Cooper Harris Case Analysis | What is Forgotten Baby Syndrome? 

To prevent hot car deaths take off one shoe and put it in the backseat with the baby. You won't get out with one shoe off and forget the baby.

Please do a personality profile on each of your plants. I suspect the cactus is high in factor 2 psychopathy

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One of the texts he sent to a mistress said he was tired of being married and being a father that the novelty had worn off. Him saying that makes me feel he had done this on purpose because he wanted his freedom.

I'm less than 3 minutes in and I feel physically nauseous and an overwhelming sense of dread thinking about what that child must have been experiencing trapped in the car. That poor, poor child.

"They were going to watch the movie 22 Jump Street. So, either way, he was in for a bad experience this evening." Savage.

When Ross text his wife about Cooper and picking him up at day care I think would have triggered the fact that he did not drop him off that day

When I was a baby my mum once left me outside the shops in my pram. She only realised when my grandmother who lived with us then was like, "where's the baby Florence?". It was normal back then (1960s) to leave a baby in a pram outside a shop when you went inside (fear of abduction was negligible). She just came out of the shop and walked home. My mum was a loving mother who cared passionately for us kids, never negligent, abusive or unloving in any way. Sometimes people just glitch.

When my daughter was 2 years old I went through a phase of leaving my purse everywhere. My daughter was clutched in one arm and must have replaced in my mind and on my arm, my purse.Thank goodness I never forgot her, but I drove myself nuts with forgetting my purse.

Daycares need an efficient way to notify parents for no-shows.

I had a friend who left her son in the car. She drove all the way to work before SHE REALIZED he was in the car. She took him to daycare. It scared the crap out of her. Never happened again.

As a former Daycare worker, I’m wondering why someone from the Daycare facility didn’t call one or both of Cooper’s parents when he didn’t arrive that day… at the Daycare I worked at it was protocol to call a child’s parents if they didn’t arrive at their normal drop-off time without any previous notice of an absence or a phone call from the parents that morning.

The laws in Australia 🇦🇺 are becoming much tougher in regards to leaving children and animals in cars now 👏🏻

Regarding forgotten baby syndrome... When I was a young mother living in military housing, our neighbours had just had a baby recently. I was outside with my own child and watched them both walk into the house hand in hand with no baby. I didn't think much of it until a few moments later the two of them came rushing out their front door actually yelping out loud and dashing to their car to retrieve the baby in its car seat. They were solidly shocked and mortified at their indiscretion.

I'm the sort of person who is always checking I have my keys, wallet and phone on me at all times. If I had a kid I'm pretty sure I'd include it in my mental list.

That poor poor baby what he must have went thru because of his weiner obsessed father. Rest in peace little Cooper.💔

I love how much Dr. Grande dislikes the idea of paying to see 22 Jump Street

Dr Grande, you need a T-shirt that says, "Who Moved the Plants?".

It's interesting how different parents minds work, consciously and subconsciously. I was 23 when I had my son and was a single parent. I took my son everywhere, even to the toilet with me. I relaxed as the years went on but I remember being extremely alert to where he was at all times

The thing I keep coming back to is the text message he sent his wife that day... asking when she's picking up Cooper from daycare. I'd like to know if this is something Ross texted his wife about daily, or if it was out of the ordinary for him to ask her this. If he's never texted or called her any other day to ask when she's picking up their son, it would seem odd to me that he did so on that day. Almost as if he wanted to seem like he thought he had dropped Cooper off that morning. 🤔

Fatal Distraction is a great article on people who truly forget their children in hot cars. The interview with the neurologist about the effects of sleep deprivation on the human brain was fascinating and scary.

"Either way he was in for a bad experience.. ". Shade thrown. Shade caught.

How in the hell was that guy having multiple affairs? He looks like the Pillsbury dough boy. (And I’m obese lol)

It never ceases to amaze me how calming your voice is. I have started falling asleep on numerous occasions. You are not boring, just have a calming and tranquil effect upon me. Thank you for this.

