Hi
Apologies if I have put this in the wrong thread.
My 9 year old daughter came home yesterday evening and told me about what her class mate told her about her home life.
The child in question is a 9 year old girl who is a close friend of my daughter. My daughter said that her friend told her that she walks in on her mom and dad having sex in the living room of her moms house all the time, the child said things to my daughter in relation to sex that a child would only know if they had witnessed it, as far as I know the parents have split up and the dad has another girlfriend who regularly see at the school with black eyes and covered in bruises, the child has said that the dad does hit his girlfriend when she “gets out of line”.
The child has also told my daughter that her father touches her to check for her period when he puts her to bed...to me that is sexual abuse.
This family have had social services involved before and the child is clearly neglected. She doesn’t have a school jumper in the winter, she has dirty nails, her hair is full of knots, and my daughter has said in the past that this girl stinks of wee, this child also has a packet of crisps as a meal.
This has been on my mind since last night and I don’t know what to do. I want to call social services but I’m worried that if the parents find out it was me they were will be issues for me and my children.
If anybody could give some advice I would so grateful, I want to help this child however I can.
Thanks