Kate McCann has never been able to cope with motherhood and raising her young children and never will be. She will always need someone else to look after them. Ditto her husband – incapable of child rearing – although I think in his case he just can’t be bothered.

Ever see people on holiday in “non-family friendly” places with their young children? These adults go so THEY can relax and let their hair down, go to restaurants and go clubbing, spend their days shopping and sunbathing – without a single thought for their children. At least the McCanns chose a Mark Warner resort, but parents choose Mark Warner and similar “family-friendly” resorts so they can have virtually round-the-clock childcare while they play tennis and jetski. And the main feature of Mark Warner is the “dinner out” creche which guests can leave their children in so they can go out and get drunk. The McCanns probably chose Mark Warner for this feature, yet did not avail themselves of it. Which I will NEVER understand.

Having said that, maybe Kate McCann suffers from clinical depression. I know something about that and it is a disease that just doesn’t take hold when tragedy strikes. By definition, “clinical depression” means “long-term”, i.e. she would have suffered from the disease for many years, probably since long before her children were born, if indeed she is a sufferer. Gerry McCann might also suffer from a form of manic depression, which would explain his highs and lows. As a sufferer myself, I would cut any sufferer quite a lot of slack.

It is estimated that nearly a quarter of the world’s population suffers from some form of “mental disease” from the mildest forms of depression to the scariest forms of schizophrenia and psychoses which end in violence. So if either or both of these parents are sufferers of any form of depression (which is, I remind you, pure speculation), then they share that with nearly a billion other people. It would, however, go a long way towards explaining their seeming difficulty in coping with raising young children.

“We all know that Gerry is a domineering a hole.”
“I know that because Gerry is such a vile man,”

Where do you get this information from and who is “we”…
A negligent parent yes, but you know that he is vile, how is that.

Its a good job you didn’t go into Law Dave, holes would appear everywhere if you were accusing or defending anyone.

Facts, not speculation……….

The McCanns hit me as being cold and unfeeling – why go to the lengths of having IVF which often doesnt work and costs money, if despite only working 1.5 days a week you get a full time nanny. Not only that but when you have to take the kids on holiday with you, you abandon them every night because they are a burden.

Kate McCann is in no way depressed. Her and Gerry are attention seekers, Madeliene is barely given a mention from them anymore and the twins are certainly dumped where ever they can put them.

I notice one of the first few answerers claims that Kate McCann is a career woman, if that was so then why didnt she go back to work full time not for less than two days a week? She is simply selfish.

I dont want to have kids because I would resent my children for making me sacrifice things in life that I want. I made the choice not to have children so that they dont need to suffer for this. Maybe the McCanns should have realised this too instead of thinking their children would slot in nicely to their lives!