▲ 949 ▼ Missing children don't pay the salary of our boys in blue (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 week ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net 66 points 1 week ago* (1 child) Yeah, there's no way that many children are actually disappearing permanently per year - unless you include ICE abductions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (1 child) It counts one parent taking a child without the permission of the other, usually during nasty divorces and custody battles. Those get resolved easily but the kid is still counted as missing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago If they went to their friend's house and didn't tell their mom, they're counted as missing. If they went into the woods to get high, they're counted as missing. All that needs to happen is a parent freaks out and reports them as missing, and that happens really often because kids want their freedom. Or they just plain forgot to tell you, because forgetting stuff is something that kids do a lot, too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (1 child) It counts one parent taking a child without the permission of the other, usually during nasty divorces and custody battles. Those get resolved easily but the kid is still counted as missing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago If they went to their friend's house and didn't tell their mom, they're counted as missing. If they went into the woods to get high, they're counted as missing. All that needs to happen is a parent freaks out and reports them as missing, and that happens really often because kids want their freedom. Or they just plain forgot to tell you, because forgetting stuff is something that kids do a lot, too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago If they went to their friend's house and didn't tell their mom, they're counted as missing. If they went into the woods to get high, they're counted as missing. All that needs to happen is a parent freaks out and reports them as missing, and that happens really often because kids want their freedom. Or they just plain forgot to tell you, because forgetting stuff is something that kids do a lot, too. permalink fedilink source parent
