[Jotmo]

Thanks for dropping by to dump on her and her family at this critical time.

That was helpful.

[GeronL]

what parents? I wouldn’t call that parenting.

[fightinJAG]

Please. It’s not as if her parents are going to read this thread and it’s not as if they should not have expected a fair amount of criticism over this event, especially if the worst case scenario came to pass.

And, while I understand that you would want this to be a positive-only thread, the proper way to do that is to post it as a prayer request thread. Otherwise, of course a variety of opinions are bound to be posted.

Finally, I disagree that “negative” comments are, as you said, not “helpful.” They may not be “helpful” to finding Abby at this moment (but, then again, nor are positive comments helpful except to the extent they make people feel better), but they might be very helpful in assisting people to evaluate for themselves whether these types of quests are worthwhile or even “right.”