IN response to Madeleine Hill’s letter, June 25, my heart isn’t made of stone. My heart goes out to poor Madeleine McCann, who in my opinion was abandoned by so-called professional people who should have known better.
Parents are supposed to watch their children, not leave them so they can go and have a drink and a bite to eat. If they had behaved like responsible parents we wouldn’t be having letters written about this.
I and my wife have brought three boys up and never have and never would leave them alone in a room so we could go out and have a drink.
If they were charged with child neglect it might make other parents think twice about abandoning their children. Children are precious; take them with you.
Mr D Fillingham, The Crossway, York.
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