Record what you are forced to hear and ask the authorities what your responsibilities are, and should you be concerned. Tell them you recorded it from inside in your home.
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If you have any suspicions whatsoever you need to speak out, certainly not to the parents though. They'll probably go ape at you for questioning their parenting skills and i certainly wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of the mother, she sounds derailed. As others have quite rightly suggested i think the anonymous route is the wise one to take, but you must say something to the authorities, you can't let this ride and hope it gets better. If an ambulance pulls up one morning taking one of the kids to the hospital you'd feel like crap.
I wouldnt talk to the dad. Say you talk to him and nothing changed or even gets worse even if you do drop an anonymous not they'll know it came from you.
Nice thst you care. Good luck man
Nice thst you care. Good luck man
I think its right for you go talk to the family before making any other decisions. Run it by the family first then see their response. Depending on how that goes, I'm guess that will factor in whether you will take a step further by reporting this to your local law enforcement/child services.
Thinking about it, that is what I will do if anything. I think I could just be over reacting a bit. My room is literally a few feet away from what I think is the kids room/bathroom. Waking to someone screaming is traumatizing me. I know I very often feel critical of how parents talk to their children. I feel really all I have is conclusions I probably jumped to. I can't see putting a family through something like an investigation. Because of the verbal abuse, I have kept an eye out, but really haven't seen anything but positive.
Do not talk to the neighbors. The only thing that will do is allow them to hide the abuse, and nothing will change. You may also gain an enemy in the process. Never mention it, even in passing or to congratulate them on improving the situation. As far as they are concerned you know nothing about it.
Record what you hear if possible, or write some of it down and give it to the authorities. At the least she'll get court appointed anger management help.
Record what you hear if possible, or write some of it down and give it to the authorities. At the least she'll get court appointed anger management help.
It's actually been really quiet. I think the mom could be out of town. She leaves for a few days every month, for work I'm guessing.
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