“He’s Trying To Protect The People That Abused Him” | Peter Bleksly | Daisy McAndrew | Gary Bloom

[@curlew-3592]

Well let’s all leave him alone and not cause him any more stress. How’s that for an idea!🇬🇧

[@CaliWeHo]

Very good idea. He's in a tough spot. It's obvious he suffers from PTSD. 😢

[@kieranb7047]

​@@CaliWeHoreally. And how exactly is that obvious to you? What did your years of training teach you to look for?

[@Dreamskater100]

How can you tell? I'm asking genuinely & sincerely. I'm interested as I have a connection to ptsd & like to learn more. @@CaliWeHo

[@kathleenschoultz]

I agree. He is so young, he feel the need to please everyoneelse. He need to think of him self. And im sure he gets the proffesional help he can get. What he need to do is just talk with someone for some years.

[@mcchicken9878]

@@kieranb7047 plain fucking brains ya twiit

[@_Siyana8_]

This smart and kind young man is raised very well.

[@alphabetacanton]

Alex is more well-spoken, polite, sincere, and genuine than most young people you see these days, including those from privileged, expensive public school backgrounds. He certainly looks very healthy.

[@mosimosi630]

Of course his mother took care of him but she stole his childhood and for that she’s a monster

[@Maya-w7k]

His whole demeanour is that of someone who has been nurtured not neglected or abused. Leave him alone to get on with the life he has chosen for himself. Good luck Alex and good fortune.

[@scoutfinch47]

Sadly, you are assuming by looking at certain factors he has not been abused or neglected. No matter what has happened, the story of what has happened needs to be known by professionals, then action, if any needs to be taken.

[@alvaroodeh4794]

Absolutely!

[@Maya-w7k]

I've worked with enough abused children to know the signs to look for and Alex displays none of them.@@scoutfinch47

[@California265]

He hasn’t had a mobile phone…..what will that do to him? Looking at him ‘missing out on a “normal” life’ I’d say we can say where WE have gone wrong on raising children.

[@CaliWeHo]

😉👍

[@martinPatsy]

Well said

[@meretriciousinsolent]

Absolutely. The balance is somewhere between these two extremes.

[@alvaroodeh4794]

I didnt have one either.

[@rosenadsady3560]

He is surely an example of how someone turns out who has not been polluted by the modern world

[@brendareilly8322]

He could’ve turned out the same way and/or better in the modern world?! He wasn’t in some utopia he was kidnapped by his parents and he should’ve been able to see more than one area and be used to do busy work to keep him from going crazy of boredom rather than learning and being around other people. The courts saw that the parents weren’t a good place for him so they kidnapped him I would say it was pretty selfish that’s for sure! Glad he is safe and healthy❣️

[@genuinedelusionsmusic]

Way to miss the point

[@a_sea_oasis]

Prince Harry should speak to this young man, Alex Batty, and learn to appreciate his life instead of whining and grifting.

[@AngelaRyanXX]

No mobile phone. And he didn't die.

[@florencepi]

He had no friends

[@wewhofly]

"He's such an Articulate young man" ---- "Not doing a day at school..... Not getting an education". "He's read whilst he's been off-grid...... He's got a terrific vocabulary. He seems completely well adjusted" "He hasn't gone to school, he hasn't made friends, he hasn't had a mobile phone." " 'I chose a different life' - to me that screams maturity" "Agency - the ability to Do What You Want" What's so sad? Conventional Child's life challenged by a teen who lived away from convention for 6 years and returned well adjusted, normal, articulate and allegedly mature beyond his years. All done with no mobile phone allegedly.....

[@sh.4409]

School doesn’t make you smart.

[@California265]

Island mentality

[@letitiakearney2423]

@@California265he played online so he wasn’t completely cut off with technology. We all grew up without mobile phones which doesn’t make kids intelligent 😂

[@CaliWeHo]

Yes, I see it now!

