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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“I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman