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Yeah as Vicky says, the fact they openly admit that the night before Madeleine had told them she was upset because they were alone just highlights how terrible their parenting was on that holiday. I mean, I think I can understand it even if I think it's totally appalling - they've got 3 kids, they're doctors, they have long, busy days and a lot of stress to deal with and going on holiday is a time to relax. They have kids so they can't properly relax during the day but they can't wait for the night time when they can put the kids to bed and go out and enjoy some 'them' time. Maybe they sedate the kids to speed up the process and then slip out to go see their friends. I can see how all those things add up to two parents thinking it's okay to leave two babies and a toddler unattended in an unlocked room in a foreign country. I still think it's despicable and they should have been punished for doing that, it is because of their gross negligence that Madeleine was kidnapped... if she indeed was ever kidnapped and wasn't murdered or accidentally died and it was covered up by them. The holiday resort had care facilities for parents to leave the kids supervised somewhere or have babysitters come round or whatever; but they decided not to do that. It's their fault that the opportunity presented itself for someone to kidnap Madeleine. 100%.