Not sure if this has been done already but....... do any of you feel nervous about going on holiday with young children following the disappearance of Madeleine

[Flumpybumpy]

The reason I ask is that we are going away in August and I have DD who is 5. We wouldn't leave the DC's on their own but I have this irrational fear that I am not going to be able to watch them both every second and that something might happen. Even just typing this makes me realise I am being silly but I can't shake the feeling and now with teh first annoversary coming up it is in my head more than before.

Anyone else feel like this or is it just me???

FB x

yes you can lose sight of your dd for a few minutes but they are always gonna be near you. its not if you are gonna go off and leave her in a room whilst you have dinner with your friends is it?

I think that once you're a mother you a prey to all kinds of irrational worries - some you scarcely dare admit to anyone else.

To answer your thread title, no I don't, I can't wait to go.

perhaps it would help to think about the millions of children who go on holidays with their parents and come back home with them and without facing ANY eventuality...

Am totally irrational at best of times. Last had a panic in John Lewis. Found ds within a minute happily trying to get nice old lady to read him a story.
If your DD is 5, am sure she's getting better at undertanding that she must never run off.
Have a great holiday you lucky ducky!

No, because we stay in the UK for holidays. Occassional forays into Ireland, we hope.

But mostly rural areas.

Too lazy and skint to go abroad.

well ive not been on holiday for years but i wouldnt feel any more worried than i do at home or anywhere in the uk

i certainly wouldnt leave my child in an unlocked apartment whilst i went for dinner with pals

people have a false sense of security on holiday for some reason and do stupid things they wouldnt do at home

I think it may be that, if anything, you are now a bit more safe than before. As the effect of the coverage is to give children's security a higher profile generally - eg you are, I should think, quite a bit more likely to get well-meaning bystanders in resorts raising the alert over children who look like they're unattended. And resort staff will definitely be taking things more seriously, too - for company reputation reasons if nothing else.

Well unless you are planning to leave your dd alone whilst you join friends for a child free dinner then why are you worried?

I have been abroad a few times with my dc and nothing bad or scary has happened because they have always been supervised and looked after.

Go and enjoy your holiday x

children are in far more danger from people they know unfortunately than they ever are from stranger danger.

child abduction is EXTREMELY rare. and no more or less likely to happen abroad than in the UK.

I think you know that this concern of yours is pretty irrational
your children are as safe abroad as they are at home as long as you take sensible measures.
We have already been away this year and DD ( aged 5) can't wait to go away again.

don't let a silly notion spoil a holiday for you or your child. Just watch her exactly as you do at home. Perhaps a little more viglilant to allow for both of you being in unfamiliar territory but she will be fine.
Have a good time

oh yes

best to leave them behind at home in the garden

The media has a lot to answer for. Like others are saying, child abduction is extremely rare but it's in the press and on the TV so often you'd think it was happening every day. Parents are living in a climate of fear and not saying that I'm imune. Go on holiday. Forget about it. Have a wonderful time. Stop listening to Radio 5 live, reading headlines in the Daily Express and watching endless "one year on" Madeline coverage. That advice is to myself, by the way.

No because I am not going to leave them asleep in the apartment while I go out for dinner or whatever.

They will be with me 24/7.

no

yes I must admit to a slight concern when I think about it. But I know its irrational and try not to dwell on it.

no

No because the chances of anything like that happening is so small it's not worth thinking about.Worry about the plane crashing if you like. That's not going to happen either, but it is marginally more likely......

Puzzled about why expat would not be worried because she only holidays in the UK.......

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I wouldn't be any more nervous than in england.

But saying that I would NEVER leave children on therew own

We go to the algarve fairly regularly. The last time was about 6 months after MM disappeared. I was very aware of the fact that whoever took her could possibly be local and still in the area.
Prior to this I had left DS1 in the cot sleeping upstairs and opened the doors to the balcony to keep him cool. Now I make sure all the doors are locked and windows closed. Common sense really.
It didn't ruin the holiday (my MIL did that) but it was always in the back of my mind.

They are at far more risk of harm from you and your partner, you know. Not saying you are homicidal maniacs, but after all there have been one or two parents who killed and ate their children, so all you parents are a bit potentially dodgy really, and the only way for children to remain totally safe is to have them taken away at birth and brought up in bubbles by social-worker robots....

we regularly go to Sicily and absolutely no anxieties whatsoever, one cannot become paralysed by "what" "if's". take care, and most of all have fun