Shannon Matthews..

[yoanbob]

the best news just hope shes not too traumatised

[AllieB]

Great news that she has been found.

[Two_Sheds]

all except for the member of her family that they nicked for taking her.

Apparently her stepfather's uncle ? All a bit fishy, no?

[kirsty b]

Apparently her stepfather's uncle ? All a bit fishy, no?

Didn't know about that, haven't seen a proper news report yet. How awful.

[ChrisB]

Absolutely delighted Shannon has been found alive, but....

There are a lot of whys about this one, the first one being why has she been taken into care and not returned to the bosom of her family?

It's all doom and gloom. Just read that a bag of small bones has been found in a reservoir near where Maddie McCann disappeared. We'll have to wait now for the experts to do their bit.

Think I'd better go and read some other threads on the forum and cheer myself up

[SarzWix]

The police must think there's more to be found out too, The Times has this info in a report online;

She spent last night in hospital, during which she had a brief reunion with her mother.

Shannon, who has been in police care since she was found, spent some of her morning playing quietly with a kitten before officers began “carefully” interviewing her.

The girl has been made the subject of an emergency police protection order, while social services investigate whether she can safely return home.

[madmax]

There is something very dubious about this... I read a transcript of an interview with her mum this morning. Her mum's responses seemed very 'muted'. Hopefully it was out of relief and maybe shock that her daughter was found alive. Why was Shannon taken into emergency care? Surely the best place for her would have been with her mum if everything was so straightforward.
In any event, lucky (in so much she survived) Shannon survived the odds and I hope that she suffers no more trauma in her life.

[Paul Wagland]

They gave her a kitten to play with. That's genius isn't it? I can't think of any better way to heal the psychological damage than to give her something to care about.

[NOG]

There is always a stepdad in these cases.

It would appear that the "captor" and the girl were both hiding in the bed.

I think the fact that this woman has had 6 kids by 5 diferant men and dosent know who the father of the last one is says a lot. Oh she had the last one at 20. so assuming one a year she had the first at 14.........

[smallblueplanet]

...I think the fact that this woman has had 6 kids by 5 diferant men and dosent know who the father of the last one is says a lot......

What does it say?

[madmax]

What does it say?

It says she is irresponsible. But we are getting into an opinionated discussion here. An example of the society we live in where anything is acceptable and good old fashioned traditional morals and ethics are pushed aside for a 'politically correct', 'let's not offend anybody' viewpoint.

Just like the government penalising married couples financially. Shirley was even told by the Employment Agency if we separated or she registered as a single mother she would get more benefit!?!?! Fine if my wife was genuinely a single mother for a good reason, but it displays the attitude nowadays of social degradation. Of which 5 kids from 6 fathers and not knowing the identity of one of them is a fine example. Like breeds like. That's a fact.

Having said that I know a Puerto Rican woman who had her 1st daughter at 14. She now has 3 children but has since studied and has made a good life for herself here in Holland. Without sponging off the state. She is now 25 and is a teacher. Corina is an example of someone bettering themselves and having some personal pride. And she knows who the father of her 3 children is...

[Alison]

What does it say?

It says that people are quick to look down on people who they only know via the somewhat biased press. Look, none of us know the facts here, her mother may be a great mum, she may not be, most likely she's somewhere in between like most people but the fact remains that none of us here know the facts (only what we have read which quite honestly is only a small part of the story) so stop speculating and just be pleased that the poor girl is safe when I think most of us had assumed she'd only ever be found again when dead.

[Two_Sheds]

That poor child. What on earth is going on in that family?

[Flummery]

Sadly, I suspect it is going on in more 'families' than we know about.

[Alison C]

I think the whole subject of Shannon from the beginning has been very telling about our society.
From the off the media attention was lax and the question was brought up about class and the fact that when poor Madeline went missing there was loads of media attention for this middle class family. The fact that they had more money for advertising etc was also interresting and we have all seen what they were able to do with their money (not that Im saying its a bad thing). Then we see Shannons family which could only afford to have a few T-Shirts printed and they really didnt seem to get any attention at the beginning. Then all the stories came out about the children from different fathers and now all the awfull stories that are coming out. Im concerned that it was only when they uncovered less savoury news about the family that the press and every body got very interrested.
However, having said that we all know that a determined person can do anything money or not and part of me thinks that some part of that family knew where Shannon was anyway. That is certainly what is being suggested. The whole thing about money being claimed from the fund for finding her which the media seem to be suggesting was a family member. Its all just shocking.

I think the concern is Shannon, how is this poor girl going to ever be able to trust as she grows up if she cant trust her family.

I think this will go on for a long time.