A Happy Ending

[alpslapper]

Picked the kids up from the child minder as normal. At 7pm got a phonecall from said childminder to see if we had seen 2 other little kids she minds, on our way home

Apparently their mum had just phoned the childminder to see if they had made their way back to the childminders house - why - because the kids were pi$$ing their mum off in the car so she pulled over and threw them out and drove off home.

They are 7 and 8 years old !!!

I told the childminder she HAD to call the police right now as they were now missing for 90 minutes - I couldnt do anything as Mrs. A was out. When she got in I jumped on bike and went round the local parks shops and anyhere else I could think of that they may have gone to. Met the police out looking as well - and then heard the police helicopter overhead - just as it started to get dark I went back to the childminders to see where else I could go and look - the kids mum was there and was hysterical - childminder is talking to me when it comes over the police radio that they had just been found and were being taken back to the childminders house

They were missing for a total of 4 hours.

I dont mind telling you - I really though this was going to get very very nasty and scarey.

Thank God it ended well.

Dont know where they got to or what state they're in as I decided to leave at that point as there was nothing else for me to do and I would only be getting in the way.

I freely confess, there are some so called ''normal'' well educated people I will never ever understand !!!

[Recycler]

there are some so called ''normal'' well educated people I will never ever understand !!!

Look at their behaviour and this statement doesn't apply.
Be glad that you don't understand them!

[micksylver]

Glad to hear they turned up safe.

Bit extreme, usually find turning the stereo up with some of "dad's music" on settles my 2 down!

[Chad]

feck me thats really scarey nowt stranger than folk, it sounds like she was trying to teach them a lesson and it backfired on her its a bloody mad world we live in

[Whealie]

If you are the sort of parent who thinks that dumping the kids by the roadside will teach them a lesson, you will find that your kids are the sort of people who go off for a few hours to make you get worried, just to teach you lesson too.
When my kids were little, if they fell over or hurt themselves doing something silly, I would refuse to pick them up and just say: "you don't want to do that, it hurts." Other favourite phrases of mine include: "life's not fair" and such similar "pain-in -the-arse Dad" phrases.
When I broke my collarbone, skiing, my ten-year old son phoned me up and said: "You don't want to do that Dad, it hurts" and when I pointed out that the really unfair thing was that I did it on the way down on the last day, he said "life's not fair, dad."
He will be a teenager in a month's time. It can only get worse.

[Sharribee]

Thank goodness they were found safe and well, I bet they were teaching mum a lesson too, and I bet she won't do that again.

[btbloke]

We have to be licenced for everything from tv's to cars whay are we not licenced for the most dangerous thing in the world,a childs life.
I strongly believe the chinese had it right,not the one child only,but that you must be a fit and responsible person before bringing into the world a something you have total responsibility and control over.I think courses and exams should be taken.
I lost my middle son in virgin megastore xmas shopping,he wandered off,mixed comms with grandad,he thought I had him,I left him with grandad who wasn't switched on,to describe the panic is impossible,that took 10 years off my life that day,never took an eye off any of them since.

[Whealie]

I lost my middle son in virgin megastore xmas shopping,he wandered off,mixed comms with grandad,he thought I had him,I left him with grandad who wasn't switched on,to describe the panic is impossible,that took 10 years off my life that day,never took an eye off any of them since.

Now I take a much more relaxed view.
I once lost my son and he had gone to the police before I'd even noticed. I was at festival and he had gone off on his own to the play area. My wife set off after about an hour to get him and was still walking round the play area and the tents of people he had befriended looking for him when the band that was playing stopped and asked if the mum of Dad of Joe Wheal could come to the information tent. I had to phone Kate and tell to cease her search as I knew where he was.
Joe had remembered where our tent was and had gone there but could not remember where we were sitting in the festival field so had asked a policeman. The police took him to the creche, which he had wanted to go to all the time but had been fully booked. So he got about half an hour in the creche, for free (he didn't want to leave), the two police officers were sat in there being fed tea and bikkies by the staff and everyone was happy.

[Mabels Old Man]

There must be something they can charge that idiotic parent with

[alpslapper]

There must be something they can charge that idiotic parent with

Childminder told me today because the police were involved social services have been automatically informed.
Me thinks she will have a bit of explaining to do

I have to say I was well impressed with the response of the police. As I rode around I met numerous possies of them stopping the public and asking questions, and overhead a helicopter was circling

Soon as the cops heard the kids were missing for more than an hour they scrambled the chopper straight away.