7-year-old Missing In Barnsley

[Mastodon2]

Sounds like the parents failed to impress upon their son the dangers of playing on building sites. Also, further terrible parenting on their part that a 7 year old boy was unsupervised at that time of night.

[S10GTA]

I'll be the first to say it, sounds a bit fishy

[iambeowulf]

Ok. I'd not let my 10yo out on her own. Secondly 20:00!

Sad. Very sad. Poor lad. I'm guessing suffocation or drowning?

[Pesty]

Age 7 walking back on his own this distance?

[RichB]

MKnight702 said:

I used to walk or cycle 2 miles along a busy main road to get to school or go and visit any of my friends. Then we would go out ranging over miles of countryside, or play in the spinney, or at the newting pond. Guess what, none of us died.

At the age of 7? Obviously I don't know you but when I was 7, over 50 years ago, for certain I was accompanied by my big brother to and from school and I didn't go out on my own playing in bombed out houses or dumped cars until I was about 9 or 10. It is irresponsible to leave a seven year old wandering around alone at 8pm. Feel for the kid.

[Ug_lee]

A 7 year old left for so long, so far away from home is neglect.

The poor boy didn't stand a chance and I hope the boys parents realise they are almost fully responsible for this.

RIP little man.

[GloverMart]

Ug_lee said:

A 7 year old left for so long, so far away from home is neglect.

The poor boy didn't stand a chance and I hope the boys parents realise they are almost fully responsible for this.

RIP little man.

Spot on. Any sympathy I have for a fellow parent losing their child id dampened somewhat by the fact that they could have avoided this by being a parent.

[dazwalsh]

Apparently he was "told off" for playing on the construction site on a previous occasion.

RIP to the little chap anyways.

[Moonhawk]

S10GTA said:

I'll be the first to say it, sounds a bit fishy

[anonymous-user]

RichB said:

At the age of 7? Obviously I don't know you but when I was 7, over 50 years ago, for certain I was accompanied by my big brother to and from school and I didn't go out on my own playing in bombed out houses or dumped cars until I was about 9 or 10. It is irresponsible to leave a seven year old wandering around alone at 8pm. Feel for the kid.

We were chatting about it at work earlier. General consensus was when we started secondary school (11) we had that level of freedom. Certainly not 7.

[TvrJohn]

Released the information now, he slipped into a vertical plastic pipe.

[dandarez]

TvrJohn said:

Released the information now, he slipped into a vertical plastic pipe.

Vertical, and obviously 'open'. Poor little soul, regardless of whether he should have been there or not.

Interesting quote from Security Guards UK - said they were employed there on site until 16 July. They'd reported kids and break ins on several occasions. Tellingly (perhaps?) spokesman said if a security guard had been on site then he would have spotted it and would have prevented it from happening.

Sounds like more to come.

[dandarez]

anonymous said:

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I can go back further, nearly 60 years ago. 4, 5 miles from home, wandering by gravel pits and worse. Difference was I was holding tight the hand of my dad or one of my uncles showing me the dangers of the countryside and the great outdoors. As you say, once you hit 11 or worse, in your teens, you're really out there with that word 'freedom'! We also had it rammed into us about right and wrong. Different times.

[Eric Mc]

These types of accidents have always happened to kids - even in the "good old days". One of my best mates was crushed to death by a tipper lorry on a building site. A friend of my younger brother's was killed by a train (he was walking on a local railway line - aged 7). That was 45 plus years ago.

[ALawson]

dazwalsh said:

Apparently he was "told off" for playing on the construction site on a previous occasion.

RIP to the little chap anyways.

Construction company will be getting a visit from the HSE potentially as well.

Moronic parenting.

[iambeowulf]

Eric Mc said:

These types of accidents have always happened to kids - even in the "good old days". One of my best mates was crushed to death by a tipper lorry on a building site. A friend of my younger brother's was killed by a train (he was walking on a local railway line - aged 7). That was 45 plus years ago.

I wonder if either of those families were berated at the time by the local community the same as some parents are today when a child is killed in similar accidents?

[Eric Mc]

The answer is no, I don't remember any of our parents berating the parents of the dead children . All I remember is expressions of sadness and sympathy.

We are far, far too judgmental these days.

[iambeowulf]

I don't think that's a bad thing. Maybe if people were more judgemental back in the 60's and 70's Saville and his ilk wouldn't have got away with it for so long.

This forum, and any other social media platform, wouldn't function without judgements. But then calling some judgemental is also a personal judgemental opinion.

[WinstonWolf]

Mastodon2 said:

Sounds like the parents failed to impress upon their son the dangers of playing on building sites. Also, further terrible parenting on their part that a 7 year old boy was unsupervised at that time of night.

We were always told to stay away from building sites every single time we went out. We played on building sites every time we went out... Kids!

[FredClogs]

We have a park not 200metres from our house and there is no building sites, pedophiles(as far as I know) or even minor roads on route... The wife now says I'm not allowed to let our 8 year old take our 4 year old round there on there own.

Thanks a lot internet.