My son has runaway

[Wario54]

My son has runaway from home. We had an argument this morning because he didn't want to go to school and he stormed out.

He is 10 (almost 11). The school called me and told me he hadn't arrived. I've tried calling and texting him but had no reply. I've called the police and they are out searching for him. His Dad and sister are currently driving round the area (and friends houses etc) in the hope of spotting him. I'm going out of my mind with worry 😭 he's never done this before.

A fantastic out come OP, so pleased your son is home and well,

Same difference as when, for some MN posters, their children immediately become adults on the day they turn 18 and therefore need to leave home/pay rent to their parents/get a full-time job/fend completely for themselves with no further parental input of any kind.

So relieved for you OP. And great plan to let everyone calm down before you have a chat with him

This. He needed to know he was loved and how much he had been missed.

Nostalgia-tinted specs are always out of focus, but 20 years is a very weird timeframe to go for. I mean, the Soham murders happened 23 years ago, and a typical comment then was that the world was so much safer for children however many years ago...

So relieved for you OP!

Paint me unsurprised

Not you thinking “I’ll bite” is a threat. Thicko 😂

@LemonLeaves , I jave reported it to as both ads are still there hrs after your post 🤨.

I would be surprised if @Wario54 comes back to this thread with all the bitchness that's on here.
The poor mum is already going through a lot of emotions, without all the unhelpful and unsolicited advice.
Can we all just be grateful that her son is home safe and well.

To a school 10 minutes away? I think he is old enough to manage that by himself.

I would agree that in one way the world was safer for children in the past, when there were fewer cars on the roads. But that wasn’t the case 20 years ago, you would have to go back 50/60 years for those days. The roads were equally saturated in cities 20 years ago.

And it’s even more dangerous in country areas where there are cars driving far too fast.

I’ve always worried a lot more about cars than the possibility of my DDs being abducted. Despite being a survivor of CSA. Because it’s far more likely to be a family member, as it was in my case, than a random stranger. And there were always a lot of other parents and children around at home time making abduction even more unlikely.

I’m really glad the OP’s DS has been found, that must have been so scary.

There is some very silly squabbling on here.

My DGS is 10 and walking most of the way to school on his own, My DD takes him across the most busy part of the road and then he is off. He is year 5 and been desperate to do this since last year, he is still collected from after school club at 5.30, its too dark atm for him to walk alone.

My DD was walking her self to school at the same age as was I, different eras, very different walks, eventually we have to hope that we have built a sense of independence and self reliance in our children, to me that's 'winning' at parenting.

( I don't mean that for any child with additional needs, horses for courses as always)

Bless him. So glad he had a friend he could count on, and that he is safe and well.

Scary for you, you are doing everything you can. I hope he’s back with you soon.

RTT!!

Perhaps. Still crazy to me. At 4???

Most european countries it’s 6/7 as they start formal school later (kids are usually in kindergarten before this which is like Reception)

www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/comments/1lvatoq/is_it_normal_for_kids_in_your_country_to_go_to/

I live in Denmark and every morning me and next doors DD say Hej to each other and leave at the same time, she walks 10mins to the local school, picking up a friend on the way, this has been going on at least 6 months and her 7th birthday was 3 weeks ago. Her 4 year old sister goes to the kindergarten at the back of the building and takes herself there (2/3 minutes whilst her Dad watches from the window) It's completely normal in many countries, In fact I don't know of any children over 9 who are walked to school round here.

2/3 mins with someone watching it really them walking alone really to me as they are still being supervised. But I see. Interesting!

You clearly don't understand the expression.

But does the response make sense to you?

It's easy to read updates

He's back

Hi op how's things now the dust has had a chance to settle.