[@brendareilly8322]

The man that was saying those things has no idea how he will be able to adjust to his now very different life and people it will be a very hard time and adjusting to not ever seeing his mom or grandfather because of their selfishness!! To say that sending him to a therapist is not needed just because he can articulate well right now in front of the camera doesn’t show the pain inside!?

[@rosenadsady3560]

This young man is in great shape. I don’t know the environment he has been living in but it has obviously been a very positive influence.

[@threecatsandalady64]

He is an amazing boy

[@martinPatsy]

People are unreasonably not considering he loves his mother and grandfather

[@flygrace]

IMO this is purely a family matter and should have remained so. As others have observed, the lad is very well-adjusted and has probably acquired more practical life skills than he would have got from years in classrooms.

[@sylvianorah1367]

There are laws in this country

[@leebryantravels]

​@@sylvianorah1367🤦‍♂️

[@CaliWeHo]

Absolutely!

[@kieranb7047]

​@@sylvianorah1367It's a good job he wasn't living in this country then isn't it.

[@clarifyingquestions]

By Others - you mean the trolls watching a clip on KZbin")

[@britastertern-gill4961]

He is far better off for not having what all the other teenagers have had access to this past decade.

[@rad-guidance7]

I'm praying for him and his mother and grandfather. At least one child not ruined by governmental education, an oxymoron if ever there was one. Or a mobile phone, how that ever became a vital part of his growing up I don't know. I just hope the shock of coming into this crazy world doesn't spoil him.

[@khkforest]

just because he hasnt been to school doesn't mean he has missed anything !! Actually yes, he's missed out on bullying , controlling teachers, indoctrination with biased history lessons, avoided being pigeon holed and churned out on the production line of modern education ....wish him all the best 👍

[@clarifyingquestions]

he was kidnapped .that is the issue.

[@khkforest]

@clarifyingquestions his mother took him to live in Spain ...albeit off grid....but if I'd had more balls I'd have done that with my kids....who kidnapped him ?

[@clarifyingquestions]

@@khkforest Apparently his mother and grandpa kidnapped him and left the country which is probably why they had to live off the grid. So living on or off the grid and howl all he turned out is not the point. My clarifying questions are why did mom not have custody, where is dad in this picture and why did grandma get custody. Is grandpa maternal or paternal ditto for the grandpa who was on the run. Side point - one cant determine ones upbringing based on a KZbin clip. Interesting to note - that his actions LEFT his mom and grandpa knowing it would put them at risk and he would not be able to contact them anymore becasue he was BORED:). There is a lot going on here with this family. Im just asking clarifying questions:)

[@khkforest]

@@clarifyingquestions well fair enough....I didn't know all that. Just hope he's OK....and now he's back home....that the press/media don't wreck his life

[@clarifyingquestions]

@@khkforest The media is actually the public. What we click on and watch we watch is what they serve. This story has the public's fascination. Nowadays everyone with a phone is the media reporting:) Maybe he will get a book deal or a movie deal out of his story ie $$$$ which is why he agreed to go public. He did agree to go public.

[@robinburn4974]

They didn't abuse him he was told he could leave whenever he wanted, which he did, his mother might have been unconventional but abuse is a the wrong word

[@catherinethomas1276]

He was a minor.

[@catherinethomas1276]

Don't be nieve. There's emotional abuse and trauma.

[@SimonYdoom]

@@catherinethomas1276right🙄And I am wondering how your offspring is going to turn out😂😂

[@brendareilly8322]

It’s abuse the second they took him away from the legal guardian. They did abuse this kid it’s why he’s so paranoid about them getting into trouble. They hid him in isolation and manipulated his thoughts into having to turn in his mother and grandfather or go on a very dangerous trip in the middle of the night and get into a strangers vehicle!? That could’ve been the end of his life if not for luck and compassion of the person that gave him the ride. Many types of abuse!

