I'm very torn about this but hear me out please?
There is someone i am close to who has a girlfriend - they have one baby together and she has two toddlers from a previous relationship. I've got concerns about minor aspects of her parenting anyway (children are often unwashed, dressed always in grubby clothing) but nothing so alarming that I would involve SS. However on two occasions over the past 24 hours I have heard her snap at her 2 year old, telling him to "fuck off". I'm actually disgusted by this.
She swears around them all the time but this is the first time I've directly noticed her swearing at them.
This woman grew up in care so I know she has not had a great upbringing or parenting role models. I want to speak to Social Services because I think they need support and some guidance but I'm worried that she has such negative experiences of SS that she won't take any of it on board. They are close to me and I don't want to do it but I really have to, don't I?
Of course goes without saying that the kids are more important to me than the adults are so I know it's the right thing to do. Unless you wise MNers think I'm overreacting?
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PurpleGrapePip · 14/10/2017 16:29
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