Okay,
my sisters making money while going to college by babysitting and stuff through Craigslist. She's taking care of a 7 year old girl who's mom is a Prostitute and is with a "client" at the house right now. My sister had to take the girl to her house for the night.
This is obviously wrong and just horrible. The girl has no father and he's probably one of her mom's previous clients...I don't know if i should call Child's Services. I mean I know for sure, they'd arrest the mother and the girl would go to a foster home and her life would become even worse. Christmas is coming up and she's in school and everything. I don't even know the girl but I know the story...I feel really bad, New York is full of very disturbed people...
2007-12-15 14:15:33 · 47 answers · asked by Torsti 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
omg im going crazy with all these responses..im studying for my college finals and my sister jus mentioned this to me. What if my sister gets tagretted for this...i dont want that woman to go to jail, she has issues thats all, the legal system doesnt work with issues like that, its just sentences and stuff.. i dont know what to do, im only 18 n it was bugging me cuz i know what a shi*ty childhood is like and this little grl doesnt deserve one like this. they live in Astoria, queens, new york...
My sister doesnt want to get involved, neither does her fiance as well as my mom, theyre like that..i feel stuck ppl...
2007-12-15 14:36:47 · update #1
ok, my sister went to bed n the grl is sleeping too, the mom actually ended up going to a frnds house or something (the mom is like rly blunt and honest with my sister) also, i dont know where they live or the number of the grl or mom n i doubt my sister wud give it to me...idk ill find out if anything how the situation is there and then i'll call if it seems like it rly is a bad environment, especially if shes there or has been there when the mom does these things..( i heard she makes 200 and hour)...god..
2007-12-15 14:44:37 · update #2
Call freaking CPS!
2007-12-15 14:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by Willow 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Call CPS. This child can't possibly be in a worse position at a foster home than she's in right now. And if the mother "entertains clients" while your sister and her own child are in the home, I would not hesitate. Next, the mother will be offering the child to these men! Your sister did the right thing getting the girl out of that house. Now YOU do the right thing and get that poor girl away from that woman for good.
2007-12-15 14:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by kathi1vee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much worse of a Christmas would it be for a 7 year old, AND you sister to go back to the house and find the mom dead because a "client" beat her and killed her? Maybe this would be the wake-up call the mom needs. If the CPS is aware of a problem, there will be services available for them. Someone needs to rescue this poor little girl from what must be a horrible life! You didn't say if they are in a "bad" area but I don't think it matters. Be a HERO to a little girl who really needs one RIGHT NOW!!!
2007-12-15 14:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by ssgjwyf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correct,
The WORLD is full of Disturbed People! I guess I would call CPS and give them a heads up, or have your sister do it. Otherwise, You are between a rock and a hard place with this decision....but think of it this way....if that little girl was at home with her mom turning tricks in the home, (worrying about her life getting worse in foster care) and the client decides to beat the heck out of the mom, and then finds the little girl, and does nasty things to her?????
IDK talk to your sister, what would she feel comfortable doing?
Good Luck
2007-12-15 14:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by Momma P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because she's a prostitute doesn't mean she doesn't love her daughter or provide for her. The fact that she hired a babysitter and sent the child outside the house is proof that the child is not exposed to her mother's situation. Sometimes people's lives don't work out the way they'd like and they have to do things they wouldn't ever want to, but circumstances may demand it. The fact that you automatically assume that the child is the product of a financial relationship rather than of a romantic relationship shows that you're more judgmental than truly concerned for the girl's well being. You should leave it alone.
2007-12-15 14:22:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would call them, due to the child does not need to around that type of life, going to a foster home is not all that bad, at least this child would be more stable have food to eat and warm clothes to wear and would most likely have the best Christmas she has ever had. Do you know if the mother is doing drugs and is doing this to support her habit? This little girl needs a family and the support of one. Do her a favor and give her the best Christmas gift she will have a caring family.
Good luck and Merry Christmas
2007-12-15 14:23:34 · answer #6 · answered by huntier24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is 7 years old, and her mom is at HER house 'prostituting,' and is with a 'client' right now. This is no situation for your sister, or the child to be in. The little girl deserves Christmas, and to be happy, but then again to NOT have the chance at getting hurt possibly in the long run. I would call right away.
2007-12-15 14:21:54 · answer #7 · answered by Catie. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You say New York; I suppose you are in NYC? I lived in Union City New Jersey and worked in NYC until 2004. You have to think about the child first; she is living in a dangerous situation; but you also want to help the mother, whether she wnats help or likes it or not. I suggest that you contact David Wilkerson's Time Square Church; the ministries to help people in these situations can be found in the phonebook, and the church is located two doors in on the north side of the street, on the north-west corner of West 51st street and B'way. Services are on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday. David Wilkerson is the one who started the "TEEN CHALLENGE MINISTRIES", which are nation wide, and are for adults as well. The Brooklyn phone number is 718-789-1414. Hope I've been a help.
2007-12-15 14:31:54 · answer #8 · answered by Eatmie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tough call, she may be better off with the mother than with CPS. My best friend was thrown through a wall while in a group home and he's a big guy old enough to take care of himself, a little girl might get eaten alive.
2007-12-15 14:50:46 · answer #9 · answered by HePunksMeNot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Butinski ! Have you seen the letters MYOB? that is right. Mind your own business. If it doesn't concern you , your sister or the child, just stay out of it. If your sister took the girl out of the environment, she has done the right thing. If the lady's skill is servicing men and she is supporting the daughter, Fine!! If you are a true purist, better look for a career in the cloth and forget the snitching.
2007-12-15 14:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by googie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If her mother is trying, and I really do mean trying, to support her family, then she's trying to make ends meet what ever it takes illegally or legal .
If the 7 year old suspects something is wrong, or something like that, I would advise you to take her, with the premission of the mother to your place for a couple of weeks for her to get her life straight. Calling child services would really freak her out and it would sadly end up as a murder/suicide at the rate that it sounds like it is going.
2007-12-15 14:21:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