What would you do if....

LMChatterbox · #1 05-09-2007, 07:58 PM

You knew of a child or children being abused by one of their parents?

pinkydinkydo · #2 05-09-2007, 08:05 PM

ok in my head i would want to kill the b*****s but in reality i would call social services or try to ask the child in a way that they don't know what you are talking about if that makes sense.

clare bear · #3 05-09-2007, 08:06 PM

to be honest i would either phone the police of get intouch with social services.it may be hard but just think wot them kids are being put through. do wot u think is best

#4 05-09-2007, 08:19 PM

Whatever you do, you can't ignore it. There must be a way of reporting it annonymously so there's no come back?

clare bear · #5 05-09-2007, 08:26 PM

just ring social services and explain how concerned you are, tell them you dont want to give your name they will understand im sure, at least they will check it out.

rileysmam · #6 05-09-2007, 09:55 PM

i would phone social services u can do it annonimsly

emerald-babe31 · #7 05-09-2007, 09:59 PM

Def phone Social services and talk to them they can then assess the situation and if there is ne thing goin on which hopefully there aint they will sort it out

shell · #8 05-10-2007, 10:02 AM

I'd conatct social services asap & make a diary of marks etc

c.a.cullum · #9 05-10-2007, 04:37 PM

definitely call social services!!! even if i weren one hundred percent sure.. i still wud coz u just cant take a big risk like that... and if the person was innocent they wud have nothing to worry about!!

LMChatterbox · #10 05-10-2007, 06:17 PM

Ok ladies. I thoroughly agree with you all and in one case I did call them and they have done nothing. Thats more a case of domestic violence between the mother and the boyfriend, but the child witnesses it alot and i had to do something as it was getting to the point where I feared for her life.
There is another case in which I haven't personally done it, but it has been done. And I do know that the school have got them involved too. I have witnessed it happening, and have disassociated myself with that particular person.
But where I live almost every other child is being abused. You can see it a mile off. I heard a 3 year old today, who had just fallen over turn round to the lady who picked him up and say "i fell, we always fall". He was referring to himself and his brother, the child in which I know the school has got involved with.