So I'm on vacation at a hotel, relaxing by the pool, when I am disturbed by a loud, large family. In total, I see a grandmother, grandfather, two adult daughters (one with a husband in tow), four grandsons and a granddaughter. Quite the fearsome brood. They have overtaken the pool as their personal area and are essentially screaming across at each other since there are so many of them.
In any event, at some point, one of the adult daughters takes one of the grandsons (an infant) to her room so he can rest. She returns without him. Some time later, she yells out for her father to "go by the room and listen to the door to see if the baby's awake." Which can only mean the baby is inside, alone. Have we forgotten baby Madeleine so soon?
What's more appalling is that she has effectively announced to the entire pool area that her baby is in her room unattended, in case anyone is interested in abducting him or otherwise doing him harm. Further, she doesn't even instruct her father to go in and check on the infant, just to listen from outside and see if he's crying. If only I knew the number for child welfare services in this strange land, I'd call them immediately.
Parents, please be parents.
29 June 2008
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