My parents once forgot me in the car at a shopping centre, but they noticed within a couple mins while they were still walking through the carpark

Ross was charged with multiple crimes, including his haircut.

I’m torn between him being guilty and having his head so far up his A$$ that he couldn’t think of anything else. Poor sweet Cooper. May that innocent baby be resting in peace.

“Either way, he was in for a bad experience.” One of his best yet.

Its astounding there were 6 other females interested in him

When I worked at Walmart , several times people forgot their babies in the store and went home, once they didn’t come back until45 minutes after the store closed. The management wouldn’t even let us call the police to do a check to make sure these people were safe to take care of their kids.

“22 jump street. So either way he was in for a bad evening.” I love your deadpan jokes.

Forgotten Baby Syndrome is one of the most awful things I can imagine happening to me. The details in stories about this happening just make me feel sick.

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As impossible as I want to believe leaving one’s child in the car would be….if dropping off the child was completely out of the normal routine for the parent coupled with a ridiculously distracting, all-consuming “hobby,” it may have just happened. Also, if the child had fallen asleep on the drive to the destination, there would have been no familiar noises of a child in the backseat to remind him. What an absolutely tragic case. Thank you Dr. Grande!

I’m only here for the plants...🌵🧡 (that’s a lie, lol)

I agree on different ways people react to stress. For example,when someone tell me bad or sad news I often have to stop myself from laughing or smiling even though I don't find it funny at all.

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“Either way he was in for a bad evening” 💀🤣

When I was a baby my dad left me on the roof of the car and drove to the other side of the parking lot before he remembered I wasn't in the car.

I have a difficult time relating to parents that "forget" about their children. I was 13 years old when my baby was born; I never forgot him anywhere (although I did lose him once at a department store 😭). When I started driving, I avoided taking my baby with me to fill up on gas because I didn't want to leave him in the car, not even for one second. There were some times when I had to take him with me and although it was hassle to have to unbuckle and rebuckle him while I pumped gas, I nevertheless did so. I've locked my keys in my car far too many times to count. And my scientific calculator exploded when I forgot it inside my car on a hot day, but I have never, ever forgotten my child. I honestly can't comprehend about this forgotten baby syndrome and I hope I never experience it. On a lighter note, Hektor the plant is absolutely darling in his teeny tiny pot🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.

I saw this case when it happened. The way he “cried” about his son being dead was absolutely pathetic. He put on a show and a very bad one at that. Then he had the audacity to complain to the police the car was too hot. What?! He deserves to go out the same way poor little Cooper did.

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He’s a liar. What I find most interesting is the sympathy people have toward men who make this mistake versus the vitriol they feel toward women who do.

I hear “The Pink Panther” theme playing when Dr Grande is moving the Plants...

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I’m new to these videos & initially thought Grande was weirdly without affect, like maybe on the spectrum. Now I catch the humor & find myself laughing out loud… he’s hilarious 😂

His police interview did not sit well with me. His crying felt forced and disingenuous.

i was literally terrified to leave my puppy in the car for a few minutes to grab him treats from Publix. I cannot imagine doing it with a baby.

So he asked his wife, "when are you picking up my buddy?" Then went to see a movie with friends after work? It's weird to me because I am always eager to get home to my son after only a couple of hours being away. That inquiry seems so staged.

Stories like this make me thankful my parents didn’t murder me when they easily could have.

You realize, Dr. Grande, that now I must have a T-Shirt made that says, “There is No Pact Between Cacti and Men”... thanks a lot.

I'd put my million dollars on 'guilty'. I've read elsewhere that the child seat was situated literally inches from Harris's face. How could he have missed it while he was parking? Did he not look in the rear-view mirror? I've also read that the journey between the restaurant and his place of work would have taken only 3 or 4 minutes. That's a very short time to place your child in the car and forget about him.

Dr.Grande you are so funny, and wonderful. Love your explanation of the plants names!

