OMG!!! To be honest I have no idea how I would rect in this situation. When my dad died one of the first things I did was have a laughing fit, not because I didn't love him but because I was so out of control of my emorions. How the hell can people sit there and say "well they are not behaving like they should be". WTF?? Is there a book titled "how to act if your child is abducted". Look at the state of the mum, she is catatonic and has lost so much weight. As for the pope thing, they are a catholic family, who knows, perhaps meeting the head of their church would have helped comfort them.
If Seren went missing I don't know what I would do, whether I would want to stay with my other children and not leave the house or whether I would do anything I can to make sure my little girl is found. Whatever I did do though would be what I thought was best, as I am sure they are doing. As for the media coverage, yes there are lots of children who go missing and yes they should recieve the same coverage but this isn't the fault of the Mccanns. How many of you would say "thanks for the offer of publishing our childs photo but we would rather you didn't as there are other children out there". I wouldn't. If anyhting the story has highlighted the plight of other missing children, how many of you realised when the National missing children's day was before the news covered it as a result of Madeliene being in the headlines.
Today I left Seren in the car asleep whilst I filled my car up with petrol. I judged the situation, thought it was safe to do so as I could see my car all the time and there wasn't a queue but she easily could have been snatched (if anyone wants my local social services number to report me, PM me and I'll provide it for you). FFS instead of condemning these people lets just be thankful that it is not our child, that we haven't made a mistake (I don't for a second think it was neglect, I think they mistakenly thought their children were safe so they are foolish, even stupid but intentionally neglectful no) and spare a thought for these parents who have to llive with their guilt every day and for poor Madeleine.