Madeleine McCann

This is a sickening development in this case. I am sure many people out there are screaming "I told you so," but that never accomplishes much. First of all - we, the general public, have NO IDEA what is happening and why. Mr. Landlord works on such cases...everything that is released to the media is controlled...That's right folks...those unnamed sources have a name and they know and the police know what they are telling the media. Secondly, these parents are true fuckups for leaving their children alone at night. I am amazed that they have not been brought up on child endangerment/child neglect charges at this point, but I am sure it will come - there is a reason for this as well. However, having said that - focusing on their fuckup does not make anything right for this child, or help in figuring out what happened to her.

This is the other sickening development is this story. What the hell were they thinking. That's all I can say....

I will continue to watch what happens with this, as I am sure many other people will. It is incredibly difficult not to point the finger at these parents and repress the urge to scream at them for being such neglecting, selfish, self-centered parents for leaving their children alone while they enjoy dinner...even if the condo was within eyesight. I imagine that eyesight got pretty dim once the wine hit. However, that is all we know they have done at this point...Though I can never imagine a parent would intentionally harm their own children, I've seen it happen and have treated people who do these things...Nothing surprises me anymore.

man put toddler in hot dryer

What a fucker...how dare he put a small child in a hot dryer. These types of stories make me literally sick to my stomach. I never feel pain so deep until I read such stories. I feel the physical and mental pain of these poor children that are abused. I didn't even read the story...just the headline...that was enough to make me sink into bed for an hour and have a hard cry. Not for my pain, but for that of the child. I've seen and treated children who have been abused. There are no words to describe this. I was told early in my training that children are resilient. And...some of them are. It's amazing how children really do accomodate and assimilate what is dished out to them. However, they never forget. The abuse that is done is "hardwired" into their brains...not necessarily in visual images, but in the biochemistry that makes up their brains. The chemicals that help structure their brains early in life are impacted by such things as anxiety, fear, depression, worry, etc. etc...these emotional states are the result of chemical reactions in the brain. These chemical reactions influence the evolving and developing brain. A brain awash in anxiety and fear can be different (key word: can) from the brain awash in joy and laughter. Go figure, right? So, word to the wise...the children may "forget" but their brains do not. You WILL damage your child with abuse...those of you who do abuse, you know exactly what I'm talking about...You just don't have the balls to see it and face it.