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Yes his fake crying was what did me in .One moment crying with no tears,next one talking Perfectly Normal.He was a Really Bad actor .

Wow this was an awful case, I tip my hat to you for being able to remain sane whilst doing your research. There are no winners in this one, really sad 😔!

I remember when this story first broke. I was so upset thinking what that poor little boy went thru. I thought that guy was a monster. Thanks for putting it in another perspective.

he parked in the shade most likely because he wasnted to park in the back,so Cooper couldnt be seen or heard...same reason he was late for work, because if he was on time others in the parking lot would have been getting there around same time and may have seen/heard Cooper ! I can't believe these points wasnt raised!

Hell na he did it. Way too many things fell into place perfectly. He didn't drive his own car at lunch then he had an alibi by texting his wife "when are YOU getting our son" helllll na

This is one of the best analysis I’ve heard about this tragic case. I also enjoyed the plant-naming backstory 👍🏽

I once started to drive to work with my toddler son in my car but he was old enough to speak and said “mummy where are we going?”. I don’t know if I would have realised he was still in the car if he hadn’t spoken. I was lucky. I have nothing but sympathy for people who do forget their babies

I really appreciate your empathy towards how mental health really can distort your decision making and how little police are equipped, therefore empathetic or even consistent with things like this. I know my story doesn’t even compare to the level of intensity - but I was in a disassociative episode operating a vehicle. I accidentally side swiped a rail and pulled over. No one saw me it was very slight. I was over 15 miles passed the exit I was supposed to get off at where I was ironically going to an appt with my neuropsychologist. I had no idea what had happened, I was very scared, completely confused. I watched back the video. They clearly thought I was under the influence. I blew a zero so they assume drugs. They first described me as “frantic and speedy” later as “sluggish and slurring” - the DRE contradicted the original suspicion of DUI. Meaning both thought I was under the influence, but the reason they suspected it was the exact opposite of the reason they decided to pursue charging me with it. It would be like them saying “yes she definitely had weight issues” and one report concludes in severely underweight and the other concludes in severely obese. But they still say I have weight issues. It wouldn’t make any sense. Those things need to match and be consistent. Anyway, I obviously had nothing in my system had a short stay at a voluntary hospital because I was actually just having a PTSD episode. I got convicted of a dui, but was not charged. I was operating a vehicle dangerously. But it was because my mind wasn’t there. Maybe if a mental health professional was involved from the start, we could have eliminated the legal stuff stress and money and anxiety it caused, and had me sent straight to the place that actually helped me. Like as I was having the wpisode, after the arrest, I called the police on myself because I felt like I was going crazy and what do you know? They brought a mental health professional to the scene. We talked, I wasn’t “going crazy” but I was having an episode and wasn’t safe so she helped me find a nice place and they drove me there in the front seat of the car. Much different then being hand-cuffed in the back of one the day before - strictly because they didn’t understand. Sorry guess I needed to get that off my chest 🤣

Tragic. I thank God my kids are older and never shut up.

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I absolutely can’t imagine anyone forgetting their child. I worked as a teacher and had a TON of stress doing that job, and not once did I EVER come close to forgetting my child was in the car. I also have MS which causes memory issues, and again can’t imagine it. It’s your child, they are suppose to be the most important thing in your life. How could you possibly forget?

No way he didn't know the baby was in that car. He murdered his son.

I appreciate your content very much. Your analytic style, and you always add new perspectives to a case. I love the sound of your calm voice.

Lesson of the day: Not everyone should procreate.

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I have "Forgotten Dirty Laundry Syndrome." On a side note: I bet you would make a kick-ass juror.

When I was a new father I would occasionally have moments of panic imagining I had left my daughter in the car, but quickly realized she was with mom or in daycare etc. False forgotten baby syndrome?

