Poor little girl...?

Question

okay a couple days ago I was driving my fourwheeler
and I saw my grandmother at a neighbors house so I went with her to see what's up.
Well she was lending a ladder to them for whatever reason
but I noticed that there were 3 girls jumping on the trampoline
I tried to be polite so I said hi
well I ended up jumping with them for like 2 hours haha
I go over there everyday after school [I am home-schooled if you were wondering] and one day one of the girls got a water bottle and started trying to get everyone wet lol
well Abby [5 yrs old] ran off the trampoline and said "I'm afraid
of water.." well I asked and she said "Sometimes my brother will hold my head underwater, but not so long that I drown, but if I do I got to the hospital and come back all new".
Also that day there was a fight inside the house all the girls just sat and listened to the cussing and hitting...
I'm a sort of worried for Abby and her sister but I don't know what I can do, any advice?

okay guys I'm going to tell my father and see what we can do
Well I'll make sure and add more details to let you know what happens

Answer 1

Do us all a favor and call the authorities there is clear signs of abuse. the girl life is in danger so do the right thing. the little boy need help too. they all do. also, you can remain anonymous. you will be taking that child out of a bad situation. Please, do the right thing. That lil girl does not have a voice and you have the chance to be hers. Good Luck and God Bless.
FYI* you would not splitting up a family, you would be building new lives, needed by those children.

Answer 2

This is a time to get some trusted adults involved. It sounds if Abby is being abused by her brother who may be being abused by the parents. You need to find someone you know who will help take action. It sounds as if a social worker or child services officer needs to be called. Children can't protect themselves and it's an adults responsibility to keep them from experiencing and witnessing abuse. Unfortunately sometimes the adults who are supposed to protect the kids are the ones who hurt them. If nobody will help, you can call the Child Abuse hotline yourself: 1-800-422-4453 (they don't know who you are and you don't have to tell them) and they can help you decide what to do and if someone is ever in the need of immediate help, it's always best to call 911. It's not okay if there is hitting and cussing going on in the house and it's mental abuse for the girls to hear it and you are right to be worried because an average of nearly four children die every day as a result of child abuse or neglect.

Answer 3

Personally I would make a phone to Children's Services. Tell them what your concern is. I am positive this will be investigated.
What you tell them is confidential, so don't worry about you being told on.
You should be able to find the phone number in your local phone book, if not call your local police department and they can give you the number.
Sounds like some abuse is going on. No child should be abused in any way shape or form !!

Thank you for the concern of a child and her well being !!!! Your a wonderful person.

To many times people turn their head's to such thing's in which many times a child is hurt or worse killed.

So don't feel bad for doing the right thing !!!!

Answer 4

If you are under the age of 18 - and I clearly see that you must be - THEN you must alert your parents of this situation. THEY in all good conscience should contact CSS "Childrens Social Services" in your area. Additionally - next time you hear cussing and swearing like that - tell your parents right away so they can call the police. BAD adults for some reason think it's perfecting fine to fight and cuss and swear in front of their children (it's NOT - that is considered emotional abuse and neglect) Tell an adult and hopefully they will do something about it to help the children there. You are a good person to be worried for them.

Answer 5

This sounds like a dangerous situation. You should definantly tell someone so that they can be sure the kids are ok. They may need to be removed from the house. You should be glad you were there at that time to witness what was going on and to hear the noise, because no one might not ever know.

Answer 6

That sounds pretty awful. And, unfortunately, for the girls they probably think that this goes on in everybody's family. (Victims of abuse that are young don't realize that the behavior going on is not normal to all families some times.) It sounds like the little girls need someone to stand up for them. I would try to tell and adult and ask if they can do something or contact the authorities to find out what can be done. They need some one to be a hero for them, stand up for them.

Answer 7

It hard as your in difficult situation. You can either call child services although that may mean you could be responsible for splitting family up or you can talk to family about it but then you may be intruding. Try and find out more from Abby as she is young and will talk. Something needs to be done..

Answer 8

If I were you without question I would tell my ma or pa or a trusted adult or teacher, those are definate signs of abuse, even though I like spending time messing with my sister and annoying her I would never do something like that, I always apologize and I let her mess with me and jump on me, I would never leave her paranoid of something, poor girl will now have a fear of water for the rest of her life, good you noticed so you can stop it on time!

Answer 9

Definitely tell your parents. It puts parents in a funny position but it is one of the jobs of being a parent to do the hard stuff - like ask people questions about stuff like this. Kids do need adults to interpret dangerous behavior - so they can live long enough to grow up to be adults, too.

Answer 10

Talk to an adult about this situation and tell them how you feel. If you are old enough then call children services and explain to them what is going on in that house. They might be able to help.

Good luck