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To think that something does not seem right with the parents' story of the boy missing in Japan

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awfullyproper · 31/05/2016 23:20

The story as theyve told is horrendous, but they've already lied once. Did they really just go for 5 minutes? How come he didn't run after them?

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Onlyicanclean10 · 31/05/2016 23:22

They sound vile

elephantoverthehill · 31/05/2016 23:28

Hansel, without Gretel.

bakeoffcake · 31/05/2016 23:31

I wonder if we'll ever know the truthSad.

FuckingFattyBitch · 31/05/2016 23:34

I think he's probably dead. I will be very surprised if he is found alive (although I do hope he is)

PointlessUsername · 31/05/2016 23:35

Doesn't ring true.

TheWeeBabySeamus1 · 31/05/2016 23:42

I can't imagine a child could've walked far enough in just 5 minutes that the parents couldn't have found him. Really odd case.

Hopefully he'll be found safe. Sad

Sunnsoo · 31/05/2016 23:47

Yes, the whole thing is very odd. Sad

Sunnsoo · 31/05/2016 23:48

Yes, the whole thing is very odd. Sad

80sMum · 31/05/2016 23:48

I gather that the parents had walked about half a kilometre from the child before turning back to get him. Depending on how fast they walk, they could have been away from him for half an hour or more. That's enough time for him to wander off and fall.

awfullyproper · 31/05/2016 23:49

Exactly what I was thinking. I wonder if it's all made up and something happened at home or at the forest before the parents left. It reminds me of the story in Scotland where the parent said the child had got out of the door at night. It turned out he had died elsewhere.

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awfullyproper · 31/05/2016 23:50

80sMum I read that they drove.

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Pinkerbeller · 31/05/2016 23:59

This situation is hugely wrong from any point of view but I don't see any memes on facebook or very many threads here discussing or "raising awareness" of it. Maybe if there was a gorilla involved rather than just a child across the world things would be different.

Sunnsoo · 01/06/2016 00:01

Yes, the whole thing is very odd. Sad

scarlets · 01/06/2016 00:07

Maybe I'm really naive but I don't see why it can't be what it seems ie a misguided, over-the-top punishment for naughtiness that went badly wrong. Perhaps they thought he'd stay put and think about what he'd done until they returned.

steff13 · 01/06/2016 00:15

I hadn't heard this story. I just read it; my instinct is that something happened to him, and the parents made up this story to cover it up. I pray I'm wrong and he's fine, though.

BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 01/06/2016 00:15

Do we prosecute people for neglect now if they abandon their children and said children disappear?
Why arent mnhq deleting this thread? By parents, for parents......

BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 01/06/2016 00:16

Same of the gorilla thread. That isnt "supporting the parents" either Hmm

steff13 · 01/06/2016 00:19

Do we prosecute people for neglect now if they abandon their children and said children disappear?

I should think so.

DropYourSword · 01/06/2016 00:21

But only if it's not the 'those who shall not be named' parents of MM

awfullyproper · 01/06/2016 00:23

Was the gorilla thread pulled?
I do think this situation sounds quite different from the gorilla one. One seems incompetence and the other is just abusive.

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BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 01/06/2016 00:26

No its still going.
But people think this little boy has been neglected (not disputing that), and they think that the childs mother should be punished in the gorilla thread.

Yet any mention of you know who and its "this is a site in support of parents"

BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts · 01/06/2016 00:27

That should say some think the mother was neglectful in the gorilla thread (being less cut and dried than this appears to be)

steff13 · 01/06/2016 00:29

Who is you know who?

steff13 · 01/06/2016 00:29

Oh wait, I think I know.

FuckingFattyBitch · 01/06/2016 00:30

beyond I think this boys parents should be prosecuted. I also think MMs parents should have been a very very long time ago and it makes me seriously angry because had any of us left our children alone then we would be prosecuted and wouldn't have our other children.
The boy in the zoo, I don't think his parents should be prosecuted. Child running off and abandoning children are very very different. I'm sure his parents have learnt their lesson and will be keeping a very close eye on him in future.

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