On the news this evening was an item that I found most distressing. It concerned a Japanese family: mum, dad and seven year old boy. According to the news report, the seven year old boy had been misbehaving. He had apparently been throwing stones at cars but, at best, the details are sketchy. It was not reported when or where the child was throwing stones nor whether he actually was or was not throwing stones.
On discovering that his child had been doing wrong,.the child's father told the child to get out of the car, as a punishment. What the mother thought about this and whether or not she protested, is as yet unknown.
What is known is that the boy did get out of the car and that the parents drove off. They no doubt intended just to frighten the boy as a punishment for the stone throwing, though that has not been confirmed.
The tragedy is that when the boy's parents came back for him, they couldn't find him. The area they were in was very rural, the single road surrounded by vast forests of huge trees. The parents could not find their son. It has been three whole days now since he disappeared. There are hundreds of people out looking for him. One of the most awful aspects of this case is that the forest area is populated by bears.
If the boy is not found I can only imagine what the parents will feel. I just hope that he is found safe and well.
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