Missing little girl in Wales.

[divegirl]

http://www.dailymail....ike-outside-home.html

Sorry but I have to say it.... Out after dark at 5 years old!

Lisa x

[Gromit]

I'm not saying you are a bad parent divegiel, just disingenous. You asserted a couple of times earlier in the thread that your children would be in bed at 7pm. This tried to portray yourself as a superior parent, when in fact the reason was to fit in with your early work start.

Still, I expect this gave you time to walk your children to school rather than drive them, so that is commendable.

[Prudie]

This has become a discussion about children's bedtimes which detracts from the original somewhat. Bedtime routine varies (as it happens my daughter was in bed by 7 and asleep by 7.05 every night until she was about 8yrs so I was a lucky one I suppose) however I would not have let a 5 year old be outside playing unsupervised at that time, 7 upwards maybe.
It doesn't need to be said that we all wish for her safe return.

[Brinjal]

Sadly it is very easy to abduct a child. Pedophiles don't have to grab a child kicking and screaming. They are very devious and can easily abduct a child even if the child has been taught the stranger danger rules. No do hope the wee mite is found soon.

[Brinjal]

As kids growing up I nz. We used to play in the streets quite late as it is light for quite a long time. Here in Zimbabwe things are different so my children didn't play on the streets. However I have to say I have been guilty of a maddy McCann scenario where I have left the younger ones in the charge of the elder one when at holiday resorts. We have been in the dining room nearby and could have had a similar situation. Thank god we didn't but it goes to show that we all do things that we may regret later and to blame the parents isn't fair.

[divegirl]

I'm leaving this thread now....

And Gromit... your powers to see into the lives of others are beyond amazing, did you pick up on the bit in my lie where I left the kids home alone so I could be a prostitute to feed my crack habit?

[Maggoty]

Anyone else had to come in when the street lights went on? That was our cue - however I certainly, at the age of 5, wouldn't have been allowed out

a) at 7.30pm
b) in the dark
c) without another adult present

And yes, it didn't matter what time I went to sleep but I sure had a bedtime that was stuck to - especially on a school night.

Cross fingers they will find her soon - poor mite

x

[starone]

I never judge because I did some pretty stupid things when I was young. Come to think of it sometimes I still do, but not so often.

[carriewales]

dont know what dark hold you live in but not dark at 7pm yet. she was in a group outside house which is normal for that area.

[ummmm]

Gromit - my kids weren't allowed out at 5!!

Who gives a Sugar about their bedtime.? At 5 they should be with their parents...end of

[Maggoty]

In the Uk hon - sun sets at 6.35pm here x

[daffy654]

Because it is normal for that area it does not make it right in my opinion. I couldn't have cared less whether it was broad daylight or pitch black, my kids would not have been out alone (without an adult) at age 5!

[Mick-Talbot]

idiot reporter asks man..... ..... where have you been looking?

man explained ...'in gardens in sheds' ....
Stupid reporter .... Any luck at all ?

How do some of these people get these jobs?

What a ****** idiot.

[Smowball]

Don't know about everywhere else but it is dark here now at 7pm, well dark enough for me to call it dark if that makes any sense. And I know that ll parents have different views but at just 5 I would have thought that after having her tea, which I assume she surely must have had by that time, then she wouldnt have been allowed back out. By the time she would have need to have a bath etc......

[joeluke]

'she just bullies me until i cave in.'

Man up then and show her who's boss, if you 'cave in' at 13 it will only get far worse further into her teenage years

Sometimes tough love is the answer

[daffy654]

From the MSN news blog:
http://live-blog.uk.m...t/April_Jones_missing


REACTION: Barry Jones, 34, lives with his family on the same Bryn-y-Gog estate where April was playing yesterday before she was abducted.

"My own son, three-and-a-half, plays out on the estate with the other kids just like this," he said.

"I know it sounds like a cliché but you just don't expect something like this to happen around here."
by Richard Halifax, Press... 2:16 PM



three-and-a-half ?!?

[emmie]

who let's a three and half year old play out on the estate..

[McMouse]

Just heard on news that police have a local man in custody but not the child.

[DTCwordfan]

46 year old man arrested - local.

[emmie]

no sign of her as yet, i hope this has a happy ending.