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To be a little concerned by this? (Neighbour related)

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wolfe1 · 17/09/2014 12:12

We have some relatively new neighbours who moved in a few weeks ago. There is a woman (who is the mother/grandmother), 5 of her sons and a grandson. They are a bit loud and rowdy but we have not had a major issues with them. I hear quite a lot of banging and shouting and things like 'leave him alone' 'you are going to hurt him ect' however there are a lot of adult males in the house and i just assumed it was fighting rather than anything more sinister.

However, this morning i heard someone shout 'you idiot' really loudly and then go on to berate the person for, i assume, wetting the bed (i heard words related to bed wetting). I then heard a bang followed by what sounded like a woman's voice saying 'leave him alone x your hurting him, he's only a kid'.

Now i assume the person being yelled at is the 15 yo as he's the youngest in the house. I'm a little bit worried about what i heard as i presume it isn't his fault he is wetting the bed but at the same time don't want to over react to something that may be relatively minor. He had a mark on his face last week and my stepson (who is the same age) asked what happened and he said me and 'uncles name' were fighting, however this uncle in question is in his mid thirties which i find a bit strange. Should i be concerned and try and listen a bit more or am i over reacting?

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ziggy13 · 17/09/2014 13:33

I'm not sure tbh (not helpful i know!). Maybe the best thing to do would be to keep an ear out perhaps and see if you hear anything else. I mean it doesn't sound ideal but sometimes it is difficult to gauge situations if you don't know the full story.

Perhaps you could ring SS or the NSPCC or similar to ask advice? though I'm not how plausible that will be as i don't have a too much knowledge on the subject.

Guiltypleasures001 · 17/09/2014 13:34

Phone the Nspcc and report it anonymously, if she's concerned enough to get him to stop ide be concerned enough to report it for her. Marks on face are not a good sign, I wonder if his school has picked up on it too.

ziggy13 · 17/09/2014 13:38

I've just re read and realised you said mid thirties!! that is quite worrying, i assumed it would be fights between two people of a similar age. An adult fighting with a child is strange...

Hissy · 17/09/2014 13:57

Report it. why wouldn't you?

TinyDancingHoofer · 17/09/2014 15:02

Do they have a dog that could have wet the bed?

Also my cousin used to play fight with my dad all the time, although he was taller than him by 14!

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