I have never forgotten a child, but when I was a a liltte girl, my dad forgot and left me at a gas station for over an hour before he decided to retrace his steps and found me again. Since being scarred at such a young age, by that experience, I guess I'm more diligent than most when out with the kids. I always count them when we get out of the car, again when we get into wherever we are going, again before checkout and leaving the store, and against as they get in the car. When you've got 5-6 kids with you at any given time, you really do have to keep a head count going, because sometimes,I think one or two will hang back just to see if you miss them.