[@SimonYdoom]

@@brendareilly8322 lol you are definitely more pathetic and paranoid about your own life than that fine young man!!If you think that you’re smarter than me then you’re welcome to a debate?If you’re just part of that stupid system full of psychopaths and fools I don’t think you’re going anywhere but you should attempt to get out!!

[@i_kissed_a_pixie1537]

The fact that he is remarkably well adjusted suggests to me that abuse shouldn’t be the narrative here. How many of us have dreamt of living off grid? He is now an adult and he is rightly doing what he now wants.

[@kieranb7047]

Well put! I personally aim for an off grid lifestyle and It will be interesting to see how this young man finds the modern rat race and if he actually chooses to return to his childhood lifestyle in the future as an adult.

[@luxpursuits]

Stop lying. He wasn't abused.

[@jeannettestuckelschwaiger5071]

Nous sommes impressionnés par Alex. Il a une tête bien sur ses épaules et les pieds sur terre. Pour un adolescent Alex s'exprime avec beaucoup de sagesse et d'intelligence supérieures aux jeunes gens de son âge. Nous souhaitons à Alex toute la réussite qu'il mérite.

[@shbo8015]

Leave the family alone - his mother has done what she thought was best. They lived off grid, hardly abuse. I would say he has been protected from the abuse of the media, social media and the abuse of the school system. Leave them alone.

[@clarifyingquestions]

kidnapping is against the law, so it will be investigated.

[@ramadamming8498]

Children who have travelled the world and lived by learning practical skills, have a much broader skillset and knowledge than many who spent years in High School. As well, High School in Oldham, perhaps he'd have been stabbed by now. Seems like the parent and grandfather's failings where in perhaps lack of socialisation due to isolation and having some maybe hardcore ideological ideas about life. Though morons in tabloid media have to make a story - and they do not get it as they never lived it.

[@kelllefae3026]

The mum had already lost custody of him when she took him..... that doesn't happen for no reason ....

[@EleMentalJesus]

@@kelllefae3026 I know the reason as I know the family, she lost custody because she had become homeless and believed schooling was indoctrinating and brainwashing children. She was not violent or an abuser in anyway, just different. Your right it happened for a reason but a sketchy one.

[@kelllefae3026]

@EleMentalJesus I live off grid and I'm so called alternative ..... my kids attended school , saw their granny, had access to friends .....

[@linjubar]

Abuse?I doubt an abused child would turn out so well adjusted, intelligent, and healthy. It seems his mom did a good job of bringing him up. Compare him with todays’s kids who have been in school, had mobile phones, and are far from well adjusted. They are indoctrinated.

[@TheRose087]

Have to agree with you there

[@sylvianorah1367]

How would ypu know just by looking at him

[@CaliWeHo]

​@@TheRose087Me too.

[@Julieoscar1]

@@sylvianorah1367he has never mentioned abuse.. this was disgusting journalism.. even the guest had to correct her.

[@sylvianorah1367]

@@Julieoscar1 Not mentioning it doesn't mean it did not happen

[@drumcdoo9050]

Quite rightly said ~ is the worst thing that could happen is for his Grandfather and Mother ending up in jail which would devastate and have an adverse effect on the well being of this incredable young man...

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

Gary Bloom is very on point and see's the positive in how Alex is coping and his intelligence ..wishing Alex all the Best and glad he is with his Grandmother again .

[@janepearson5802]

I think he was lucky to have a great mum . He is a credit to her .

[@bexsta7766]

Something seems odd. Glad he's ok😊👍

[@goforitbeyourself.suekirk2165]

He’s still a balanced young man trying to see and feel both sides leave him alone x x

[@jujutrini8412]

He comes across as a well brought up young man. I suspect he was nurtured and loved.

[@carolinemcnulty6169]

He wasn't kidnapped, or murdered or abused. So his mother was a hippy but he knows she loved him and he got to travel. It's his grandma who objected to him being removed from her company. I'd like to know why grandma's husband was a party to this. Young man needs to get some education now. He'll catch up with technology. He's a bright lad.

