this might be controvesial but how come the people who have joined specifically to comment on how terrible MNers are in the Madeleine / Shrek thing ...

[Twiglett]

how come they can neither spell accurately nor use the rules of English Grammar?

haychee

FFS, my ds is 3, he does not need to know about being snatched at night. He did know that a girl went missing.

haychee - walk away from the subject! It's not wurf it!

Join in and talk about grammar with the rest of the pedants.

Haychee, I thought you told your children because they saw you crying, not because you thought they needed to know.

Haychee, why are you so so bothered by this that you've posted more than 150 times since yesterday on this one topic? Everyone seems happy with their decision, so what are you hoping to acheive by harping on about it incessantly? Bit of self-doubt about whether telling your kids was the right thing to do maybe?

pagwatch, are you a Fascinating Aida fan by any chance?

!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Ahhh NKF how nice to have your presence! If you remember correctly, i did tell them for two reasons, to be able to break the news myself in a way i thought would or could be as least scary as at all possible. and because i was upset as have most of the population have been.

Not one i-ota of self doubt here im afraid

Capitals, woman, capitals!