I know this is not really the correct place to post but i know aibu is the best place for heavy traffic, great advice and good opinions.
Me dp and the two dcs were made homeless 4 weeks ago since then we have stayed in a bnb.
opposite us is another family, youngish couple 27 and 25 with a son the same age as ours 3.
Now i try and keep myself to myself but im becoming increasingly distressed at how this child is treated, for starters they have no toys for him there this has upset the lady running the bnb so much she went and purchased toys for all the children staying there. He is forced to sit in front of the tv or sleep basically. but all that is pretty much nothing compared to the violence, id been there 3 days when she slapped him clean around the face full force because he was wriggling on her lap, this morning she wanted him to sit silently while she ate breakfast, he wasnt allowed any as he was naughty last night, he didnt sit still, hes 3 ffs. so she slapped him 5 times around the face after throwing him on the couch, my two started screaming and i left the room with them asking her partner to go see to his son.
this is daily, every evening he is forced to nap at around 5, she then screams at him all evening as he wont go to bed at 8, she had a pop at my two last night as they were talking in the hall and he was asleep, yet when theyre in bed at 7 hes allowed to roam and has even walked into our room shouting when theyre asleep, basically he is ignored and never being watched unless its to hurt or shout at him. It really does come accross as she doesnt like him, the dad seems terrified of her (dont blame him me and dp are) shes attacked him several times aswell. Recently she was away for a couple of days and the child was lovely with his dad and his dad is brilliant.
As well as this she has him in and out of the doctors claiming hes very ill etc, and then when he was ill with an ear infection didnt allow him to have the medication as shes overdosed him by accident before,
the problem is me and dp are terrfied of reporting her, something coming of it and her knowing its us, we have to live there, so does she. shes already been aggressive in words to my dcs, and im scared.
weve spoken to the owner and cleaner of the bnb and theyre reporting her, i think us also making a call would help this poor child, WWYD? do i stand a chance of horrible repurcusions?
sorry its so long.