system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Home Alone 1 and 2] Upon discovering they had left a young child behind, why didn't his parents call a neighbor, a friend, a church, the police or literally ANYONE instead of leaving him alone for days?
gpt
They attempted all of this, they called the police but the officer left after knocking on the door a couple times. They also tried calling friends and neighbors but couldn't find ANYBODY who was still in town.