Re: "Maddy"
 

News bulletin just now saying yet another sighting in a bank in Brussels .. suppose will go on for ever this. Some people will be well meaning, others, well, you just don't know.

Re: "Maddy"
 

Why? What punishment count be given thats worse than losing their child. You think charging them would help anyone?????

Re: "Maddy"
 

If she is still alive and I pray she is... I don't think anyone would be that stupid to take the little one out in public... its like oh she's in the papers everyday, lets take her to the bank for a trip out... I think not:

Re: "Maddy"
 

there are two other children in their care ( are they fit parents) NO

Re: "Maddy"
 

i would say it may deter others from doing the same, i'm 100% with magpie on this.

Re: "Maddy"
 

I bet if it was a single mum from a dodgy council estate, you know like up Huncoat ;) then they would be.

Re: "Maddy"
 

Yes I do. I think it would make other people be more careful.

Its like when the HSE fine you for chopping off a leg in an accident at work.

Re: "Maddy"
 

yeh like the girl in greater manchester,:rolleyes:

Re: "Maddy"
 

goes to show that education doesnt make you a good parent........
I have friends that dont have GCSE's and they wouldnt leave their kids alone!!

Re: "Maddy"
 

I;m not saying what they did was right, all i'm saying is, in my mind, they are suffering the worst possible punishment imaginable

Re: "Maddy"
 

I agree entirely,nothing could possibly be worse than what they have to live with everyday of their lives.

Re: "Maddy"
 

No they aren't but due to their neglect the poor child may have!

In the original thread I mentioned and stand by the fact, (despite the bleeding hearts that said I was wrong), with responsible parents this wouldn't have happened and that had the parents not been 'middle class', they would have suffered the full weight of the law, yes a slap on the wrist, but they were protected by the very newspapers that would have crucified parents from a blue collar background.

Again I repeat, I hope with all my heart that the child is found safe and well, but no way would I forgive a relative of mine that went with friends for a meal leaving their vulnerable children on their own espescially in a strange apartment, in a strange town, in a strange Country.


I am glad to see there are still members on site that have similar feelings, child neglect even had it been the Queen would still be child neglect.

re: Missing child in Portugal - Madeleine McCann
 

I have merged the two threads on this subject.

Re: "Maddy"
 

so what you are saying to other people who may do the same is:
Hey its ok if you leave your children alone , whilst your on holiday or at home ... you have a nice few drinks... if anything happens:

You won't go to prison or have your other children taken off you:

you will have suffered enough... there there there..........

re: Missing child in Portugal - Madeleine McCann
 

In my oppionion young children shouln't be left on there own, but how many parents went to Butlins and left ther children nowing there was a shally patrol, how many parents have just nipped to the corner shop? Hind sight is a great thing and I'm sure the Mackanns will rue their decision for the rest of their lives