to totally ignore the fact that DD has just....

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sneaked out some food to take out to her friend who is home alone with no food in the house/money....again,3rd time this month to my knowledge??

girls are both 13...

her parents are at work (local fast food place). they never have any money.

smoke like chimneys so i dont allow DD round there much..but friend has called her and said she's scared being alone...and hungry (DD never said she was hungry,but she will be)

social services?? or just carry on like this. i supply extra sanitary stuff for periods too,as she's just expected to over use what she gets!!

i know her mum (alcoholic) and her dad is quiet but a 'gaming' addict,so sad.

so do i overlook the food issue now,or address it somehow?/

wwyd...been going on 4 years!

I would have called SS 4 years ago. So call them now.

you mean it's been happening since she was 9 and you are just thinking about doing something now?

poor kid - who will help her out of the hole she is in if you don't?

Blimey. If the girl isn't getting her basic food and sanitory needs met, she needs help. Call ss.

no,she had an older sister,much older,who first was living with them,then moved locally when she remarried.

she's recently moved away.

the family are well known locally for the alcoholic mother. school was alerted but nothing done. apparenntly its fine to have an alcoholic parent.

realistically...will ss do anything?

she's almost 14 now...what could they do?

she has a bed,food from the fast food place when parents remember/have time.

they have eletric/gas...etc

they have money problems

Could you not casually invite the girl around for dinner sometimes? Got to be much easier than your DD sneaking food out of the house. (She sounds lovely by the way, helping her friend out )

I would certainly be informing someone. Poor girl.

Not sure what exactly SS would do, I know of worse cases of neglect been ongoing for years with younger dcs and ss not done a whole lot TBH.

I would be letting your DD and her know she is always welcome at your house, itwill probably help her enormously just to know there are two people around who care for her and won't let her go hungry / feel scared.

poor kid

yeah,we do have her over,its just the lack of food is so sporadic. when they have money then she gets something,usually rubbish,but they never do a full shop etc

i've offered the mum lifts to tesco/asda/town etc,with me,but she comes and buys 3 or 4 pot noodles and some milk!! not a few bagfulls to last them. if she accepts that is...

posted before,but she gets exceptionally excited if her mother buys shampoo!

now the sister is gone perhaps time to call ss...if they would help