No it isn't pointless !! They can ask for solid evidence of the boy either alive or dead and ask them to place the situation in the past tense and speak like the incident was in the past for example if the child's name is X let them imagine a conversation they are having with their close relative or close friend who are genuinely their good friends or well wishers something like this : "do u remember the time when X went missing ? It was so long ago but what a wonderful thing that all that is behind us and he's back and healthy and happy with us !!" They could imagine various other such scenes all showing happiness and greatfulness cos the child is back ! It's important to show that faith and that can be done when it's placed in past tense as that would make the universe make it happen faster and also its easier to place incidents in the past than assuming Things in the present which maybe difficult for many !! 😊 Hope this helps and my wishes to the family