Madeleine McCann's parents

lol at them dropping the kids off at a club then going playing tennis and wanting to improve their tennis game.

Do all parents just dump their kids at any given chance when they go abroad.
 
Biohazard said:
Everyone is to blame but them is the impression I got.
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Quite. As a parent myself, I would never countenance leaving my children unattended for any length of time in those circumstances, most certainly not to go to the local bar.

How they were never charged with child neglect on their return I have no idea. (well I do, and it stinks)
 
What I don't get is who knew that the kids were alone? Were they previously watched? Seems very unlikely that it was an opportunist snatch and grab.
 
I can't imagine that they played any part in her disappearance bar neglect. The amount of media coverage would soon bring any accomplices out of the woodwork.

Its human nature, when you **** up to this level, to blame everyone else but yourself and to try and defend your own position. People go to court every day because of slander, so to say that its suspicious that they are so touchy about someone accusing them of being involved is stupid.

As much as I would love to agree with everyone ( and I very much do to be fair) with regards to them leaving her on her own. I am pretty sure that almost every parent has done a number of things that could have resulted in the death of their child. We tend to ignore things until they happen.

Look at our legal system, drink driving is not a good idea. Kill someone when you are drink driving and its a whole different situation. Every time I go to the supermarket I could come away with 50 different children just by picking them up when their mum is looking elsewhere.

They are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Throw in the towel and face a slew of new accusations and questions. Why are you giving up the hunt? Are you moving on? Any other parent would never give up?

The media have made this hard to let go. The mccans may have dealt with this poorly from the start but to judge someone under these circumstances assumes that you are an amazing human being who dedicates every breath of their life to their children and their protection and wellbeing.

Yes they were stupid but I would wager that 99% of parents could have lost their children 100 times by the time their children are 10. Leaving them in a locked hotel room is probably not even in the top 10 stupid things people do to their children.
 
Argh. FFS. Not again.

Just ignore them if it bothers you. You don't have to read the Daily Mail, or whichever paper is still printing stories about them.
 
Castiel said:
They were complicit in her disappearance simply by their neglect of their Children's welfare.

While I am saddened by the plight of any Parent who loses a child under any circumstances it doesn't mean that we cannot be critical of the McCanns and their approach to Parenting, especially considering that not only did they leave a 4 year old child alone, but also effectively with the responsibility for two younger children.

Whether they were checking back every 30 minutes or not, it is highly irresponsible for any Parent to leave children of such a young age unattended while they were out socialising, especially in a foreign environment.

The Tapas bar was 120m away from their Apartment, this is the same as going to the Pub at the end of your street and leaving your young children alone in an unlocked house without any supervision for extended periods of time.

Even when they and their friend checked on the Children, one of the friends only listened at the window on the first occasion and only saw the Twins on the second, yet it was half an hour after that Kate McCann found Maddie missing.

There are some pretty serious discrepancies in the accounts of each of the Friends as well as the McCanns and the Resort Officials, some of this we can put down to the panic of the Parents and friends, but it does imply that their is some discrepancies in the accounts that are not accounted for by emotions.


The ironic thing is that Praia da Luz has Child-Minding, Creche and a Nanny service that was available at the time to the McCanns, yet they decided against it presumably because of the cost involved.
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There is a big separation between parental neglect which is what I would consider it to be and actual involvement in her disappearance. I'm certainly not saying that they shouldn't be admonished for their foolhardy and inadequate supervision of their children but that is not evidence of any underhand behaviour.
One of the primary reasons why they have been vilified is because they left their kids unattended...if the child had gone missing while they were in the same building, then they would certainly have received more public sympathy.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and unless one has access to ALL the papers and police evidence, then one has nothing more than unfounded suppositions.
 
vonhelmet said:
Argh. FFS. Not again.

Just ignore them if it bothers you. You don't have to read the Daily Mail, or whichever paper is still printing stories about them.
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I think the media are much more at fault that people give them credit for. Papers are responsible for so much **** in this country it is unreal.
 
lttlejoe said:
There is a big separation between parental neglect which is what I would consider it to be and actual involvement in her disappearance. I'm certainly not saying that they shouldn't be admonished for their foolhardy and inadequate supervision of their children but that is not evidence of any underhand behaviour.
One of the primary reasons why they have been vilified is because they left their kids unattended...if the child had gone missing while they were in the same building, then they would certainly have received more public sympathy.
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I think they have been vilified because of how they come across, and all the excuse making for their own lapse in judgement as well tbh..
 
At the end of the day they made a mistake - sadly that mistake has probably, horribly, costed a child their life. It is quick enough people looking down their noses at them but parents make these mistakes all the time, maybe not as bad but the amount of times they don't pay the correct amount of attention when they should. Maybe this should serve as a warning when people go on holiday with their kids the cost that can be involved.

I wont say anything for sure because there's not enough evidence to go on but it not suprise me if the parents knew more than they let on.

I do hope we get to the bottom of this, maybe not today or tomorrow but at least in the future.
 
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