[Pan_Yans Wife]

Regarding my own youthful misadventures... if I had just told my parents the truth, things would have been easier. The lying and hiding of the truth always made things worse. I think many children believe that angering their parents is much worse than owning up to their responsibilities. I would hope that in most families, the anger subsides and then the parents help the child to fix the problem. I know that my parents would have helped me, no matter how far I had fallen. I would imagine Michelle's parents probably could find enough love in their hearts to help their daughter. The fear of not knowing what happened to her would have to be worse than anything else I can imagine.

[LaraCroft]

You forget the the number one killer of kids is... their parents. There are a whole boatload of parents that really aren't good people, and could really care less about their kids.