Originally Posted by maggy

My god what an awful thing for poor Maddie and her parents as a mother of 2 kids whom I refer to as my babies 17 and 18 years of age it does not bear to think about what could have happened.

I totally agree if its a peadophile cut the bastards balls off.

I am not what you would call a do gooder so please dont judge me on my next comment and by no means am I saying that if it has been a sick bastard that abducted Maddie that we need to show him mercy.

I worked in the UK for a very high profile child protection service ( residential care ) for 10 years and it broke my heart that I was counselling and parenting children from the ages of 4 years to 18 years of age.

These kids had been sexually,physically and emotionally abused.

I would finish my shift and go home and cry.

I would look at my kids who were infants at the time and think oh my god if any bastard touched them I would kill them.

It was a very difficult job not just in the fact that I was protecting these kids and counselling them but also in the fact that I also had to do family work with the people who abused them MUM and DAD family members, neighbours.

My god how hard it was when I really wanted to bloody strangle the bastards.

What was hard to comprehend was the fact that these poor innocent kids who had their childhoods robbed from them through the people they trusted most eventually forgave them.

I still keep in touch with a few of these kids whom are now mothers and fathers themselves and are great parents but sadly there have been many that I have worked with and counselled that have either committed suicide because they blame themselves for the abuse ( Its bloody heart breaking especially when you have heard their heartbreaking stories and held them whilst they have cried in your arm during the night, whilst promising to always be there for them).

Then I have also dealt with one child in particular a 5 year old who was close to committing a Jamie Bulger senario.

A beautiful but very disturbed wee kid who had been very badly abused.

its so sad and I am not making excuses for anyone because if you abuse, abduct, assault a chiild/Adult then you have to face the consequences and its a very sick person in need of help.

I dont think this post will make much sense as its an emotional subject.

I know if it was my child I would want to kill.

I will continue to pray for poor Maddies safe return to her mum and dad and if we keep posting threads on ex pats about Maddie then we will not forget.

God bless her and pray for a safe return.

Originally Posted by knoydart

The people that have her will have gone to ground and will not surface for long time so I dont think they will ever get her back.

I heard on the radio coming to work this morning that some senior police officer thinks that peedophiles would be better cared for in the community and not jail.
Its about time we got real with these ba***ds and gave them some proper Justice.What went wrong with the system that thinks we should show any sympathy at the expense of our children I say eliminate the risk to zero and what ever that takes do it.

If no one wants the job I'll do it.

Frank.

Originally Posted by M J

Can you just imagine never seeing youre child again and not knowing what happened to them, whether they are alive or not, happy or not? I think its just horrifying to even contemplate. I look at my little one and see how small and trusting he is. Its terrible. Sadly in my job i see all sorts and its awful to see what people will do. The people who have taken her can easily change her identity, change her hair colour, cut it, fake I D's etc. Unfortunately the longer she is missing the less the population will look for her. Look at poor Ben Needham.
I too can only prey that she will be found and returned to her family ... and if not, that she is alive and well and with someone who was just desperate for a child and that she will be looked after and loved.
M J

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On BBC News UK website.,,,,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6749131.stm

Originally Posted by jules29

I really hope it doesn't amount to anything but if she isn't alive and it enables her parents to find her at least they would know. The not knowing must be terrible. If they do find her from this letter at least they could take her home and lay her to rest.

Jules