As a parent of 3 kids I’ve only briefly forgotten one of my kids and by briefly I mean got out, locked the car and remembered duh child. Especially when severely sleep deprived a short lapse is possible but I don’t believe for a second this one was an accident. Makes me feel physically ill. Poor baby deserved to live and be loved and wanted 💔

At 60 years old I still think about my daughters every minute of every day because I love them and they mean everything to me. I pack my 14 year old's lunch every morning. I couldn't imagine being preoccupied with anything else in my life other than my family.

I never felt that this case was proven. I don't think he killed the child purposely. That being said, the way that law enforcement judge people's reactions to trauma is something that should NEVER happen! There is not something that is a 'one size fits all' response. Everything that one does be it screaming, all the way to complete silence, is normal because people are different.

That 22 jump street joke 😂

This breaks my heart 💜

This is really sad. It’s pretty obvious the common threads with these type of cases is being overworked and exhausted. I feel so bad for the kids and the parents.

Hector wants a hug but Achilles isn't the hugging type. Though, maybe he is but can't due to the pain he will inflict. Now there's something to analyze.

Dear Dr Grande: how long have you been naming your plants? How do you think your plants feel about this?

I enjoy your sarcastic asides and how they add levity without taking away from the stories.

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I've never left any of my children in the car thankful, but there were times when I forgot they were in there while I was driving. As the children grew up it became forgetting that I didn't have them (ie when they were at a friend's or with daddy). I can't tell you the feeling of stopping the car, turning to the kids and realizing ones not there for several seconds before I remember that they aren't supposed to be there. I also remember leaving my first new born on the drive for a few minutes, in the car seat. And once going to walk out the store without the pram. Wow I sound like a terrible mother don't I. Well when you have 3 children under 5, stress can be rather consuming factor and my memory goes to mush when I'm highly stressed. Thankfully my children have survived and thrived. But leaving them in the car was always my biggest fear and when they were young I developed the habit of always looking in the back before I got out.

I forgot my son, when he was a baby, in the car once in the wintertime. My car got stuck in the snow right by my house ( we lived in the country). I ran into the house to get help. My stepdaughter and her boyfriend were there and we started talking about something else when in about 15 to 20 minutes I remembered my baby. I ran outside brought him inside. He was fine, no harm done, but I felt like an idiot. A bad mother. I never forgot again. I was a new mother for the first time and had a baby at 36. Plus, I was suffering from PPD. What I know now is; I have suffered from depression and anxiety for years. Having a baby made it worse. It took several more years of depression and anxiety to get help. I have been diagnosed with MDD over 3 years ago. It took a long time to get help but I finally got it.

I love it, as always Dr. Grande! The naming of the plants was the best! Love your thought process! Hilarious!

I've named my restless upstairs neighbor Pacer McGee. My two plants are nameless, because I'm waiting to see if I can keep them alive first.

Great summary and analysis, Dr. Grande! And your dig at 22 JUMP STREET plus the witty characterization of your plants make me think you'd make a great series of straight-faced movie roasts.

This happened on my birthday and I remember it like it was yesterday, being glued to the tv feeling absolutely sickened and heartbroken 😞

I do appreciate your sense of humor along with (of course!) your expert opinion. Thank you.

What kind of cars do these people have? I could always see my kid in the car when getting out. Also, have there ever been any forgotten babies during the winter? I’ve only heard of cases in the summer.

It sounds as if Ross was keeping too many balls in the air at once, overloading his memory.

I really hope one of the plants' name's is Ocean 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Love your video analyses and your dry sense of humor! The case where Cooper was left in the car has always bothered me as I could never find the facts that proved the father guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Dr Grande: 22 Jump Street is trash Also Dr. Grande: Names his cacti after the movie Troy

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I feel like he definitely could have been checking to see if Cooper was alive when he put the lightbulbs in the car. He could have tried talking to him while throwing the bulbs in the car and taken the lack of crying (since he would have definitely been in pain) and lack of response (which an 1.5 year d could do) as a sign of death

I remembered hearing about this. Seemed a bit convenient when it was just presented on the news... Seeing it in this light makes it seem even more suspicious.

The story of the plants' names was the most adorable thing ever.