My poor little neighbor girls get screamed profanities at everyday and are crying and screaming everyday. They are both under 5. I've never heard them being physically abused but the crying and screaming is starting to affect my own child what now?
2006-10-11 03:07:24 · 18 answers · asked by Daphne O 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
It is simple really. The law states that if You know of Children being abused, or even think that they may be, it is Your duty to report it. Call Child Protective Services and ask to speak to a Supervisor. Just talk to them to get a feel of what can be done, and to make sure You can leave Your name out of it. Being Neighbors that can be messy. I have worked with this from the Police end, and have seen many abused, physically abused, Children returned. But You have to do what is right. You may be their only hope. Or You may be the only one with the guts enough to do the right thing. You know what God wants You to do. And start praying for Them NOW. And physical abuse eventually heals and leaves the body, Emotional Abuse remains, harms, confuses, and damages self esteem. You see the affects it is having on Your daughter. Do what needs to be done, and soon. What if it turns into physical abuse one day before You call. And actually it could be happening now, but inside where You can not see it.
God Bless
2006-10-11 03:26:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your brave enough, you may want to go over there and have a talk with your neighbor. In a kind and caring manor, express your concern about their use and tone of language when they are reprimanding their children. If they get all freaky on you, leave. All else, every county has a Department of Human Services and they can and should be reported. If this was a once in awhile occurrence, then no report should be made. But considering the daily verbal abuse these kids are receiving, not to mention the dramatic effect that it is having on your child, I wouldn't hesitate to file a report. This can be done anonymously. Good for you....
2006-10-11 03:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by frigidx 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOU need to intervene... make it your business. Call child welfare and get someone to look into it. IF someone were doing that to your children I can almost bank on it that you would have turned that person in already.
Hearing physical abuse it hard to do, you know about the verbal that will be enough for Probable cause and someone will look into it.
You have to remember you are only doing what is best for those children.
Good luck you are an angel.
2006-10-11 03:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by razzyrascal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Contact your local social services program - you can either make an anonymous report or call the police to make a formal report.
The most your neighbor can do is give you dirty looks, especially if the police show up and question them and find out that there is abuse going on.
2006-10-11 03:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by drumrb0y 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Report them ( whoever is doing the abusing) to Child Protective Services right away. If nothing changes, keep reporting them.
2006-10-11 03:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call child protective services. Verbal abuse is as serious as physical. Maybe even more so in some cases.
2006-10-11 03:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether your instincts are correct or not doesn' t matter...you need to call your local Child Protective Services office and get someone out to that house. Its better to be safe than sorry.
2006-10-11 03:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by mvngs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a hard situation. Its hard to prove mental abuse. The only thing I can think of is, try to have the kids come over from time to time, to see there is a different way to be in this world. That will give them a break from their house and allow them to see that life isn't that way in every household. Trust me seeing other ways to be, does help, especially when they are older and can choose NOT to behave that way with their kids, because they seen someone else interact with kids in a positive way.
2006-10-11 03:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by magnolia_76 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need to call protective services right away. Whether you're right or not about what is going it needs to be checked into. This is something very serious that I don't think people take it seriously enough.
2006-10-11 14:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by bububub 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try to talk to her in a nice understanding manner to find out what is worrying her first... Ask your neighbor why she had her kids if she doesnt like them and they are burden on her. Maybe a question like this will make her thinking. Maybe you can invite the little girls over to show them some love... their mother may be also stressed and/or depressed because of lack of money and dependence on her husband, which triggers her anger...she may not even realize what she is doing to her little girls... Then you may also contact local organization and ask them what would they do...
2006-10-11 03:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by b.s. 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