Radio 5

You wonder whether parents actually talk to their children at all these days. I'm quite sure my grandsons would have known whether they were being collected for anything at the age six. Or younger.

Parenting as we know it is in decline in some areas.

Surely the child who should have seen the doctor would have given a note to the teacher? Or the mum would have spoken to her (teacher) before school that morning?

I'm lost for words

Surely the conversation on the way to the doctor's would have been a bit of a giveaway? The child must be very trusting, to go with a complete stranger and be examined by a (presumably) strange doctor....

I can't understand why she didn't say "That's not my granddad!". I'm sure most six-year-olds would have done.

Oh for God's sake, don't start on Lara now!

Of course the parents are to blame. They must have realised the old feller wasn't up to it.

If the grandad has such poor sight what on earth possessed the parents to send him to the school in the first place.

It will be interesting to see the whole story.

Lara I doubt you would be LOL-ing if it were your daughter that was handed over.

It said in the other links that he had poor sight. Both children are six, have the same name and are blonde and they're in the same class. Worrying.

But the granddad didn't realise he had the wrong child....?

Easily done by the school staff, I mean. If someone says I've come to collect Mary I'm her granddad and the child gets up and goes....

Nothing to laugh about.

Whoops! Easily done. The only thing that I could suggest is that the school insists that the parents provide a photo of any adult that they ask to collect their child. It shouldn't be too difficult as its generally grandparents or the childminder.

I do wonder about the grandfather though. Did he really not recognise his grandchild?

Beggars belief!

How old is the 'grandad'?

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