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To worry about child/family I don't know?

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PuffinNose · 06/09/2017 21:21

I am perfectly open to being told I'm stupid and need to mind my own business. I do have curtain twitcher tendancies. But please do it nicely - I'm a bit delicate right now.

There's a house a few roads away which I walk past fairly regularly. A family live there, I don't know them but I have seen a woman, a baby and maybe a 10 year old boy and maybe a 6 year old boy. I don't know if anyone else lives there.

It's fairly common to hearing shouting coming from the house. It's mostly just general shouting and you can't tell what about and I don't know if it's angry or excited or playing shouting or what.

A few months ago it was raining and I walked past some time after the school drop off. The 10 year old was sat huddled in the porch, soaking wet and looking very sorry for himself. I walked past but something was bothering me so I walked back to check on him but he was gone.

A few days later I saw the woman herding them from the car into the house and she was really giving the 10 year old a hard time, properly shouting at him. He just looked so broken. What I saw was out of context so she may have had a good reason.

Since then I've seen her stood at the door refusing to let him come in because he was meant to be out playing. Again, he looked upset.

I don't know the background of any of this and have no way of finding out. I know what I've seen are just snippets and may be completely reasonable when taken in context - although I'm struggling to find a reason for him sat outside so wet.

But something is bothering me about it all. I may have just got my knickers in a twist over him being so wet and then looking just so, so sad the next time.

Am I being silly worrying and if not, what can I actually do?

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PuffinNose · 06/09/2017 21:22

My aim on MN is to write a short post.

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hesterton · 06/09/2017 21:24

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guiltybystander · 06/09/2017 21:25

Don't you have some house chores to tend to?

iamapixiebutnotaniceone · 06/09/2017 21:32

Most probably wouldn't agree but that is what Social services are for. They may already be known to them they may investigate and find nothing OR they might investigate and find a family in real need of some support.

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