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Originally Posted by Niall

Although I disagree with a lot of people in this thread about the actions of the McCanns (what they did may have been selfish, but not necessarily neglectful), I don't understand why they never ate with the children at that restaurant earlier on in the evening - especially after what Madeleine said on the morning of her abduction. That's the only thing that strikes me as a bit odd.

Yeah, I thought that's what everyone did when they went abroad with their kids, you always see restaurants full of kids over there, we've done it ourselves with our own kids and the Spanish are very kid friendly, there wouldn't be a problem with that.

I disagree though that leaving two 2 year olds and a 3 year old in an unlocked apartment alone isn't neglectful though, jeez what if there was a fire? Or one of them wandered out onto a road or out and fell in the pool? It's unbelievably neglectful imo