posted was in the police report and was well-reported by the media.

It is a tragedy that Cecilia died, and while I don't beileve there was any intent on her mother's part, she is still very responsible for what happened. If this had been the first time she had left Cecilia in the car alone I would have much more sympathy for her. I feel for anyone who has lost a child, but that sympathy is greatly lessened due to the fact that she had a WELL-ESTABLISHED PATTERN of leaving Cecilia in the car unattended. When it is a problem to the point where the daycare director has to speak to them about it that is obviously a big problem. I can't imagine how that was not a wake-up call to her to be more attentive.

Yes, it is inconvenient sometimes to unbuckle a little one from their car seat to take an older child in to the daycare, walk in a convenient store to buy a loaf of bread, etc., but above all else, a child is a parent's primary responsibilty. Their protection and safety take precedence over all else.

I still cannot believe there were no charges brought against Mrs Slaby. If Cecilia had been a dog that had been left in the car she would have been charged with animal cruelty/abuse. The state legislature introduced a bill to remedy that last year after Cecilia's death but nothing was done on it. Now, a year later, we have had another case of almost identical circumstances. Perhaps she can come on Oprah's show next year for her own pity party.

Both of these women were educators, seemingly well-educated and intelligent, and both left their children in a hot car to die. I still can't help but wonder if these women had been high school graduates (or drop-outs) working at Wal-Mart or McDonald's if charges would have been filed against them.

I know several of the teachers/administrators where the 5 yr old sibling attended preschool. She was warned many times that she could not leave Cecilia in the car while coming into school for teacher meeting, plays, etc. Once the the 5 year old drew a picture of the family,(before this awful event) Mom, Dad, and herself. When her teacher asked where was Cecilia was, she responed .."in the car sleeping" so you see this was a pattern Brenda created so much so that her 5 year thought that is where her sister was supposed to be. This was not a horrible accident. I believe she just didn't have time to drop her off, with her busy day. I believe she knew Cecilia was in the car. She should have been prosecuted.

First, before people accuse parents, thy need to research the facts on how our brain works. Second, I believe the vehicle manufacturers hold the key to the solution and need to do something to resolve this problem. If you can tell your I-pod to buy music when you hear a song, why cant they resolve this problem? I am a father of two, live in Fl, and with this heat, comes the statistics. I listened to a story on NPR last year about two children that died in one day and have not stopped my own efforts since. I have designed a device that can easily become standard equipment in every vehicle and requires no interaction once installed. With some thinking, a trip to the junk yard and a few nights in my garage, I have it partially installed in my vehicle and it works great!! I don't know what to do with it though... I want to change these statistics, but being a roadway designer, I don't exactly know the next step to get this product out. It has many functions above the reminder feature and will become a convenience to the parents as well. If you are interested, I can go into more detail about this device and the other things it can accomplish. If anyone can help me with this, I would appreciate it. The device is patent pending and I am ready to show it to the world, but I need help...