To think this is no way to punish a child!

[Justalittlelemondrizzle]

Neighbours arrived home. Dad shouting and swearing at 7yo lad. Don't know what he's done obvs. They went in house where their neighbour heard banging before the crying 7 yo is thrown out of the house and the door is locked. He's knocked on the door about 10 times. It's raining so he keeps going under a shelter in the garden as he doesn't even have a coat on.
Dads just come out to take football off him before going back in the house and locking the door so the kid is now playing with rocks. He's been out there 40 minutes now 😒 surely this isn't normal behaviour?

This is awful. Have you phoned the police OP?

That is abuse. Please, please report it.

If you can't bring yourself to call the police or social services, tell the school. The head and teachers are mandatory reporters ... they will make the calls.

It could be the tip of the iceberg. I know from experience. Best to report.

I can't believe this wasn't recognised by the OP as abuse. Along with the locking the 4 year old outside and frightening him.

This sort of abuse is why there are screwed up adults. ...It's traumatising to do this.

You don't have to beat a child black and blue for it to be abuse.

I think the op has left the thread. I hope that poor boy is safe and hasn't come to any further harm.

If you're reading this op, do the decent thing and call the police.

This broke my heart - please call the police or social services ASAP

Please please please phone the police. can I also ask you let us all know you have. children should be safe and in their beds this time. I am worried this poor child Isn't please help him feel safe.

Please let us know you have phoned.

My step dad used to do this from 7-13yrs old.
He'd wait until after I'd fallen asleep and then storm in my room angry after something I had done earlier in the day and drag me in my nightie to the back garden, last time he did it was in February and it had snowed heavily, I have never been that cold in my life.

OP please report this it's cruel and if they are behaving like this for neighbours to see what they do behind doors will be worse still.

That happened to me when I was 4. I remember it clearly and horrified my mother done this.

You truly have to report this, if someone had kicked a dog out in this way I reckon there’d be calls for involving RSPCA, this is a little child being treated appallingly, please don’t ignore OP

If this is not a genuine thread and this person made it up then I hope they feel ashamed this is a serious subject and if made up is the sickest thing anyone can do

Geez a couple hours outside is how one might give a time out to a naughty cat or dog not a child.

The OP may have simply gotten busy IRL like with phoning someone about this which is more important then updating the thread right away.

Would be nice if they give an update tomorrow though.

I hope you are right I really do

Fucking hell, this isn't abuse?!

I'd have called 999 and said there was an unsupervised child in the street.

Have the parents explain why their little boy was outside unsupervised and see how they react to parenting.

Imagine what goes on behind closed doors.

OP, report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report. Report

For clarity AdalindSchade social services are 24 hours - there is always an emergency duty team working after hours. Yes they will screen referrals and pass those that can wait on to the day team, but in cases like this they would most likely send a duty worker to complete a welfare check.

I really hope the op rang the police. So distressing.

I got this (and much worse) as a punishment when small too and I still remember the terror I felt at being locked out of the house.

Clearly OP is concerned and worried.
Things happen IRL and it can be more difficult to make a judgement on what to do than when you’re reading it in black and white from the comfort of a sofa.

Some PPs are mixing up the messenger with the abuser.

The advice is sound OP. If you’re unhappy and worried then report.
As someone who was treated badly as a child, I don’t think you deserve the ire you’ve had on this thread.

Justalittlelemondrizzle I really am hoping you are a troll. Because I cannot bear the thought of that poor little boy outside in the cold in the middle of March.

Please, if this is real, please call 101 or social services duty team out of hours. Or even the NSPCC- I think with the NSPCC you can report anonymously?

SleightofMind

as someone who was treated badly as a child I don't think you deserve th eire you have had on this thread Neither do I. I think sometimes we can be unsure as to what constitutes abuse or neglect... I was never shut outside in the cold, but I did get the being screamed at and sworn at. And I would get threatened with being hit or laughed at or yelled at if I cried. I am sitting here thinking that wasn't abuse. But what is happening to this child probably is, and teh child could certainly get a chill or be distressed by the experience.

OP, please, please report. Many of us are really upset worrying about this poor little boy.

Takfujuimoto and SleightofMind to you both. Am so sorry you went through that. I thought I had it rough (see my post above) but I realise now I had it pretty good.

OP, please let us know when you have reported this to someone