[@atalanta9353]

He already understands coding and wants a career in it. He’s going to be fine.

[@kelllefae3026]

If mum had already lost custody before they fled ....it begs the question why?

[@madeleinerose7090]

He absolutely WAS kidnapped - removed from his legal guardian by coercion and lies, and removing a dependent child’s only means of contacting his legal guardian. His ‘mother’ and POS ‘grandfather’ should both rot in prison (or a psychiatric facility, if appropriate). Why hasn’t anyone verbalised the question: “What is the nature of the relationship between the so-called mother and her ‘father’?”

[@catherinethomas1276]

The ' father ' is not her biological ' father'. He was Alex's grandmother's partner.... the grandmother says Melanie went off the rails when she split with her partner.....

[@catherinethomas1276]

​@@kelllefae3026absolutely

[@kelllefae3026]

Why had the mother already lost custody before they fled? Obviously we dont know the full story here ....

[@wadoryujujutsukempo6289]

They can't admit they have raised in a different type of life that has left him better off in life, a modern teenager thats had a gen x upbringing. If the government admit he has had a better life, then they admitting that modern society is and has failed

[@sdDiadel]

Despite everything said....His mum and grandad raised him with good values, moral and education with regard vocabulary and communication skills. This boy evaluates and analyses things in life with great clarity. I think that those years were not lost. He developed many skills that are boosting his CV. He gained a lot (at the same time he lost a few during six years) of skills and all those experiences have given him a lot of knowledge. I think he has gained more than what he lost.

[@hannahsmith-dg9jt]

Well at least hes not been glued to screens, bullied at secondary school, got in wrong crowds, and gotten over weight on junk food, like many kids.. apart from being bored, and he even is respectful of his mum.

[@rollenrollen3819]

Hope for a good future for him

[@BANKO007]

The people who abused him? Presumably, this cannot be a reference to his mother and grandfather? She has done a great job. The bigger question, given the outcome, why was he to be torn from his mother? Is this yet another case of an abuse of power? They seem very loyal to each other. The social services must resent that.

[@catherinethomas1276]

The ' grandfather' was Alex's grandmother's BOYFRIEND. Not Alex or his mum biological anything. Not dad nor grandfather. He was the grandmother's PARTNER. X PARTNER.

[@carrietaylor6658]

CLEARLY HES JUST HAD AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE. IF HE WAS ABUSED HE WLD HAVE RUN AWAY LONG TIME AGO

[@kirstenwright1974]

Kids have to go to school that’s abuse. Taking him away from everything he knows.

[@kieranb7047]

​@@kirstenwright1974no they don't. You can legally homeschool a child and a lot of studies have shown that home schooled kids go on to be more successful in life.

[@carrietaylor6658]

He's talking about coding. He's intelligent.

[@catherinethomas1276]

​@kieranb7047 not for prolonged periods like 6 years - Kids need and want peers in a school setting. Not prolonged isolation from peers and school.

[@kieranb7047]

@@catherinethomas1276 this lad has not gone to school and yet he comes across very articulate. He seems confident, well spoken, intelligent and far more advanced than people his own age that have gone through the British school system. I would comfortably argue that his entire experience destroys your argument.

[@TheKnowledge9185]

The sad thing here is that he's not had a robust education and is probably still stuck at primary level in certain areas. Other than that I think he speaks well, appears well mannered and not being indoctrinated with 'sex' education in school amongst other things and not having wrong friends to lead him down the wrong path has done him well. He is an example of what a normal child raised outside of a toxic environment looks like. Abuse is what our children are encountering in normal life, they're depressed, suicidal and very unhappy and forever wired to the tv or phone. I wish him all the best in his future life and hope he stays on a good path, actually I feel the last six years will be the making of him.

