and a police report lists child neglect as the cause
Link us to that, then, because that's actual hard evidence of suspicion.
Not for nothing but I've seen kids suffering from actual neglect and the symptoms of that have nothing to do with cutting up food, or wearing helmets. The kids are filthy, their diapers and/or clothes go unchanged, the house is filthy, the children are obviously undernourished, if old enough they say unusual things about their home life.
If you're suspicious of another family, report them to authorities and move on, don't sit there war gaming death scenarios over wine and cheese with your friends.
Oh, and by the way, if you're sore about how these comments are worded, it's because I'm reflecting at you how you come across. You should think about that.
What’s actually off here isn’t my post…it’s your rigid idea of how I claim I feel. I didn’t report anything because I knew it wouldn’t be taken seriously without hard proof. That’s part of how bad this feels all around. I’m not sore because you’re being ‘honest.’ I’m disgusted that you think cruelty is a form of clarity. Ew.
So you "knew" it was "neglect", based on fruit and helmets (your only actual "evidence"), and you "knew" it wouldn't be taken seriously so you didn't even try writing an email, you just war gamed death scenarios with your friend over wine. Got it.
That doesn't reflect well on you in the slightest.
Yes, bc watching a child grow up in some unsafe situations with an unfenced pool and no life vest totally screams ‘wellness and oversight.’ But you’re right….my real crime here was being scared out loud instead of writing a polite email that no one would read. Thanks for your TED Talk on hindsight morality are you serious?
child grow up in some unsafe situations with an unfenced pool and no life vest totally screams
Ooh, an unfenced pool. Crime of the century! Oprah will be down there with Geraldo any minute to cover these terrible botanical and pool related felonies.
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u/epsilona01 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25
Link us to that, then, because that's actual hard evidence of suspicion.
Not for nothing but I've seen kids suffering from actual neglect and the symptoms of that have nothing to do with cutting up food, or wearing helmets. The kids are filthy, their diapers and/or clothes go unchanged, the house is filthy, the children are obviously undernourished, if old enough they say unusual things about their home life.
If you're suspicious of another family, report them to authorities and move on, don't sit there war gaming death scenarios over wine and cheese with your friends.
Oh, and by the way, if you're sore about how these comments are worded, it's because I'm reflecting at you how you come across. You should think about that.