Talk

It's my brother's wee boy who is one and a half. His mother is very young and her DS is cared for in that he is clean and fed but my mum and dad are worried that he is otherwise neglected. He is pretty much left on his own unless he is being disruptive so of course he is becoming more and more disruptive by the day as it is the only way he can get attention. My brother told me that his wife has little patience with him and shouts at him and smacks him.

My brother works and is also pretty young. He is also an ex drug addict and although he is clean from heroin still smokes dope on a regular basis and I think also lacks parenting skills.

I think they both love their DS very much but we are worried about his welfare. My mother is worried that he will run out of a window or out onto the street because his mother ignores him so often. I feel worried that he isn't getting much positive attention - when I see him he is like a zombie, he doesn't talk at all and it takes me a long time with him before he will start to communicate at all.

I wondered if my mother could mention it to her Dr to see if the health visitor could give his mum some support. We don't know what else to do, I don't live locally and my mother works full time.