[@hannahsmith-dg9jt]

You're so right

[@TheRose087]

Abduction my ass,he was with his Mother and his Grandad he turned out great, that's a grandmother who think that kid is hers,this should of been private

[@Michelle-kj2gd]

His grandmother was his legal guardian, not his biological mother. There must be a good reason why parental responsibility was taken away from the mother and given to the grandmother.

[@deoneforpeace]

I have a feeling the French people are not going to stop there.....They are amazing at saving Children on their Land....THANK YOUUUU 💖

[@carolokbrblol]

I work with abused children. They always ask for their parents no matter what. He has a biological connection.

[@leogrolla]

Good point. He will figure out the real impact on his life in the future. It's too soon.

[@kirstenwright1974]

It took me till my 30s to walk away from my parents. They both SA me. My Mum tho hurt me the most. 😢😢

[@khkforest]

abused children do not " always" ask for or defend their abusers/ parents. Please don't make such vast generalisations....

[@EleMentalJesus]

Hope you can provide evidence of the abuse you speak of, or are you speculating?

[@clarifyingquestions]

Why did they kidnap him. Where is his father. And is the Grandfather he was with maternal. And why did grandma have custody and is she married to the grandpa he was with.

[@catherinethomas1276]

Sadly now its in the media , we'll all want to know what exactly is the story. Why is granny custodian if he has a mother?

[@sylvianorah1367]

​@@catherinethomas1276Ofcourse theater had issues with her mental health

[@mariahoulihan9483]

most likely lost custody in court. So there is a story there too. @@catherinethomas1276

[@catherinethomas1276]

The ' grandfather ' is not a biological relative. Of Melanie or Alex ..... he's the grandmother's X Partner.

[@jeannettehood6]

He is an amazing young man .❤

[@unicorn_bones]

Prince harry should take lessons from the kid on “just getting on with it”. In fact he could teach a class. That would be very beneficial

[@madeleinerose7090]

Get a life ffs!

[@janemichallat]

All sounds rather odd to me. Don’t want to sound like a cynic, but time will tell....

[@fantasip]

Horrible Daisy making assumptions and jumping into conclusions based on loads of prejudices about Alex and his mother. Shame on Daisy, only going for sensation journalism! 😡😠🤬

[@karenconder6418]

Great advert for off grid ❤

[@EnglandAntiEstablishment]

Why do the media need to poke their nose in . Don't remember them reporting about him being missing . Gossip and drama about someone life .

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

He should be left alone, he bears no malice towards his mum and grandad. Pointless waste of police time, what is normal….? The worst thing would be the press spend too much time chasing him for stories and headlines. That’s what he needs protecting from.

[@ShropshireFox]

What a load of nonsense Boy lives with his mum, obviously educated at home. Plays games online. Thanks his mum for the life she gave him. Reads books. Travels europe. There is no reports of him missing from 2017. Is this a precursor for something coming down the pipeline to discourage children living with parents or living off grid.

[@TheRandomINFJ]

His mother obviously loves him. She raised a fine young man. I believe her intentions were pure- to get her son away from a rough, cold world. Like Alex himself said, he was _not_ abused and he loves his mother very much. He protects her because he felt her intentions were to protect him. Let's quit the 'abuse' narrative and stick to the facts.

[@catherinethomas1276]

So nieve

[@roymills9334]

The boy seems ok, anyone pushing a narrative of abuse should question their own motives.

[@catherinethomas1276]

Don't be nieve. There is a bigger story here. To do with his mother and grandmother's X OARTNER. so not a biological relation to his mum or Alex. His grandmother's Partner.

[@karenconder6418]

What teenager enjoyed 2020 to 2022 . He has dodged a bullet

[@catherinethomas1276]

That's 2 yrs. He's been gone 6 years.

[@karenconder6418]

@@catherinethomas1276 2 out of 6 der !!!

[@bcent5758]

Why did the mother not have custody originally?

