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Hey O -
I must agree with you here. I’m a mother of 3 kids under 10 & I don’t even leave them in my car to run into a dry cleaner!! I wouldn’t leave my kids in a hotel/apartment room alone were I in another room across the hall.
It is so very sad. I think that as time passes more criticism will be raised. It just may be too soon and a little too rough to start jabbing at parents who may never see their baby again.
However, I am a little disturbed by the official website which outlines the parents’ daily activities in Portugal. The parents seem to be continuing their “holiday” with the twins amidst the search. Perhaps that’s for the sake of the toddlers, but really… they’re toddlers!!
I can’t say exactly what I’d do under a similar stressful situation. But more than likely than not, I’d have to be checked into a hospital for awhile.
Certainly, I’d be unable to go to the pool or playroom with my other children. I’d be unable to take a daily run. I don’t think I’d have much enjoyable “family time” or family dinners.
I’d be taking heavy anti-anxiety meds for sure. But everybody’s different. Maybe the parents are denying their grief for as long as possible. I just don’t think I could manage as well as they seem to be.
Had this tragic event occurred in the US, the parents would be under much more scrutiny.
Whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know.
I hope Madeleine is found alive & well. Even though I’m far away from that situation, I still look at the pupils of every unfamiliar little girl’s face I come across.
And perhaps that’s the very reason no one’s turned focus on to the parents. We’re all still looking for that baby’s eyes.
TOMI
Comment by tomi — June 1, 2007 @ 6:01 pm