How Can This Be Happening?

This link will take you to a story about an 11 yr old boy who's parents denied fluids for four days because of bedwetting. I find it unbelievable that a parent would be this stupid in this day and age with so much information available on bedwetting.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-parents-punished-dead-boy-denying-water-225321416.html

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong area and it really has nothing to do with diapers, it is just so disturbing.

Believe me, people are just plain stupid.

Most people don't deserve to be parents.

That is so tragic and disturbing that I'm not going to say what the #### I think about it!

My prayers go out to Johnathan James and his two brothers!

Umm, fake. The human body can only survive a max of 3 days with no hydration. If he went 4 he went past the limit.

I just don't see how it's possible.

Not a fake. The poor boy died. His parents dehydrated him. It was in the newspapers.

I was talking about going 4 days without water. I've never heard of one going past 3 before dying, how can someone do 4?

Yes it is possible to go longer then 3days with out water. It won't be much longer the 3day thing is more of average not a hard fast rule. there isn't a clock on it 72 hours and at 72 hours and 1 second lights go out.

If you are a larger inactive adult and not in a hot arid environment, you could go a week without water. A small child won't be so resilient.