Parents board flight and forget toddler at airport.

Ok, this just blows my mind. If there were a lot of kids to keep track of at one time, I can see one 'slipping the net' so to speak. But a TODDLER! Give me strength! The baby would be my first priority. Sorry, this just doesn't make me feel good about the skills of some parents.

Hi mm, This is the worst news to read.What a start to my day.When i read this i quicly left everythinbg and went to check on my little doll.Yes at times we get a bit busy in our own things .Agreed that happens with me but my husbasnd is always with my little one.We are anyways very carefull. Always keeping a eye.Crazy how people are so much ionto themselves.Foe me it is good that if i forget i will leave back my husband too!!! lol I can forget him not my baby!!!!

My first thought on this was "oh not again!" until I read further and found out the whole story. As recently we had a man who had murdered his wife in another place and came here with his child and left her at the airport then took off overseas, and this story bought this back into mind. But this story also had a happy ending and if you had seen the movie Home Alone kind of reminds you of this.

I do not see how both parents could foget the baby. Maybe they "forgot" him on purpose. Unless they do a lot of travelling without the child, I just don't see how one could be so wrapped up in themselves that they forget their own child.

People are so weird. How could you forget your child. Life isn't like Home Alone. Mind you, the first time that my daughter flew was when she was about 18 months old. As we were literally gaining speed down the runway she announced that she needed the toilet. I explained that she would have to wait for a few minutes until we were airborne and cruising. She would have none of it, and brat that she was started to shout loudly. Eventually, a flight attendant said that exceptionally I could take her to the toilet. I don't know if you have ever tried walking to an aircraft toilet with a screaming child when the plane is climbing, but it is blooming difficult. Anyway, we got there and she did her business. Once cleaned up we left. As we walked down the aircraft I notice that people were looking at us very oddly. When I got back to my seat I discovered why. She had cut her lip on my shirt button when I carried her out and my shirt front and her mouth were bloody. It must have looked like I had taken her in the toilet and punched her for screaming. I honestly didn't. But I was half expecting to be arrested at the airport when we arrived! She can wet herself next time. Or maybe she will be left behind. She is 19 and able to look after herself now!

I have a 2 year old daughter and I am sorry but there is no way in this world that we as a family in an airport would get on a plane and forget her. For a start there is no way she would let us, she has a set of lungs that would out shout a ships horn, plus the kids are constantly pinned to my sides especially in a place like an airport. That child must have been terrified, I cannot imagine what was going through its mind, as it looked for its parents, how absolutely heartbreaking.

I agree with the last comment, it's too much like home alone. I don't have children, but I know myself pretty well and I would have to see the child actually in the care of someone else to be sure that they have them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let the child out of sight. I'm glad someone found the child, though. Where I work, we have a lot of people come in with young children and the children will often wander far away before the parent notices them.

I believe the majority has just spoken, I am really upset with what they did. I was not really on a mood for starting it as my own discussion, so I decided to find for topics which relates to that news and was glad that I stumbled upon your other discussion. Thank you as well, for sharing the news to others here.. As a parent, I believe that they are liable to their children/child. Maybe they are too eager and anxious to come to Canada, but to leave your child in a public/crowded place is one stupidity people can commit..

I read about this 'mommy and I have to say my jaw dropped! I can see how it happened but how awful for the family and the toddler to go through such an ordeal! I can't imagine going through something like this - I used to panic if I lost sight of my toddler anywhere for a moment! It really sounds like something off a comedy film doesn't it? Remember when Home Alone came out and we all said no way would a kid be left behind! At least there was a happy ending though, Thank Goodnesss! xxxx

that is unreal when I flew with my daughter when she was 2 I had one eye one her at all times an she was carried by my hubby on me most of the time

Having a child lost in the mall is one thing, but this news is way something else!I really can't comprehend how a situation like this happen. It's not as if a parent "normally" forgets that they have brought their kid along with them when they went outside the house. I'm sorry but for a parent to forget or "lose" their child in a public place just makes me want to shake my head and makes me want to shake some sense into them, too. A couple of days ago, I went to the mall with my husband and my son. He was keeping a very close eye to our son while I was busy buying his school supplies. When all of a sudden, we heard a child screaming so loud and obviously very frightened. It turned out that he was lost and couldn't find whoever was with him. A security guard and a mall employee tried to calm him down but he just kept on crying. That's when someone in the customer service counter made an announcement saying that they have with them a lost boy wearing this and that. And that's all they can identify him. They couldn't retrieve any more info like his name or his parent's name because he looked unable to talk. My son can be a handful sometimes especially at the mall. But no matter what, I NEVER, EVER, keep my eyes off him or do I let go of his hand. If I have to do some shopping, my body is in auto pilot. Half does the shopping and half does the keeping watch over him.

Ok, how in the world do you walk the long lane down to the entrance of a plane, get on and take your seats and the whole time not realize that your two year old is not with you? Seriously, people like this need to be prevented from having children. It's ridiculous! They were obviously more concerned with themselves than their child. How sad is that? Or should I say, how sad are they?

wow! that is so terrible how can you forgot your own kid? unless of course if you are in the movie home alone LOL i wonder what makes them forgot the baby? are they having so many issues and problems in life? STILL that is not good enough reason to forget a baby. i sure wont forgive myself to do such thing in my own kid even if it's not my kid and even if they are just a pet. i always try to watch out what i have when i travel and i always make sure that i am reminding myself constantly - that's where my OCD serves its purpose haha! strange strange world ei? takecare!

How can parents forget their child?That's really unforgivable.I have 1 year and 4 months old son. I wont definitely forget my son at the airport.

I have a granddaughter who is almost a year and a half and her parents have to watch her carefully to see if she does not wander off and she was in a restaurant. So I can see a toddler wandering off, and the only reason I can see for forgetting is if they thought he was with relatives. Still the same, they should have made sure. Someone could have taken him home with them and his parents would have not known what happened. I could never forget my own child. Something is wrong here.

How does someone forget their child?? OMG I have a 2 year old and there is not way I could forget him anywhere. That is just crazy. Maybe subconsiously (did I spell that right??) did it. like they are trying to get rid of their child. HOW SAD!!! I just know how my son would feel. That is so sad. I am going to be bothered by this for days to come.

Sorry about being so behind in answering discussions! This is awful! I would feel horrible if I was the parent. It is kinda like the Home Alone movie, except real life and even worse because it was with such a young child. How do you have a child and forget them?!

Really unbelieveable i wonder what can be so important belonging/matter with them that they for get their children and i also wonder about shipping line, if boarding card was issue for that young toddler then how plane fly with out him??

I don't know how anyone in their right mind could ever lose their child or forget about them. How could you? My kids are always right there with me and they are never out of my sight. The parents are lucky that they got their kid back. What is someone had kidnapped the baby while they were away from him? That is crazy.

how on earth can someone forget there child a child in my eyes is always at the front of your mind and is your number one priority and number one piece of property (meant in a good sence). Honestly these people do not feserve to have children as there minds are clearly not focused on the child and I hate to imagine what kind of others things they could forget to do with there child