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Can you contact child protective services if a mother leaves her child stranded in front of her house at night?

56 replies

BeLilacDog · 04/10/2026 17:03

I don't mind children playing in the street, but this woman's kids scream too much. You get home from work and have to listen to these children screaming until about 10 pm, every day. It's exhausting, and I think this woman doesn't like taking care of her children because she leaves these 6-year-olds screaming in the street and goes far away or inside the house

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BobbleBear · 05/10/2026 10:19

Backedoffhackedoff · 04/10/2026 20:19

this is a British site no one here will know what is normal in Brazil

LOL. That’s a bizarrely confident statement. Talk about being insular! (Are you a typical Reform voter I wonder?)

Do you honestly believe that 99.99% of posters on this site live in the UK and have zero experiences of living in other countries?

Yes, we’re using English to communicate on here but it might be a second, third or fourth language for some posters.

titchy · 05/10/2026 10:43

BobbleBear · 05/10/2026 10:19

LOL. That’s a bizarrely confident statement. Talk about being insular! (Are you a typical Reform voter I wonder?)

Do you honestly believe that 99.99% of posters on this site live in the UK and have zero experiences of living in other countries?

Yes, we’re using English to communicate on here but it might be a second, third or fourth language for some posters.

Eh? I’d say certainly 95% of posters are UK/Ireland based with no experience of raising children overseas. That’s because this is a UK site, and generally people don’t move countries when they have kids, not because we’re Reform voters. Confused

Backedoffhackedoff · 05/10/2026 10:50

BobbleBear · 05/10/2026 10:19

LOL. That’s a bizarrely confident statement. Talk about being insular! (Are you a typical Reform voter I wonder?)

Do you honestly believe that 99.99% of posters on this site live in the UK and have zero experiences of living in other countries?

Yes, we’re using English to communicate on here but it might be a second, third or fourth language for some posters.

You think some Brazilians are reading this thread ready to advise?

I’d say it’s more insular to think some medium sized British internet forum is used widely throughout the world

GardenCovent · 05/10/2026 13:25

LateNightOne · 05/10/2026 10:11

I would call the police in that situation.

That’s why I asked if this was for real as I couldn’t understand why the op hadn’t but this was before her updates

Isittimeformynapyet · 05/10/2026 18:47

BobbleBear · 05/10/2026 10:19

LOL. That’s a bizarrely confident statement. Talk about being insular! (Are you a typical Reform voter I wonder?)

Do you honestly believe that 99.99% of posters on this site live in the UK and have zero experiences of living in other countries?

Yes, we’re using English to communicate on here but it might be a second, third or fourth language for some posters.

Most, I would say.

Very much enjoyed the Reform voter leap - Olympic 🥇

LynetteScavo · 06/10/2026 05:44

In England we’d go out into the street and explain to the children they were being really load and ask them to play nearer their house, we’d then go over to the neighbours house, tell the mother her children are being disruptive, and ask if she could keep them quieter. We’d also be very surprised that a 6 yo who had been at school all day had the energy to be out and about at 10pm.
If the children can freely access their home and a playing happily, if loudly, I’m not sure children’s services in the UK would do a lot TBH. I can imagine this goes on, even in the UK, in the summer holidays, with light evenings and warm weather.
I have no idea of the cultural
norms in Brazil, but wouldnt speaking to the parents be your first port of call anywhere in the world?

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