To want to call social services?

[fatoftheland]

Sorry, more of a wwyd.
There is a family that live in the same block as me and they are beginning to worry me. They smoke weed a lot and have 2 children which they are constantly shouting at. The worst is at the 2 year old.
Examples of what I hear
"Put your clothes on you fucking divvy or I will kick you."
"You dopey little cunt stop splashing in the pool."
"I will fucking kick you if you don't put that down you stupid cunt."

The other day her 20 stone dad shouted to the mum "Fucking hit her will you, stupid little bitch. I will lock her in her room."
I have heard them hit her before.

It's so upsetting to hear them, some days I could cry for her. Would you call them or keep out of it?

Oh dear I must be the worse mum in the world as i do really shout at dd 3 when her constant whining and tantruming wears me down. The swearing and the hitting is inexcusable though, mabey the mum needs help to cope, she might have PND or depression. You do need to do something though.

not every abuser of children has PND or depression, mine didnt. some maybe have underlying issues, some maybe cant cope, some maybe just dont give a flying fuck about the children in their care. i fell under the latter where my mother and stepfather was concerned.
whatever the "issue" there is no justification for swearing and hitting a child, and if i ever heard the type of abuse the op is saying she hears then i wouldnt hesitate to inform the authorities.

Its child abuse, totally irrelevant if it's got anything to do with pnd. Some hefty bully is hitting and verbally abusing his partner his daughter and for all you know, his baby.

The Mother doesn't need help to cope she needs help to get rid of the fat bully and supervision to see if she can look after the children.

If op can't face making the call email me and I'll do it. Gladly.

Agree with others, you need to call (which you clearly know by now). You can call the NSPCC and report it anonymously and they will make a decision about whether that information needs to be passed on to Children's Services.

I don't get why we think we need absolute proof of horrific child abuse before we alert someone. If you know about something that is so clearly wrong then you have to report it. You don't have to make the decision about what happens - that's for Children's Services to do - but you should at least give them the information. We hear so much about agencies not working together to safeguard children but we have a role too. Your information may add more detail to the picture of a family that they're already involved with, or it may alert them to a new situation.

PND is not an excuse or a justification for this. It is quite simply abuse, as aloisegg stated.

I am all for helping those who have MH issues but first we must protect the defenseless children.

It's not an either / or situation. Protecting children includes supporting parents with their mental health. You're not dobbing these people in - you're potentially getting people involved who can help them.

CAll the social services