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Wow. Now I'm not a parent but...busy area...toddler...I'd be holding the kid's hand at every single second and re-checking that he was attached to it every minute or two. Hell, in an *airport,* I'd have the kid on a leash like my mom used to do to me after that time I wandered off in the department store...
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Did anyone actually read the article? The toddler was traveling with several adults who were split up in different sections of the plane, and each adult thought the kid was with someone else. The kid was lost from miscommunication, not carelessness. (Well, not carelessness per se; not the thoughtless kind, anyway.)
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I read it and my comment stands. Hand holding, kid-checking, constantly. I would never assume "someone else had the kid."
Sean: Yeah, they have kiddie leashes that attach to a wrist cuff on the kid (I've seen full-body harnesses for especially problematic kids).
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So, it's your belief that every one of the adults in the group should have kept a constant hand-hold on the child? And, what, just cut the kid into multiple pieces when they go to sit down in different parts of the plane.
There were four adults. Even if one of them had been holding the child, that still means three of them would be required to assume someone else had him.
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No, it is my belief that one of the adults should have been assigned toddler duty. One or two deos baggage, one does kid duty, one does what ever. Or, yes, cut the kid up for easy storage.
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Precisely what I meant, Ritten.
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If I were that kids parents, i'd be ashamed to show my face again. That's inexcusable. A mother who could forget her three year old shouldn't have kids in the first place.
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Daniel Butler
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"Rosenfeld said police would question the couple when they return from vacation, on suspicion of parental negligence."
What? Why not question them *now*? That's a serious charge. I'm sure if they asked the French authorities for permission they wouldn't say no. What if these idiots accidentally drop the kid off a bridge or something?
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Well, except, it's not a charge. Just suspicion. I don't think you can get someone extradited for questioning.
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I didn't mean extradite them, I meant question them in France.
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