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Parents drinking WWYD

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1SugarPlease · 14/03/2019 00:49

Posting here for traffic and NC.
My Dc (aged 6) go to a youth group, when I dropped off today I saw one child's parents sat on the steps of the adjacent church drinking vodka out of the bottle. They had dropped dc off and gone and sat on the church steps. I don't know them very well, I'd only seen the child's dad (for the last 12 months) do drop off and pick up, met mum once at a show the youth group put on. Recently mum has been coming to pick up/drop off for the last 4 weeks. Mum has came across as quite odd in the terms she uses (I was asked if I was normal or stuck up, she ranted about getting a letter (that was sent home with each child) from school about parking, I later found out her or her Dp don't drive and comes across as quite aggressive in body language, her Dp has been a drop and dash, polite hello goodbye when paths crossed.
Do I report them drinking on the church steps and who too? Or am I over reacting?
They live really close to the hall so I'd assume if they wanted a drink it could be done at home in privacy. I'm concerned if they are drinking vodka in public at 5.30 on church steps what's going on home.
Apologies if I don't reply I'm working nights and only have access to my phone on breaks.

OP posts:
howhowhow · 14/03/2019 07:56

I would have a word with someone. Not sure who though. I'm shocked at the
Number of people saying none of your business. I dread to think what is going on in their homes.

Clutterbugsmum · 14/03/2019 08:24

I really don't understand all the 'mind your own business' answers, same as on the benefit fraud threads.

WE all have a responsibility to children to report their parent who are behaving like this. The CHILD and family may then that need to help them out of a abusive situation.

Anyway yes OP speak to the leaders of the group all this information helps the people involved with family a better picture of what is actually happening.

IncrediblySadToo · 14/03/2019 21:23

It's hardly nice weather, it had been raining on and off, cold and really windy

It was a lovely evening here (SE) yesterday evening.

Graphista · 14/03/2019 21:49

Op the youth organisation may well know which school the child attends and either contact the relevant safeguarding people themselves or forward concerns to the school.

"I really don't understand all the 'mind your own business' answers, same as on the benefit fraud threads" that's not the same thing AT ALL in fact the very opposite if you consider negative effect on children.

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