Michael Greene writes about the difficult process of searching for missing children . He says sometimes parents think kids are missing when they know what happened . There 's no way to account for the emotional difficulty involved in the search , he says . Parents can experience elation if they save a child -- or despair if it 's too late .
Bob Greene writes about the difficult task of searching for missing children . He says sometimes parents pretend kids are missing when they know what happened . There 's no way to prepare for the emotional difficulty involved in the search , he says . Searchers can experience elation if they save a child -- or despair if it 's too late .