3 year old boy (Noah) missing in Brantham, Suffolk

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5yev2v1x29o

Oh God bless him! Every parents worse nightmare!

Cos hundreds of kids go missing every day. It’s pot luck whose storry goes viral

So because not every missing person case gets front page news, you want none of them to?

@Anarchy99 what is an MM?

Simply refuse to wear them? They are 3 they don’t get a choice when it’s a safety issue. Honestly if people can’t get their 3 year olds to do the stuff they need to do, what hope for when they are older?!

I think it’s wrong for one case to have the resources allocated to it when all the other missing children go under the public radar. Because the more it becomes news, the more resources will be given to it.

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Thank god I live in Scotland where we send kids to school at a much more reasonable age of 5 than just past 4.

Not this age and for this length of time, particularly overnight.

Actually, (thankfully!!) it's pretty rare for a child that young to go missing for this long before being found. 80% of children that go missing are found within 24 hours. Many are teenagers who've run away and are eventually found. So yes, it is front page worthy.

More resources will be given to find a missing 3 year old?

Good.

What a bizarre take.

You think it’s wrong but would probably want all resources allocated to it if it was your child, presumably

It is headline on the BBC website and on the BBC tv news this morning. Most small children who go missing are found quickly, I think any three year old missing for days would be headline news, assuming it was reported to the police. 'Going viral', as in on social media has nothing to do with that.

That poor man. He must be going through hell.

My child loved her reins between the ages of 1 and 2 but then she decided she hated them and would throw herself on the ground and refuse to get up, which was sometimes just as dangerous (if she did it in the middle of a busy road for example). We just had to keep her in the pushchair, and only let her walk if she behaved, and if she didn't it was straight back in the pushchair. As she got older she became much more reasonable and easier to deal with, and did eventually learn road sense. Toddlers are known for their tantrums, it's a bit strange to think that a toddler who has tantrums will turn into an older child who is equally uncontrollable, that's not how it works.

It was front page on the Guardian website this morning and then completely vanished from the site for several hours. I was checking it for updates earlier and they had removed all mention of the story. It has now reappeared in the last few minutes with the CCTV footage the police have released. Perhaps they do not want to keep a rolling story with minute by minute updates but I thought that was really odd.

Hoping he is found soon😔

It seems a bit irrelevant in this instance anyway since he was playing in a playground which wouldn't be very practical with reins on the whole time. He wasn't in a busy shopping centre or walking by a busy road.

The type of men who are really into drones and fly them like this. And would know things like "there are no rules preventing drones weighing less than 250g (8.8oz) from flying near people or residential areas."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jp3ye8w4o

They sadly are. My DS is the same. He loves birds so he runs to ponds to try and get close to them. Really praying they find this little boy safe, the family must be going through utter hell right now.

I just looked up missing child cases in the uk within the last year (sept 25 - sept 26) there were 16 cases (including this one), 15 of which were over the age of 12. 12 of them were found safe and well. So I do think a missing 3 year old is a higher priority and deserves more media attention.

Heh, I tried reins with DD1 as soon as she started walking aged 1. It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd tried to put a collar and lead on my cat and it went about as well, except babies are heavier and even more wriggly than cats. @EveryoneUsingOutro How to tell me you're not a parent without telling me you aren't a parent.

This little boy being autistic means he likely is not a typical 3yr old. And therefore likely does need extra safety measures vs the typical 3yr olds.

@DeftGoldHedgehog You really are a fruit.

No need for sour grapes.

It also informs all local paedophiles that there’s an unattended child in the neighbourhood. Not so sure it’s that great an idea. Particularly since much of the time a non-resident parent is behind the ‘disappearance’.