SuziQ
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Perhaps...well John Travolta also seemed to be in denial about his son,
blaming it on "vacines" or something
I seem to remember in the Utah case, the family's denial actually held up finding the boy...people were out there risking their lives, when all the while the kid was sitting there, not responding....various experts even said that had searchers been told "how" to approach him and /or call for him etc, that he could have been found sooner
so yeah I think at some point it is people's business if a family risks searchers and /or dogs and prolongs a search
I think that in this case maybe the dad felt that way...he didn't want to admit how negligent he had been...cause I feel it is pretty negligent myself...to leave a kid get away from him like this..
if it was a toddler I would say the same thing
the fact it took him 2 hours to get help bothered me...unlike some here I didn't immediately think the dad "did" something bad....I think however he was in some sort of denial ?
I should have been more clear. When I stated this family, I meant Hawkins. IIRC, the official statement in the Hawkins case was that Brennan was shy and may not come out for strangers.
Alot of people are in denial about their children. I don't see it as a religious issue.