#280973 - 06/04/16 04:27 AM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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Having followed this story from the beginning I was quite relieved to learn the boy was found alive and unharmed. The actions of the parents seem shocking on one level but it was probably more anger and frustration than malice; they almost certainly had no inkling that he would get lost like that. Still there's no excuse for such behavior.
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#280978 - 06/04/16 08:37 PM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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I guess they meant just to scare him, perhaps intending to pick him up a few hours later. According to The Telegraph, "his father had made Yamato get out of the family car and driven about half a mile away – before returning to the same spot only minutes later but was then unable to find him." So minutes, not hours.
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#280989 - 06/06/16 04:12 PM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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After hearing of this story last week, I asked my eight-year-old son whether he would have been able to survive. The conversation was a classic.
Me: "Do you think you could survive for six days in the forest by yourself?"
Kid sits down and thinks seriously for a moment.
Kid: "Well, it would be hard. I would need to bring some string with me so I could make a bow & arrows and hunt, and I don't think I could make my own string from a tree, but I could get wood from a tree. But oh, wait, how would I cut the wood from the tree? (Thinks for a moment.) Oh, I know! I would need to find a pet beaver to cut the trees for me!"
I love the way kids' minds work!
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#280998 - 06/06/16 10:12 PM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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Now this is the perfect example of why we need a "like" button!
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#281003 - 06/07/16 06:25 AM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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One day, many years back, my daughter (maybe around 7 y.o. too ) misbehaved several times, and no amount of persuation or bribing was working to make her behave. I did the same to her, only took her outside the apartment door and told her we don't want her anymore. A few minutes later her mom opened the door, got her in and asked her to apologize.
I am now 60+. Daughter is married with a son, and I swear to God I am not able to forget or forgive myself for doing that. I have apologized to her a few years back, but still cannot forgive myself to this day.
This story.
I feel for the boy. But I am speechless !!
BTW, my daughter still remembers the story.
I cam just imagine what is going in the boy's head.
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#281005 - 06/07/16 06:56 AM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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One day, many years back, my daughter (maybe around 7 y.o. too ) misbehaved several times, and no amount of persuation or bribing was working to make her behave. I did the same to her, only took her outside the apartment door and told her we don't want her anymore. A few minutes later her mom opened the door, got her in and asked her to apologize.
I am now 60+. Daughter is married with a son, and I swear to God I am not able to forget or forgive myself for doing that. I have apologized to her a few years back, but still cannot forgive myself to this day.
This story.
I feel for the boy. But I am speechless !!
BTW, my daughter still remembers the story.
I cam just imagine what is going in the boy's head. I can empathize with the parents! My folks never did that to me but it's exactly the kind of thing they would have done if necessary. It must be an exasperating job at times to be a parent; there are no manuals, no sick days and no overtime and the job is 24/7 til you die. It's also often graded pass/fail.
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#281006 - 06/07/16 08:20 AM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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I can empathize with the parents! My folks never did that to me but it's exactly the kind of thing they would have done if necessary. It must be an exasperating job at times to be a parent; there are no manuals, no sick days and no overtime and the job is 24/7 til you die. It's also often graded pass/fail. It is not only 24/7 type of job. When you start to raise kids, you are still building your career and investment prtfolio. Also, your parents will probably be needing you for aging/health problems. AND there maybe some hidden incompatibilities between the parents which show up in critical times, when kids need you most. It is in those times you need all the wisdom that life has taught you. Two years back, BOTH my sons were kicked out of college for poor grades, and I was drowning in my dad's aging & health problems. He was in another town and I had to travel alot. When he died, I "came back home" and was faced with a figurative wreckage. One boy is back on track. The other is still a challenge.
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#281008 - 06/07/16 11:04 AM
Re: 7-year-old survives for a week
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Sometimes adults expose kids to danger without even deciding to do that. Just making wrong decisions.
They should give it more thought.
On one episode of(I Shouln't be Alive) show, parents take their kids (for a picnic !!) in the middle of nowhere, very deep into the desert. And then their car got stuck.
Very unwise choice.
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#281009 - 06/07/16 11:10 AM
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