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missing child in portugal
Smego:
--- Quote from: "cardiff_gareth" --- Now I never leave my little girl anywhere for a second but I think its fair to say that at some point every parent has done it, no matter how longer/shorter time or where or when.
:-k
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Err no I havn't....!
cardiff_gareth:
--- Quote from: "Smego" ---
--- Quote from: "cardiff_gareth" --- Now I never leave my little girl anywhere for a second but I think its fair to say that at some point every parent has done it, no matter how longer/shorter time or where or when.
:-k
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Err no I havn't....!
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Ok, your child never leaves your sight, never :?: when you hang your washing on the line does your child go out with you rather that play in the house. I know it seems far fetched but you do hear about all sorts of stories and what my point was that no matter how far fetched or how small, parents do leave their children alone at some point, you can't 24/7/365 have your child in your sights.
But ok then you haven't but what I was getting at is that its no good saying who was to blame and I wouldn't do this or that, the main thing is to find her safe and well and then once she is safe go into the whys and hows.
Thats just my views, yes I'm angry about the circumstances but you can see they are suffering and as stated - priorities - find her first then go out and lynch them.
Hobnailkelly:
Two weeks on and still no concrete evidence, no sightings, not really even a prime suspect. While we all hope things turn out well I cannot help becoming rather irked.
As others have already mentioned, these were intellegent individuals, doctors no less, and as such are both very highly paid compared with most of us. I cannot believe that they do not have a nanny or au-pair at home to look after the children. If they are too damn lazy to look after them themselves why did they take them on holiday - there seem to be plenty of people at home who could have had them for a couple of weeks even if there is no nanny.
Why not even pay for the nanny to go on holiday with them? They could certainly afford it. Parents could have had kids in the day leaving nanny time to herself, and nanny could have babysat at night. Seems they were not happy about pushing them round in buggies.
Either way, the only word that springs to mind is SELFISH.
Likewise, the way we are all expected to 'do our bit' in the search. The way that the parents and friends have buttonholed MPs and especially the media is somewhat distasteful; I know we should all be concerned but to have MPs wearing yellow ribbons is crass in the extreme and may also be counter-productive; if I had kidnapped someone and the world and his pet dog were sending out search-parties the first thing I would do is get rid of the evidence as far out to sea or down the deepest darkest hole I could find. I sincerely hope the intense media attention does not panic the abductor/s into this corse of action.
And by spending time writing this I supose I am adding to the frenzy ...
markyd:
--- Quote from: "Hobnailkelly" ---Two weeks on and still no concrete evidence, no sightings, not really even a prime suspect. While we all hope things turn out well I cannot help becoming rather irked.
As others have already mentioned, these were intellegent individuals, doctors no less, and as such are both very highly paid compared with most of us. I cannot believe that they do not have a nanny or au-pair at home to look after the children. If they are too damn lazy to look after them themselves why did they take them on holiday - there seem to be plenty of people at home who could have had them for a couple of weeks even if there is no nanny.
Why not even pay for the nanny to go on holiday with them? They could certainly afford it. Parents could have had kids in the day leaving nanny time to herself, and nanny could have babysat at night. Seems they were not happy about pushing them round in buggies.
Either way, the only word that springs to mind is SELFISH.
Likewise, the way we are all expected to 'do our bit' in the search. The way that the parents and friends have buttonholed MPs and especially the media is somewhat distasteful; I know we should all be concerned but to have MPs wearing yellow ribbons is crass in the extreme and may also be counter-productive; if I had kidnapped someone and the world and his pet dog were sending out search-parties the first thing I would do is get rid of the evidence as far out to sea or down the deepest darkest hole I could find. I sincerely hope the intense media attention does not panic the abductor/s into this corse of action.
And by spending time writing this I supose I am adding to the frenzy ...
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:roll: why should they have nanny, lets get some perspective, here, regardless of salary and occupations a little girl has gone missing, that is priority in finding her. I have three chlidren as well and i feel qualified to
stating a point. Lets just imagine you are put in to this horrible situation, hindsight is a wonderful thing, maye going out for a meal with the kids in bed wasnt such a good idea. But please do not Judge these parents on the crap that is spewed out by the media. We all like to think we are perfect, but until a horrible situation happens to us then we have to deal with it. I think the suffering and uncertainty by the parents is enough.
I think to generalise as selfish is wrong, you dont know them personally only through what the media tells you.
I hope and pray she is found, but as time goes on its looking more unlikely
schuee:
--- Quote from: "markyd" ---
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:roll: why should they have nanny, lets get some perspective, here, regardless of salary and occupations a little girl has gone missing, that is priority in finding her. I have three chlidren as well and i feel qualified to
stating a point. Lets just imagine you are put in to this horrible situation, hindsight is a wonderful thing, maye going out for a meal with the kids in bed wasnt such a good idea. But please do not Judge these parents on the crap that is spewed out by the media. We all like to think we are perfect, but until a horrible situation happens to us then we have to deal with it. I think the suffering and uncertainty by the parents is enough.
I think to generalise as selfish is wrong, you dont know them personally only through what the media tells you.
I hope and pray she is found, but as time goes on its looking more unlikely[/quote]
I totally agree, what the parents did was out of order, and hopefully they will get Maddie back safe and be able to reflect on how stupid they both were then, suffer the criticism they will undoubtedly receive.
Though if I were in the same predicament I would be doing exactly the same thing to highlight the situation and make it the talking point of the day, only today I have received several e-mails from the chain e-mail her uncle has sent out, if anyone wants it to forward on, PM me.
Talking as a father of two young girls, I do hope she is found safe and well, it would destroy me if I lost any of my kiddies under any circumstance.
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