I have a friend who has a baby 15mnths
i know everyone should have the right to raise their children the way they want but these guys i believe don't do it right..
this baby has no set bedtime, doesn't drink any milk or formula just juice, doesn't eat proper meals, she's smacked quite hard for things every baby does such as touch a valuable ect..
mmy question is when is it appropriate to say something or should i at all?
I've left hints and the mother and father both know the right thing to do they are just lazy and say its too hard to be consistant with bedtime..
it isn't anything medical I've seen with my own eyes..
When is the line drawn with risking babies wellbeing
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Unfortunately anything you say will probably fall on deaf ears. Parents like this parent in the moment, without any thought of the consequences.
If you have a genuine concern for baby's wellbeing then report it to docs or child safety, whatever It Is In your state. If you don't feel it's 'bad' enough for that, then perhaps stay out of It. It's up to the parents to raise their children how they see fit, unless you have a genuine concern. The authorities will do what they can to educate the parents to parent more effectively and of they are unable or unwilling then you have given that child a voice and been and advocate for her.
Wow! I think if I had a friend that was making these big judgement calls on my parenting because of course they are with me 24 hours 7 days a week and can see absolutely everything that goes in my life as a parent, I would want them kindly remove themselves from my life and remove themselves from my FB friends list. This is not friendship, this is finding fault and making someone else wrong so that you can be right. I can only gather that you have it all together as a parent and are pretty faultless as a parent. I would feel sick if I had a friend scrutinizing my every move as a parent and then felt it necessary to post about it on social medi
Totally agree!!
What sort of a friend are you to criticise them? My suggestion for you is to find better friends that arent "lazy" or "neglectful" or "abusive."
Wow... Why are you ladies being so mean to this mum?! What part of doesn't eat right and gets smaked hard don't you understand? Wake up to yourself and stop making people feel like shit for being concerned!
I know it's really easy to doubt yourself at weather it's bad enough to report, but if you feel it is you should take steps to protect the child. I'm afraid going by what you've said I'm not sure family services can do very much but at least there is a report on record so in the future if anything escalates there is some evidence there. Good luck. I think you are doing the right thing