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Originally Posted by Chris T
I'm not saying that they weren't incredibly stupid in what they did. I'm just saying I am concerned at how easily some people slip from condemning a stupid incident - even a stupid chain of incidents - to condemning them as 'bad parents' which takes in far more than whether they think it's a good idea to leave their kids alone while they go to a restaurant that (they believe) is within reasonable eyeshot of the apartment.
And I don't know what to make of it either Pia, really I don't. On the one hand I want to shake them 'til their teeth rattle for being so stupid. But on the other hand I suspect deep down they *know* that whoever took their daughter, they will share some of the responsibility for the lifetime of trauma she will suffer after this - assuming, of course, she is still alive. They are hurting, and they are going to hurt for the rest of their lives. And if, on the remote off-chance, they or a member of their family does read this forum, then the last thing they need is to read a load of complete strangers who are lining up to say what thoroughly awful people they think they are.
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To me a stupid incident would be something like leaving a sharp knife within reach of a child or something similar. In my mind this chain of events is much more than an incident. It's much much much more serious than that.
Both the parents are obviously intelligent people with one being a GP and the other being a Cardioligist if I remember correctly ? I dont however understand or comprehend how two highly proffesional intelligent would make a snap judgement on if their apartment was in 'reasonable eyeshot'
I can't see where any post where people have claimed that they are awful people. Irresponsible perhaps but not awful.