No, I don't have young children, but I am the mother of 6 and grandmother of 14. I know a lot about partying in all of its guises and all my kiddies are still alive so I must have done something right. Believe it or not. It sounds so silly when I get lessons on child care. There are more ways than one, apparently, to raise a child. If, as I've read elsewhere, baby monitors, etc., were a common practice in some upscale resorts, I MAY have done that if everyone else was. I MAY have been led to believe the whole thing was SAFE, but I've never been in that position. With 6 kids you don't do a lot of upscale anything unless you have oodles of money and I didn't. However, I cannot condemn those who do, and that still doesn't make me an unfit parent. Honest to God, I know how to feed a baby, change a diaper, take the kids to the park, and deal with things many parents haven't had to face. Parenthood isn't as cut and dried as many would like to believe. I'm not wishing a wake-up call on anyone, but "never say never" 'cause ya just don't know.
Please forgive me if I came across as trying to give you parenting lessons. Definitely, not my intention.
I can tell that you understand the main point I was trying to make. While it is true that you can never say never (I agree, absolutely) but you can
try to make that commitment that you know would be prudent.
We could all stop talking about the poor parenting the McCann's exhibited and we would still have plenty to discuss. The initial neglect is just the tip of the iceberg.
It appears to me that the back and forth about the children being left alone is due to the fact that it is the one thing that
we can be sure really happened. Those of us that feel the McCanns may be directly involved in Maddie's dissapearance will always come back to the initial error that we feel is the ultimate reason why she is missing.
Those that feel the McCanns are entirely victims will try to argue that the children being left alone is understandable and forgivable. In doing so they will remove the
only thing we can all agree should never have been done. By removing that discussion then the McCann supporters will argue that everything else is rumor, conjecture, speculation, smears, slurs, etc. and can be immediately dismissed.
So, sure it gets old, the back and forth, same old argument BUT until something breaks, it will probably be the discusion we see most often. If this aspect of the case makes you angry maybe avoiding that particular topic would be in order? Simply do not engage in discussions about the children being left alone that night. Only respond to arguments/discussions that feel are relevant to you. You do not have to respond to every post...you have the right to ignore....if you want.
I, for one, appreciate you AM. I want very much for someone to convince me that the McCanns are entirely innocent in all of this. I hate feeling that they may have had something to do with her dissapearance. You may be the one who can present an argument that makes me think or question my instincts. So, please, keep trying.
