This is someone I don't know very well, but is my best friend's cousin. BF and her DM have a lot of concerns about cousins dc but won't do anything about it because it would 'cause upset within the family'. However, the more BF tells me, the more worried I get for these children and I don't know if/what to do.
Cousin (C), her dp and 2 dc live in absolute filth. Bf sent me photos of the house and it's far from the normal mess of a family home, it's truly disgusting. Clothes/boxes/any old crap piled precariously on every available surface, kitchen thick with dirt and dog hair, black walls with damp etc.
Dc's bedrooms are like something off a hoarders program, very dangerous with a toddler. They are very frequently ill. One particularly worrying thing was C saying she'd recently found her toddler caked in dried vomit in the morning, admitting she kept the doors closed at night so she wouldn't have heard them crying or throwing up.
I asked bf what happened when the midwife or hv had visited the baby, she said C will just clean the hall and living room and close all the other doors. Now I know none of this is my business but I feel so uneasy about these dc. Bf doesn't live nearby so can't offer practical help and won't consider reporting herself.
So wibu to call somebody?
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Child protection concerns but not my place?
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NotTooSureSal · 09/05/2016 13:52
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