Originally Posted by
swag
Yes, it's a large enough place to lose a kid. It is not so large that it should take (as OP said) a half hour to fully search the place to either find the child or determine he is no longer on the premises.
I don't know about that -- my fiance's son is 26 (equivalent to 7 in reality -- he's mentally handicapped) and we've spent a lot longer than that looking for him in a smaller place. And he's fully grown!