"My daddy punched me in the face last night"

[Originalfoogirl]

Dropping our girl off in the morning, one of her friends told me her daddy punched her in the face last night. I asked her if he was playing about. No apparently, he did it on purpose. I asked what her mummy said, and she had said just to stay away from him.

It's not the first I've heard about things like mummy and daddy shouting at each other and at her, but most of it has been heard second hand through our daughter. There was once she was over here playing and she said she was glad to be out of the house as mummy and daddy were shouting.

Thing is, she can be a bit of an attention seeker and has a bit of a mean streak, but that could be symptomatic of what she is going through or she could be making it up. There was no mark on her face at all. Her friend who was with her did say "yeah her daddy is really mean"

What would you do? Call the school, or Social services? The school are really good and would take things like this seriously, and I have a good relationship with the deputy head, but I'm not sure if that is appropriate?

Punch the father in the face to see if he's violent.

You don’t need to make the judgement. But you do need to pass it on to someone who can.

As always there are professionals who are trained to decide if this is a lie or if this girl is at risk. SS May already have some concerns but not enough to intervene. Child protection is a difficult area which is why you need to pass the information onto trained professionals NOW not at school pick up time.

tammyswansontwo

Our girl hasn't seen it, although it did sound like her other friend might have. What I got second had was that things the girl had said

kaytee

No visible mark.

husk

That was what Mr Foo suggested.

Thanks for all the responses. I spoke to the school when I picked our girl up. School is open until 1.30 so they were going to deal with it immediately.

I just hope A ) this doesn't get her in trouble and B) it doesn't put her off talking to me in the future.

Well done, you have done the right thing.

Well done Foo, good on you x

I would definitely speak to the school. If they investigate and is all ok then fine but at least you know you have reported it.

She has?!!!