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.

Wtf is wrong with you @TeddySchnauzer stop making OP feel worse.

Well apparently 10 year olds do walk places on their own routinely, as has been pointed out by plenty of posters. Just because yours and people you know dont do it dosen't mean it never happens. Where I live it is very unusual for children in the final year of primary school to not walk to and from school without a parent.
If you actually read the post? OP says the school phoned her when he didn't arrive and that he had stormed out of the house in a bad mood.
You are coming across as victim blaming whether you intend to or not. It must be lovely up there on your high horse judging a mother who is frantic with worry.

@JamMam11Name calling on a thread about a missing child - deplorable, wow.

I asked the question to try and work out if there’s usually people he walks with? If so, did they know about his plans? If not, why didn’t they knock on for him? I wasn’t ‘flaming’ anybody. Critical thinking live, please!

OP, I hope he turns up very soon and in the meantime you have some support around you. Please ignore the utter dickhead on this thread, there is some good advice from others that I hope you see, thinking of you x

Have you read any part of the OPs posts?

You can use FindmyPhone with android. I've used it with my own, although I can't remember what security steps I needed to do. myaccount.google.com/find-your-phone?pli=1 Best wishes

If you read my post carefully, you will grasp that I did "NOT" tell you what to do. I, and as it seems in the time it took to type my post many others, pointed out to you that your post was not helpful (and frankly unkind) in the circumstances.

You have gone on to make many more unpleasant posts (talking about "predators" etc when OP is scared for her son IS horrible by most people's standards, and I too can capitalise for effect!) , and you seem to have no intention of putting your shovel down. I doubt that there is any help for you, whether politely worded or not.

Multiple question marks = excessive punctuation.

Please just ignore any posters who aren’t being helpful OP. But please share within your year group and as many local groups as possible . It’s possible someone could’ve seen your DS get into someone’s car and assumed it was a relative etc.
The sooner it’s out there the better his chances are of being found.
Have you got any police with you now?

facebook community boards, community what’s app groups - even if it’s the buy and sell group - you just want to reach as many people as possible. My village has a commuter what’s app group which would be good as people may have seen him on the train. Get a recent photo ideally in what he was wearing, guessing school uniform ready for the police.

also - have you checked sheds ect outside?

I’d also stop replying to the unhelpful replies as it just feeds them.

The police didn't start looking until after school?? Fucking hell, that needs escalated when this is over.

I'm so sorry OP - you must be so worried. Most likely he's just hanging around to kill time and will be home soon. Thinking of you x

10 year olds in your very specific group of friends and acquaintances maybe don't. I and many others will confirm that it is very very common for 10 year olds to walk to and from school.

have you tried friends’ parents
class WhatsApp

(I also have a 10 yo that walks himself to school, it’s definitely normal)

There is a way to track android phones if you're logged in to that phone via google/Gmail account. It locates the phone and shows on Google maps the phones last location.

https://myaccount.google.com/find-your-phone

Good luck, I hope you find him safely soon. I cannot imagine what you and your family feeling.

OP, if you haven't already, do the following:

Ring around all his friends and their parents.
Check everywhere he would go unaccompanied normally - parks, shops, supermarket (it's warm and dry) etc.
Check all your property and the property of your friends and relatives.
Ask the police to trace the location of his phone - they can do this using phone masts and its last connected location.
Post on ALL your local Facebook groups, and ask your friends and family to all do the same. Ask the school to post an appeal too, they'll have a big reach in the local area.

I really hope he turns up soon. You must be out of your mind.

@TeddySchnauzer Nasty, nasty and very ignorant.
It is perfectly normal for Yr 6 almost 11 year olds to walk the short distance to primary school.
And how do you see your post as helpful to a frightened frantic Mum?
Disgusting

Oh OP this is awful! I’m crossing everything that he turns up ASAP.

Can you get your partner to check the local libraries and McDonalds? They’re both places you can sit for free and keep warm in. I’m

Children that age walk to school alone in my area. It's quite normal and a preparation for secondary school. It depends where you live.

Have you left a message on his phone that the police are now involved? That may encourage him to come home quickly as he realises that this has escalated.

Op what area are you?