Idiot Dad

So the poor kid who was lost in Utah has his dad to blame him for being lost for so long. Idiot dad.

Dad told son not to talk to strangers, because they'd carry him off. Unfortunately, he didn't train enough common sense or basic knowledge into the kid to let him see that the odds of weirdos hiding behind bushes to carry you off to sin and depravity are pretty slim up there in the Utah outback. (Unless you hit some crazy bad of polygamists.)

So dad would rather his son die of exposure or starvation than talk to some hairy legged hiker on a back trail. I guess this is why families move to Utah. So their kids are safe.

I'll stay here in the blue states, thank you. Where it's safe to let your kid know to go for help when they need it.