Can you tell about a time when you have been aware of children in unsafe environment and what you did about?

Answer 1

You need to explain what the unsafe environment is. This could mean anything. Just to use an example - Cars speeding down your street. Well you can contact the city and ask for them to install speed bumps. That's just one example. The key is to DO SOMETHING. Safety first, even it that means moving out of the situation.

Answer 2

I used to be in property management and several times I saw children that were in an unsafe environment. One couple lived in a home where the babies bedroom was in the front of the home. It did not have curtains or blinds. I saw their baby in the crib for 2 days straight. It was never taken out of the crib. I reported it to the police and they called child protective services. Come to find out that "baby" was a three year old child that was malnourished. The conditions in the home were despicable and they reported that the child would have died if someone had not called. There were also several other malnourished children living in the home. They were all placed in foster care and are thriving today. Sometimes the best place for children is not with the natural parents.

Answer 3

I can honestly tell you that I reported my own family member. When it comes to a child that cannot protect themselves and look for the protection and guidance of an adult I would report my own mother. Innocence is lost when when a child is not safe. The cycle can repeat as they become adults....The cycle of abuse should and needs to stop. If you are able to do so, then by all means do it.
In today's society we have all gotten away from the community effort to raise and care for children. Do you remember when you were a child and everyone of your neighbors knew where you belonged? Knew what your parents would think when you were doing something you shouldn't? That sense of community is no longer there since the government has regulated the way we raise and discipline our children.
I say if you know that a child is in danger you must as a responsible adult let someone know. You don't have to give your name and you will sleep better at night knowing you did the right thing.....

Answer 4

I have worked as a child care worker for almost 6 years and can say I have heard of some pretty bad stories. In Pennsylvania you have to pay for your garbage bags in order for the garbage men to pick it up. What these parents would do is put the garbage in the kids room (all 4 kids shared a room) and the father would take it to work with him at the end of the month in his truck

Then there were these 2 sister we got ages 6 and 8 they had head lice, scabies and slept with their shoes on, when I asked why they slept that way they said they didn't want to step on any coachroaches when they wen to the bathroom Their 2 brothers were kept far cleaner and healther then they were.

Answer 5

I was aware of negligence in a Group Home for Handicap Guys who could not take care of themselves.

Called in the State. The State did a surprise investigation and the home had so many issues the report was twelve pages long. The guys are safer now.

I will protect those who can not protect themselves.

Answer 6

time aware children unsafe environment

Answer 7

I discovered that at my daughters' elementary school, they have adults 'sign in' at the front desk for safety. However, that ends at 3pm, yet there are kids there in after school programs until 5. I found I could walk in and wander around and noone asked me who I was! I contacted our school districts superintendent, and had that changed.

I was picking my son up from a party and noticed a very drunk girl, that everyone was using as entertainment (pushing her, drawing on her, laughing at her) and it didn't appear that she had a good friend to watch over her. I just couldn't leave her there, so I took her home with us.

I saw a woman smack her 2 year old twice at Taco Bell, after the second smack I approached her and told her I wanted to see her outside. I smacked her twice and gave her quite an earful. She was crying when I left.

Friends of mine came over one night with their infant son. They proceeded to both get drunk, and then when the night was over and they were leaving, I wouldn't let them take the baby. I said, if you want to drive drunk and kill yourselves, I can't stop you- but you're not taking the baby. They all ended up spending the night.

In 6th grade I found out my best friends was being hit at home. I thought the right thing to do was contact authorities (social services, police) even tho she told me not to. Social services went to their door, asked the father if he hit his daughter, he said no and they left. Afterwards, she got the beating of a lifetime and I lost a best friend.

Sometimes when my kids were home from school ill, it would take the school hours to call me (I purposely wouldn't call them in, just to see if they called me right away). I contacted my superintendent and had a rule put in place that calls had to be made within the first hour of the day.

Answer 8

My old babysitter left the front door open twice and i walked in and she got mad at me because I walked in. What would stop someone from taking one of these kids or stop one of them from walking outside with out you knowing. Then I seen her mother pull a child by the arm so hard that she fell to the ground. I called CS on there *** and took my baby out that same day the door was open the second time and when her mother/asst pulled the 2 year old by the arm and to the floor. The mother is like 50 and the babysitter is like 35 and both have there license and been doing it for like 18 years.

Answer 9

I can honestly say that I've never come across that situation before.

One of my neighbours did used to use her eldest daughter to do all the housework and shopping - the daughter was about age 10 - whilst she swanned around having babies with her new husband. The girl was treated pretty shabbily and had to stay home and clean instead of seeing friends, but it wasn't bad enough to call anybody, so I just left alone.

Answer 10

Only once. Someone broken in, and we where all inside asleep!! Thank god i was sleeping in the nursery at the time!

Andrew (my partner) heard the glass smash and rang the police. Then he came into the nursery where i was with my twin, who were about 2 months old at the time and stood at the door with a cricket bat!

The police came and the burglar was arrested. And we all were unharmed.


Plus if you read my earlier question about babies in cars. I did intercept, and face charges myself for saving their lives.