Verbal abuse to 2 YO

[Junippers]

What would you do in this situation.

I have an acquaintance on Facebook. She has started posting those Live videos on Facebook. Advertising one of those MLMs.

Her son is 2, she is a single parent.

Her latest video that she posted was 2 hours long and it was filmed in bed.

About 2 minutes into the video, her toddler opens the bedroom door saying “mummy”. Her face changes and she tries not to swear.

She leads him out saying “come on darling”

Instinct or nosiness made me turn up my volume on full while she was out of the room with him (camera was still filming).

I very clearly heard her say “you’re ruining my fucking lie in day, you nasty little shit. Watch it, now stay there and I’ll get you sweeties”.

She comes back in the room saying sweet things to him.

It’s obviously really shocked me.

Would you do anything about it or keep your nose out.

The video was 2 hours long (I stopped watching after 2 minutes) and I assume the toddler was shut of the bedroom for the entire time she was filming.

I recorded it on a voice memo.

She had over 93 comments on the video complimenting her make up skills, nobody mentioned the child.

Opinions please

Bump

That is horrendous. Do you know any of her closer friends or family?

I’d definitely report it. That’s nasty

Horrendous. Report it.

So sad. It needs to be reported to someone. Do you live near her? You could call her local children's centre and speak to a health visitor or family support worker for advice.

That's awful and so sad, who could you report it to ? I think if it were me I'd comment on the post itself.

Hi all thanks for the replies. I feel it needs reporting too.
I don’t know any of her family and friends but I do know roughly where she lives (at least 100 miles from me) and she has a distinctive name.

She seemed like a lovely girl when I met her briefly, but I can’t stop thinking of the things she might be saying to the little lad on. Day to day basis. It wasn't nice :(

Do you think it’s better to speak to someone in a professional capacity rather than try and find one of her family members? I don’t think it would be hard to find out who they were by doing a bit of searching.

I’ve got a feeling she has some sort of LD, and she relies a lot on her parents from the things she posts.

Speak to a professional. In some families they’re all nasty or if you tell a family member, the mother may just hide her abuse better

Was someone else looking after him for the two hours?

I think he was on his own. Because when she took him out the room I heard her say stay there I’ll get you some sweets, and she didn’t call anyone else to come and get him out, she took him out herself and said “you’re ruining my fucking lie in” so I assume no-one else was there.

I’m going to watch random bits of the video now and see if anything else happened or if he came back in

Just watched random bits and she said towards the end (1hr 45mins) I need to go to get my son to sleep. Almost certain he was on his own the whole time :/

I wouldn't comment on the video - she'll likely delete it, edit it, or block you. Report if you're concerned about the child & let the relevant people do their job.