how they would react to a certain situation which involved shock & panic to a massive extent?
2007-10-01 07:11:29 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Such as a child missing from your holiday apartment in a foreign country?
2007-10-01 07:12:37 · update #1
Out of 28 answers only 3 said that they could positively say that they know how they would react. I of those has lost a child so they know the feeling of grief.
It's human nature to react to all situations differently and shock can make people not react the same as others. You won't know how you will react until you are placed in that situation.
2007-10-01 22:24:30 · update #2
I can possitivly say what it feels like to loose a child under shock and it feels like part of you has been taken away never to come back again.
I at least know why, how and that she is at peace and free spirit so that makes me feel at peace.
grief does different things to people and also makes them say and act in different ways.
They must be filled with utter guilt for leaving their children on their own and that is one experience I will never have as I have never left my children on their own.
Not knowing must be the hardest thing to have to live with and I do feel for them as i lost a child too.
2007-10-01 07:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by momof3 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I know exactly how I would react. My brain would freeze. I wouldn't be able to think or know what to do. I watched my 2 yr old go under water in a stream and my brain and body could not react at all. I was frozen on the spot. I couldn't speak, couldn't move. Luckily someone jumped in and pulled him to safety. Many years later I lost my 3 yr old grandson in the mall for what seemed like 2 hours when in actual fact it was only about 5 min. It was the worst feeling in the world and one I'll never forget. I was able to move this time but can't remember speaking at all. Luckily he was at the store next to where we had been and was watching them make cinnamon buns. Seeing those little feet at the front of the crowd was the greatest sight I'd seen in a long, long time.
2007-10-01 07:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by J.E.B. 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well I know how I felt when my child fell out of a tree, broke bones and had emergency surgery. I flipped out and nearly had a mental breakdown so I guess I can say I would react in a similar manner or worse if my child went missing. I also know how I felt when My oldest son was was put on the wrong kindergarten bus his first day of school and took an hour to iron it all out and figure out what bus he was on. I felt shock and panic to a massive extent that day thinking he may not be on any bus and someone snatched him or he was left at the wrong stop and he got taken. So if you would please stop being judgemental to those who do not share the same feelings you do towards Kate and Gerry McCann. You can worship them praise them and feel sorry for them. I choose to feel sorry for the victim in all of this and it is my right to do so.
2007-10-01 07:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by Ladybugs77 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Not as simple as that, what age child ? Where they left on their own ? What were you doing at the time etc ?
I know for a fact that I would never have left my 3 children when aged under 4 at home let alone abroad, so it would have had to occured under my nose and therefore the abductor would have either had to 'take me out' or been an exceptionally fast runner while carrying a child.
2007-10-01 08:16:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
if i was in any kind of panic about a my child i don't care what someone thought it looked like - i would call for help regardless. I think any normal person would.
Here's the thing - they know that leaving them there was wrong in the public's eyes - so why would they make up a story that she got kidnapped because they left her alone instead of tell the truth that she got hurt because they left her alone - if that's what happened - doesn't add up to me
i believe everything they've said. I think if they were going to lie about it they would have come up with something better.
**flamebolt - if its true she called the news first then WHY don't you give us a link ??? I don't think you can because that's a rumor that's been started on Y/A
2007-10-01 07:24:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No b u g g e r with any sense. We all know its wrong to leave kids alone, but for pete's sake! We don't know unless we have been there, and even then, the fact is that people react differently.
2007-10-01 12:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would personally make sure that my child wouldn't go missing from a holiday apartment, because I wouldn't leave them there in the first place. They would be with me at all times. I can understand that Kate would be hysterical, but the first thing on her mind should not have been the news, it should have been ringing the police so they could attempt to find her daughter.
2007-10-01 07:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Obviously, unless one of our children go missing in similar circumstances to Madeleine, we can't positively say how we would react, only that we have the commen sense to know NOT to leave young children alone in the first place.
2007-10-01 08:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by Ysanne 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mittens you are inquisitive tonight.Having not lost a child on holiday I don't know but having lost a child for 20mins in the zoo (sorry can't be bothered to tell story again )then I think I can comment a little.
2007-10-01 07:15:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I know, and many people who have faced difficult situations or emergencies in the past also know.
If YOU don't know, please don't extend that ignorance to others.
Medical personnel are TRAINED to KNOW how to respond in an emergency, by the way, and both parents in the McCann case (in case you were referring to that) are medical doctors.
When it concerns your own kid, your training would kick in doubletime to help you cope and protect the other children, too.
Crying incompetence and inadequacy is NO EXCUSE.
2007-10-01 07:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by nora22000 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