[@roadhouseezzie5793]

Why this question hasn't been answered about the custody situation

[@jdrancho1864]

00:50 Exactly that. Glad somebody is publicly asking that question. Vanessa Feltz is asking the best questions so far.

[@RedRouge-j4j]

Alex seems to have worked out for himself to be able to say to his mum and grandad - "I love you, but I don't have to like you"

[@jackiethomas8200]

The government have stopped socialisation for past 3 years. That’s ok is it ?

[@doonewatts7155]

For me the fact that his gran is his legal guardian speaks volumes

[@rosdemai]

Wonder where his biological father is?

[@catherinethomas1276]

The 'dad' who was with them was Alex's grandmother's partner..... strange. So the 'dad' is not in fact Melanie's dad at all. Weird. I hope Ais OK. The mother is a selfish narcisst. The man is not Alex's biological grandad.

[@Dawn-zo2ny]

In some ways, i believe that lifestyle probably benefitted Alex, in ways growing up in England wouldn't have provided as much...He got to hopefully learn to do some useful survival things and perhaps develop talents and maturity that he may not have otherwise..If his grandfather was the main person in his life, then his grandfather may have had some maturity that rubbed off on Alex...i don't know, but i wouldn't be too concerned about him, he seems more well adjusted than most people, plus he said he was pretty happy, and doesn't show signs of concerning trauma and abuse....Plus it may have kept him out of some trouble with females...☀

[@minim3494]

Sounds like he had a perfectly healthy life. I dont get the issue. I'd have been all the better if i could have skipped 'the school experience' personally. If you want to know what real abuse is? It's highschool!

[@mariahoulihan9483]

sounds like, on ewhat has been heard so far, the mther and grandfather kidnapped him from the grandmotehrs custody in the uk, thereby breaking UK law.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

another issue is his education. I do take your point. However, I think it will depend on the laws of the countries he was living in, be that Morroco if that is true, spain France.. wherever they traelled to about home education. Perhaps, who knows, they hae to prove what that home school was. it will all come out in the enquiry of course. Theother thing to take into account is now he has reached his majority under UK law it may be a light touch on the mother and grandfather. We will see.

[@Francis-xl2gu]

Ok he's had a different upbringing so what !! Probably the same as any kid in France has had.

[@meretriciousinsolent]

No mobile is not a bad thing. No friends or education, however... And the responsibility that's been put onto him. Not good. Editing to add: I don't mean any responsibility. I mean feeling responsible for his mother. That role reversal at a young age is too much. I'm glad he was able to prioritise himself.

[@MadelineMcneill]

Whatever the actions of his mother, she and his grandad obviously did not neglect him, he seems to have been well fed, given books, well clothed and his mother obviously loved him no matter how misguided she was. There is no need to bring in criminal charges against his mother and grandfather as this will add to any stress Alex may have suffered. He is a lovely young man. Leave him alone to get on with his life. Good luck to you Alex.

[@nevisscot7697]

Wtf ...a driving license is the first thing that comes to mind??????....they are all in it together....a child will always defend his mother.

[@shez5964]

Any relation to Luke Batty aged 11 who was murdered by his father in 2014? This was in Melbourne Australia and his mother Rosie Batty who was originally British became Australian of the Year for her work with domestic violence issues.

[@KityThian]

He felt like France is unsociable....? He did not like France....😮😢

[@catherinethomas1276]

Wheres his dad

[@bakhtawarsingh8139]

Why i am very happy to see alex 😊😊

[@catherinethomas1276]

Me as well 😊 he's brilliant that's why

[@KA-eu9sy]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Edmund Burke

[@sallyedwards7162]

These bloody interview/news readers twisting stories

[@fantasip]

i can't stand it, Daisy is a horrible media host and journalist, looking for drama when there is no! 🤢🤬🤮😡

[@Donna_Relaxing]

So So very sad

[@dogsenseforu301]

❤ to Alex Batty- Big questions - a young man taken away from society and abused speaks in a way more articulate way than school educated 17-20 yr olds. Also, WAY more importantly Alex speaks so forgivingly and with such positivity and zero blame. Mandela vibes. Doesn't everyone want positive under their roof? Kudos to the lovely medic who who picked Alex up.😊- IMO companies who require computer skills (Alex Batty wants to do) will be lining up to support him.

