Madeleine McCann info shown before Shrek, anyone else cross about this?

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I was. I have chosen NOT to tell my nearly 4yo about this. I haven't discussed it in detail with 9yo ds either I CHOOSE not to put the news on in our house. I really resent this being shoved at my children before a U cert movie. Completely inappropriate imo.

darty - so, one child is missing (among hundreds of others too I might add) so feck all the others, let them suffer? Nice.

I have not read all of these but since playgroup sent my girls home with yellow ribbons, dd1 has not slept properly

she is 4

I fail to see how scaring my child is helping to find another

yellow ribbons are still on the railings "for the lost girl mummy, she is sad"

OMG, I've only read the first part of this thread and I'm steaming with rage already. I'm off.

Maybe safest to try to time arrival at the screen when the film starts for kids films this summer, as the seats are usualy numbered anyway - we will def do for harry Potter - if cinemagoers avoid all the ads, I'm sure Mssrs Odeon etc would rapidly think again.

they have thought again!
check the threat
twas MN wot did it

Rjstarkey - I've already told my little girl about some children get taken from their parents and never returned since she is a 'wanderer'. In my case, I used the example of Jamie Bulger being taken and killed by some naughty boys since Madeline had not yet been stolen and she was a similar age to he was when he was taken. I hope Madeline can be returned safe and sound but letting my dd think that she might be taken from her bed where she ought to feel safe is a bit ott in my book for her to absorb. As a family we've always had it drummed into us about 'stranger danger' since my uncle was stolen by some gypies - yes really. He was recovered very quickly and it makes for a good tale now but it's gone into our family psyche about being cautious around our children since.

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baked potato - result!!! well done

"If your child is at an age mature enough to watch Shrek, then they are mature enough to be aware that occassionally, people decide to "snatch" other people's children for various reasons."

thats the biggest load of cock I have read on this site for oh at least a week

I have just become a member today and have read through some messages. I totally agree with rjstarkey (posted today).

I have two children 11&9 and have explained to them from a very early age never to go with strangers etc. Understandably you have to take in their age and explain it to them so they understand. My older boy got a different version to his brother as he is able to understand more. My youngest worries to much. But they have been told to Do everything they can to get away. You cant allow your children to believe the world is a safe place and every adult will treat them the same as their parents. They have to understand there are cruel people who will do them harm. However we tell our kids to stay away from strangers and isn't it nearly always someone the child knows who does them more harm!

My sympathy goes out to the mccanns and hope madeline is returned safe. But we all would not be having this conversation if they had been responsible parents.

The chance of a child being abducted by strangers is VANISHINGLY small. The chance of a child being abused in some way by somebody they know is also vanishingly small, but slightly more likely. But we don't go on about warning our children that Uncle X might be a bad man who hurts children do we? No we don't, because we don't want to think about the possibility and we feel safer if we project our fears outwards onto the mythical "stranger" We don't let our children out of our sight - we stunt their freedom and stifle their independence and prevent them learning even the most basic of "street smarts" because of a risk so small it's practically unmeasurable - but we shy away from the fact that the most "dangerous" place for a child to be in terms of abuse and violence is in the bosom of their family.
What happened to Madeline (Madeline, by the way, not Maddie) is truely awful - but it would be a double tragedy if it blighted the lives of other children by restricting and frightening them. I'm sure Madeline's parents wouldn't want that.

The chances of being abducted by a stranger in England is indeed very small, but as this is where this ad is being screened . . .

Im wiht enid
as ever

gosh I went to Holloway Odeon to see Shrek 3 with my daughters (last friday)and another 7 yr old girl and there was no Madeleine trailer, thank god

bookwormmum - how old are your children? I think it quite shocking that you inform them about Bulger case tbh

dd2 is a wanderer but I tell her she has to stay where I can see her because I love her and want to know where she is, seems to work

(or I screech DD2 COME BACK HERE RIGHT THIS MINUTE)

Sorry, expat - I being thick. I don't understand!

2dawn the reason that the is happened is not their irresponisbility. that would be if she had choked on her own. the reason we are having this conversation is that some sicko thinks its ok to take another persons child for whatever purpose.

you told your kids about Jamie Bulger

I think I might run an ad campaign warning small children about their parent's stupidity

Well, they're screening the ads in England, where stranger abduction is rare.

It is not as rare in many other countries.

indeed Enid

mine don't know about stranger danger or anything bad

they are 4 and 2 (nearly 3), there is plenty of time to inform them the world can be shite

they think everything is rosy in the garden and long may it last

I was brought up with warnings about aduction from a very young age because stranger abduction, in particular kidnap for ransom, was common in some of the places where I grew up - Latin America.

So to say across the board that it's wrong and evil not to make kids aware of this when they are very young doesn't really apply.

Maybe not for British kids, but in some areas, it makes a whole hell of a lot of sense.

But as this is a British board and this ad was screened in British cinemas, fair enough.

like anyone who goes to see Shrek in England hasn't heard of the case? (to those saying that everything must be done).

Of course, we all feel DREADFUL for the parents. Of course we do. But young children and toddlers don't need to know about being snatched from their parents. It's up to us as parents to decide when/if, as children, they know about these things.