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I wonder if reporting something like that is more of a spite thing than actual concern. Could the neighbor be annoyed with the children's volume? Did she do som

by goda90 10y ago

I wonder if reporting something like that is more of a spite thing than actual concern. Could the neighbor be annoyed with the children's volume? Did she do some unrelated thing that bothered them and this is revenge? Who in their right mind thinks that kids playing in a fenced backyard are in danger?

tn13 10y ago
Haven't you followed the discussions on Facebook about the kid that jumped into Gorilla enclosure ? Did you read the horrible things that people said to the mother for not holding the kid's hand all the time ? I know from first hand experiences that in certain cities people and cops think of this as a concern.
goodJobWalrus 10y ago
I wonder whether she actually used the word "frolicking" when reporting. I mean, imagine calling the police b/c someone is frolicking.
- _asummers 10y ago
  "Yes officer, I'd like to report a suspicious frolic! It's like they're in some sort of jamboree."
DanBC 10y ago
Maybe it's just someone who's aware that homicide is a leading cause of death of children, and that neglect at an abusive level is very common in childhood? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-34491753 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-34491753 > A mother has been jailed for five years after her toddler son drowned in a pond while she chatted on Facebook. > Claire Barnett pleaded guilty at Hull Crown Court to four charges of neglect. > The court heard the 31-year-old was on Facebook instead of supervising Joshua, two, while he was in the back garden. > Prosecutors said Barnett was told to cover the pond by relatives and had been warned by social services after two of her children were nearly run over while playing unsupervised. Or maybe this one? https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/17/binge-mother-drugs-drink-cocaine https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/17/binge-mother-drug... > Stark photographs have emerged of the home in which a 22-year-old woman abandoned her four children for 24 hours while she went on a drink and drugs binge. The pictures show their pitiable attempts to find some food in the family kitchen. There are countless others. If social services are only having a chat it doesn't seem too onerous. Obviously how they have that chat makes a difference, and it's a bad thing if they leap in with over restrictive "protective measures" in families that don't need it.

by goda90 10y ago

tn13 10y ago

Haven't you followed the discussions on Facebook about the kid that jumped into Gorilla enclosure ? Did you read the horrible things that people said to the mother for not holding the kid's hand all the time ? I know from first hand experiences that in certain cities people and cops think of this as a concern.

goodJobWalrus 10y ago

I wonder whether she actually used the word "frolicking" when reporting. I mean, imagine calling the police b/c someone is frolicking.

_asummers 10y ago
"Yes officer, I'd like to report a suspicious frolic! It's like they're in some sort of jamboree."

DanBC 10y ago

Maybe it's just someone who's aware that homicide is a leading cause of death of children, and that neglect at an abusive level is very common in childhood? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-34491753 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-34491753 > A mother has been jailed for five years after her toddler son drowned in a pond while she chatted on Facebook. > Claire Barnett pleaded guilty at Hull Crown Court to four charges of neglect. > The court heard the 31-year-old was on Facebook instead of supervising Joshua, two, while he was in the back garden. > Prosecutors said Barnett was told to cover the pond by relatives and had been warned by social services after two of her children were nearly run over while playing unsupervised. Or maybe this one? https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/17/binge-mother-drugs-drink-cocaine https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/17/binge-mother-drug... > Stark photographs have emerged of the home in which a 22-year-old woman abandoned her four children for 24 hours while she went on a drink and drugs binge. The pictures show their pitiable attempts to find some food in the family kitchen. There are countless others. If social services are only having a chat it doesn't seem too onerous. Obviously how they have that chat makes a difference, and it's a bad thing if they leap in with over restrictive "protective measures" in families that don't need it.