[@jayneking8340]

I am so happy Alex is back with his grandmother!! In the USA last year 359,094 kids went missing. 50% were parental abductions. By human nature, Alex wants to protect his Mom. I respectfully disagree with the therapist. My child was groomed and abducted. Her education was delayed. Plus relationships and things were taken from her but she was made to feel like it was normal. Let's talk about the grandmother's trauma. Of course she's happy her grandson is home. But what about her suffering and trauma? And other targeted parents? Let's not protect the abuser. Yes, I will call this abuse. Because that's what it is. We cannot trivialize abuse. What was done to him was harmful. What was done to his grandmother was harmful. What was done to me and my child was harmful.We cannot allow this to be normalized. And, what about the rest of the kids that are being taken? This is not at all rare and it must be stopped. Children have human rights - relationships, education, etc. His were stolen. If there is no deterrent it will continue. What will be the count next year? Those are not numbers, they are kids. Parentification abuse contributes to parent/guardian alienation abuse. Alex is fine now, but what about when he starts college? That will likely be so difficult for him. Denying education is abuse. Denying a child access to their safe loved ones is abuse. Let's remember that the mother did not have parental rights. There was a reason for that. Denying education is a crime. What if it was your kid? I say let Alex stay in touch with his Mom if he so chooses, but throw the book at her and the abuser/abductor grandfather. Save the children! Grooming is nomalizing bad behavior. Grooming is predatory behavior. Alex deserves to see that if there is no accountability another child will be taken tomorrow. How will he feel then? We cannot let him bear the responsibility of his abusive/abducting Mother. Delusions have already done soo much harm. Prayers for Alex's future!!🙏💖

[@catherinethomas1276]

What exactly is the story.

[@Mk-cn9xw]

his mother took him off grid, a blessing, how dare talk tv headline it as an abuse case

[@catherinethomas1276]

Poor Alex has been deprived of peers , school, stability.

[@bernadettealmeida2847]

God be with him 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🙏

[@maralfniqle5092]

Abused him? For not giving him a mobile phone?😅

[@anneanne6077]

I wish people would stop throwing the word abuse around like they're throwing around a ball those of us who were actually abused cringe at the fact that the word abuse is constantly being used unnecessarily

[@jennybertenshaw7694]

The MET ex police officer once again wasting not one second to bash Lancashire police....For heavens sake whats WRONG with him...They did this over the Bulley case BUTT OUT He knows nothing

[@hannahsmith-dg9jt]

I can see why his mum wanted to leave the uk and go off grid, foresight of what a mess the uk has become, although feel for alex, but often felt like doing what she did

[@alisonriley763]

Jesus - is she sitting in for Vanessa??? Here's another woman who goes around the houses, whilst asking a question!!!!!

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

He's a very well adjusted young person. Scripture says that youth are taken from parents when it is time.

[@lesleyhubble2976]

I was 33 when I finally left home, it was purgatory. I finally had a normal life, got my own place, met my husband, had a baby and led a life. Maybe because of my insecurities I stayed at home too long. Thank the universe my 21 year old daughter who I had to wait till I was 42 to have is nothing like me and wants to leave home ASAP

[@mariahoulihan9483]

then scripture isn;t always kind, is it?

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

Has Jesus said, let them come into me. Children rebel against parents when they're ready to fly the nest. @@mariahoulihan9483

[@mosimosi630]

He’s gone through a lot his mother is a selfish monster

[@catherinethomas1276]

Where's he been for a start.

