It’s because a missing child is not the same as an abducted child.
If you don’t know where your child is, you tell the police. They radio the miscellaneous patrol cars and they inevitably find the six year old trying to walk somewhere silly within a few hours.
That’s a missing person report.
Divorce going poorly. One parent thinks the other shouldn’t get any custody. So they pick the kid up from school when it’s not their turn and go to their parents house. That’s a missing person and child abduction.
Basically, it’s a category error. We’re All tracking the same things, but our huge category has the same name as their narrow one.
It’s because a missing child is not the same as an abducted child.
If you don’t know where your child is, you tell the police. They radio the miscellaneous patrol cars and they inevitably find the six year old trying to walk somewhere silly within a few hours.
That’s a missing person report.
Divorce going poorly. One parent thinks the other shouldn’t get any custody. So they pick the kid up from school when it’s not their turn and go to their parents house. That’s a missing person and child abduction.
Basically, it’s a category error. We’re All tracking the same things, but our huge category has the same name as their narrow one.