3 children left on their own for two weeks and for those two weeks no one notice?

Question

the children was on there own do you think we are getting where we don,t want to know only what goes on in our own homes just see this on yahoo news

Answer 1

Somebody must have noticed as they called the police. However there's no excuse for leaving children alone for 2 weeks. Police have said that they were all well fed so I guess someone must have been coming in to feed them.

Answer 2

It says on that news story that a neighbour alerted police, so somebody obviously did notice. I think in a large city, like Leeds in this case, there is just so many people, and they're moving around frequently, it is sadly not the norm to know who lives next door to you anymore.  

Answer 3

Thats what struck me too...this would never have happened in the old days of close knit communities...

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Answer 4

Its terrible. my mother does fostering, and we had a child in who was left in her nappy for a week, no food, no drink she was 12 months old. she was left there, fortunately the police were phoned and went to the flat, she was found with syringes and drugs hid under her cot, the child is not 8 years of age, my mother adopted her, i just hate to think what would of happened if the police werent called out. oh and the parents didnt have no prosecution. its sick what happens out there  

Answer 5

Well, there are a couple of ways of looking at this.

1) It's wrong that an 11 year old should be left in charge of siblings even though an adult was calling and feeding them, perhaps only absent for a short time.

2) When i was 11 my mother was in hospital having baby number 8. I had an older brother who didn't do anything to help in the home and i had to care for all of them including my father who had to work to put food on the table. There were other families in the same situation, no-one worried, we all got by. I was a very good cook and could put a decent meal of yorkshire puddings a roast and vegetables on the table even then. All our food was fresh daily from the local fishmonger/butcher/farmer or village shop. Everyone knew everyone elses business and watched out for them. What a pity we can't go back to those days.

Answer 6

The McCanns and their fawning McFanns have set this deadly precedent.  

Answer 7

As much as i hate to say this...This is a sign of how things are these days and it scares the life out of me...People are scared to get involved anymore...sad, sad state of affairs :0(