[@mrmartin2079]

What’s all the fuss about

[@fantasip]

12 yo Alex went to Spain for holidays with his mom and grandfather and didn't return back to England, been living off grid in France, Marocko and Spain, an alternative lifestyle but free to come and go as he wished. Now, at the age of 17, six years later, he left his mom and grandfather because he wanted to create a life of his own. He left a loving note to his mom and took off, he got enough money, skate board, some personal belongings to make it walking alone aimlessly the roads in a kind of country side place, he hitch hiked with a driver and told him his name. They drove to the police station as Alex wanted to get in touch with his grandmother who also is his guardian and the rest is history... media is unfortunately twisting the story in so many ways, making a huge drama of it

[@TerryLegette-kb1sh]

Very handsome young man think God he got out and in good condition health prays 🙏 for him

[@davew2452]

Why would anyone want to come back to th UK

[@caronyardley8834]

He's trauma bonded.

[@kelleemerson9510]

Put him in school, he's not ruined by wokeness yet.

[@catherinethomas1276]

They should name this cult.

[@Nigelsmom2136]

It's known as Stockholm Syndrome.

[@wingless171]

he might be here a while and realise he wants to go back ..society not that great

[@kathleenschoultz]

The trauma will come after a while. When he have understand all the differents. Old life VS The actually life. I can see he have alot of anxiety. That is just what i see

[@Jaywaters5]

The more I hear about this kid, the more I don't care for him or have sympathy for him. I'll be the VOICE OF REASON..the truth will hurt...but people are not really thinking. So he was never missing. He wasn't a prisoner he wasn't alone, and he wasn't homeless. I looked up one spiritual place in Spain and ots not cheap to stay there. It feels like he wanted to live his own life, which he did. He wanted to read a little bit of books , which he did. He wanted to get older on the street, which he did. It comes across that he is a teenager living off the grid and having no responsibility to learn. He was probably staying with men who paid his way, and he learned how to somewhat survive with plenty of help. It's sad to know and understand that he still had plenty of privilege, and now he has more opportunities now that he was found. He could have ran to the police and had a BETTER STORY, but we have this, which, to me, isn't shocking. He might make up things , push his stupid reality for cash and movie deals and a series of stupid books about himself, which is selfish of him and yet he is topic of conversation about how he should be hired on the spot while many people go to college get countless degrees to get the job opportunities just giving to him. Such privilege he walks into, and it's not a good thing when people want to SPOIL him off his looks. It's looks like a well planned adventure to me, and he is still safe as he always was. Nothing really important from him. Listen, kids that are REALLY MISSING have a hard life , they get things done to them, and they are barely able to think, and not well bathed, and they are kept in strange places. This teenager looks too calm , he looks to put together, and he looks to PERKY. He lives for this attention, and he won't stop. I only feel bad for this teenager because he was able to live out his dreams, and now that's ended. The fun is over, and because of his actions, his mom and step grandpa are somewhat still just traveling. People today fall for anything. He's just a pretty face , he was well taken care of, and he probably made plenty of money on the streets with whatever guys or family he was with. No one knew he was missing, and I watch a lot of programs about people going missing and never found, and if they are found, they are reunited with their family, and its really emotional. This teenager here is acting like he was never missed, never missing, never hunger, and never alone. Send him to high school, then college them internship, then maybe a job.. HE YOUNG , HE STILL HAS TIME FOR ALL THAT, no time was wasted according to him. Get over him, and the whole situation, it's a setup. His more privileged now, like when he decided to take a little walk for 6 or 7 years.

[@brendanrogersisafatchristo4126]

Vanessa feltz has let herself go

[@rubytuesday7225]

There are too many of these community type places in Europe. Too many "New Lives in the Sun" type places. Life is not always a bowl of cherries. In Northern Almeria in Spain there is one. How would you know if anyone is kept there against their will? World schooling, they were saying. Now they have taken that off their website. Even had their Facebook Account taken away at one point.

[@lesleyhubble2976]

I’m wondering if his granddad helped him to escape