The ones with the attention span of goldfish.
But sure, you just keep thinking that every one who has a toddler that wanders off is a bad parent.
And then read through this thread again about how many parents here have had the same thing happen and but for the grace of God what happened to Noah could have happened to their child.
And go tell them that they are bad parents who should have "spanked that behavior out of them."
The bible says that parents who do not discipline their children actually hate them.
In my experience, parents who do not train their children to obey risk this same thing happening. Years ago it was just common sense. People knew that children in general were very foolish and had no idea of the dangers of the world, hence the need for the parent to diligently train the child to obey.
Far better for the child to be spanked for misbehaving than be allowed to continue to misbehave and suffer the consequences.
It’s a sad story. I feel for them. But in general, I’m just of the opinion that undisciplined and untrained children are in far more danger than those who have been taught to obey.
I’m old as the hills now, but that’s one of the first lessons I learned, “answer and come when called.” It was ingrained in me.
My parents often took 3 children camping and we usually camped in one favorite state park next to the lake. We were trained not to wander off or go to near the water without an adult. You got your legs swatted with a switch if you did it. If you did it twice you got the belt on your bottom. If you dared do it three times you got another spanking and spent the day on your cot in the tent.
We were all born in a span of 4 years, the three of us. My parents never lost one. We camped and were in the woods often.
But we were trained from a very young age to obey.