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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents know my kids well and do lots of things with them. They babysit them so I obviously trust them. As long as I knew where DS was - i.e. that he was with grandpa I would be fine. If no one had seen them go and no one knew where DS was and I thought he was off wandering alone, then I would be panicky and searching and I would be annoyed when  the two of them sauntered back. (As I likely wouldn't realize at first that my dad was also missing, and by the time I put two and two together, I would already be worked up!).[/quote]

This is OP and this is exactly what happened.  The cousins that were there were from different sides of the family and didn't know each other and so couldn't explain where DS went.  And the pond (which was pretty far from the house and whose approach could be seen from the house) did factor into the panic as other posters pointed out.  It had literally been just a minute since I had seen DS playing with a scooter on the deck.  I didn't really think DS could have gone that far in that amount of time and it turns out he couldn't because my dad put him on his shoulders and took off but in that panicky moment it's in your head and you are terrified. I didn't think much about the generational issue, which is probably part of my dad's reaction. [/quote]

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