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!

This happened to me too, in a soft play like this! (wonder if it is the same place)

It means that a child doesn't speak. There can be many different reasons for this.

Heartbreaking outcome. His poor family,

Aww this is so sad, poor baby 😢 💔
Prayers for him and his family 💔

I was so sad to see the news. Rest well Noah. Utterly heartbreaking for his family.

My 9yo son is non-verbal. He is actually ‘minimally’ verbal which is non-verbal in terms of how he’s described by the various specialists we are involved with.

Language is essentially very transactional and a conversation is not possible.

So he can say ‘I want a drink’.

If I say ‘what would you like?’ He would have zero clue what I was asking.

Some non-verbal children can understand language but cannot actually speak for a variety of physiological, neurological, and psychological reasons.

Some will lean to speak, some will not.

If you think of a typical three year old you will have some semblance of a back and forth with them.

‘I don’t want to’
’no thank you’
’can we go to the park’ etc.

Nothing at all like this from children like my son.

I am heartbroken thinking about Little Noah and what he must have been feeling.

Really really poor response. Not surprised though.

Of course its because of the family.

My son died before the Internet was what it is now. I overheard two women discussing my sons death in a shop and blaming me for it. They just made shit up and bolstered each other on. This was 28 years ago and barely a week goes by when I dont think of that. I cant even imagine what thats like when the gossips are all over the world and hundreds of them.

Also MN is where a lot of bereaved parents come for support, its not out of the realms of possibility that the parents may come here for support. They may already be on MN.

Maybe people should type things they wouldn't want the bereaved parents to see rather than assume they wont see it.

Terribly sad.

That was exactly my point, although I maybe wasn’t clear. There are SO many cases of missing people (although many found in 24 hours) that it’s a strange phenomenon when one case out of thousands grabs attention and goes viral.

Very sad news, 😔 RIP little chap.

How many of those missing people are children?

I'm just so soooo sad and deflated about this. Those poor parents. Rest in peace, Noah

Unbearable 💔 😭

Heartbreaking news

Awful news - the poor family… Just a tragic, tragic accident. RIP dear little Noah.

Poor family and poor little Noah. I really hope they weren’t given false hope yesterday that the pond had been checked and cleared. Unfortunately this was always a likely outcome given the lack of sightings on the thermal cameras but I’ve been hoping for better news.

I am so sad for poor Noah and his family.

I cried when I heard they'd found him. Our little boy is a similar age, we live fairly close, and it feels close to our hearts. Poor sweet boy.

Oh so heartbreaking, I feel sick. I wonder if he wandered straight there and had been there the whole time, he walked quite far.

I just thank heaven that he wasn't the victim of some wicked crime because that just adds layer upon layer of horror to an already tragic outcome.

I'm shocked at posters saying they assume family members won't see this. Surely it's better to work on the presumption that a family member or someone close to the family will see it. That way you can choose to respond in the most humane and respectful way.

75,000 a year are children.

What? That’s nonsense. The charity Missing People says that 160,000 people are reported missing every year - of which 72,000 are children.

yes 80% are found within 24 hours. But what the heck do you mean 16 cases? Absolute nonsense.

I am a parent, and said upthread mine was a runner and a climber. So naff off.

Maybe show some respect those who are still bickering about statistics??

This is one little boy - now gone. A family devastated Rest in peace Noah.