If you had a child who resembled a missing child, would you really mind

Question

if people approached you thinking she was that child?

Surely, being a parent, you would understand the grief of another parent whose child (same age as yours) & never ever grudge the inconvenience of having your child mistaken for that child.

Isn't it the least one parent can do for another?

Wouldn't it be terribly selfish to do otherwise?

Sightings, which are the only hope for missing children, would never be reported if all parents felt this way.

Thank goodness most people (like the Dad in Belgium) have hearts enough to sensibly report to the police that the child sighted is in fact his child, so that the search can progress further...

Answer 1

No i wouldn't mind coming forward however, i'd be a bit peeved at my child having their face plastered across the international press.

Answer 2

I would co operate to prove that the child was mine, and not the missing one. I would also insist that my child's picture was not plastered all over the papers.

Answer 3

I wouldn't mind. i'd gladly come forward if that was my child.

And its the disgusting paedophiles in this world that breaks so many hearts. they should be castrated and executed .!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

Faith why must everybody answer to the McCanns yet they answer to no one when THEY are the ones who neglected 3 toddlers all home alone and defenseless in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country?

||edit|| Faith with all due respect you cannot leave the parents out of this as there are too many discrepancies in their stories and serious questions remain unanswered. And lets not forget their rather bizarre behaviour and the well known fact that in 9 times out of 10 when a child disappears it is at the hand of someone known to the child.

Answer 5

I would as always be happy to help in any way I could and if that meant showing that my child was indeed my own child then I would do it, providing it wasn't to the detriment of my own child.

Answer 6

you bet ye.

Answer 7

If it was to help another parent to find their child, then No, I wouldn't mind although it might be frightening for the child people coming up to her/him...

Answer 8

Personally I can see the arguements on both sides.

I think that if your child is mistaken for a missing child, you should have to come forward or face charges if you dont (if they can prove you knew about it) as it is effectively wasting police time letting them coninue on a lead you know not to be true.

Yet if you do come forward and say it is your child, you should be offered a sort of protection programme to be safe. As if your child looks like a youngster who has been kidnapped for sale, the kidnappers may next be after yours. Or you may have been hiding from a ex or whatever for your own personal reasons - which is why, I think, alot of people will not come forward..that and the pressure and embrassment caused mainly from the press.

To sum it up, I personally would not be offended, infact I would be happy as if it was my child missing I would want people to hunt for them .. but I think there should be a system set up for those effected by ''sightings''

Answer 9

Yes because I would not like the assumption that I had kidnapped the said child.  I would also not like my child and me plastered all over the news and television.  It is an utter invasion of privacy.  

You dont know people's circumstances, they could have moved to make a new life away from a violent ex, who can then track them down this way.  

In an ideal world, yes all parents would come out and say 'this is my child not a kidnapped or missing child', but this isnt an ideal world, because if it were then children wouldnt go missing

Answer 10

Yeah good question, I was looking at that photo in the paper today.....I'm not a parent yet, but if it was the case that something like that happened I dont think any right minded person would object to it.....still really sad state of affairs when its all the hope they have.....

Answer 11

soz didnt get to read da other info  but i will mind

Answer 12

No, i would not mind at all, my little girl looks like Madeleine at first glance (so she thinks!!! she thought it was her that was in all the papers and on the tv!!!) If someone approached me and asked me (its quite easy to see its not actually her!!) I would have no problem.

BUT ..I would most definitely object to being splashed on the front pages around Europe, these sightings should be investigated privately and professionally..  

Answer 13

No of course I wouldn't mind

I can't imagine why anyone would