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Originally Posted by Amy Jade

The original question was posted on mumsnet. A woman asked if other members thought it was ok to leave her baby asleep while she went 5 minutes down the street to get something.

I do think think it draws parralels to the McCann case so I understand Sharon bringing it up, even if it is hurtful to them, it's a good point and could help somebody make their same mistake.

I do sort of see LT's point too, leaving a child alone for any time like they did is neglectful but there are plenty of other cases where the parents get full sympathy when they made mistakes too and don't get dragged across the coles like the McCanns do.

To be fair, I don't think there are many other people who have courted the media attention in the way the McCann's have.

When you promote your cause to that degree (whatever its purpose) then you are going to get the negative/ everyone's opinions on it along with everything else.