when kids out wandering, call child services or the police. The parents are not being responsible, and the children are not safe. What if a pedophile gets a hold of one of them. No, you must call for the sake of the kids. You tried the parent contact route, they are negligent.
Call the police.
Let him play. Unless they are millionaires, I doubt they can lose millions.
Do unto others as you would have done unto you.
He won’t be 3 forever. Next year he’ll be 4. Then, he’ll be in kindergarten. And when he is grown he will remember you and realize the great kindness you showed him for no personal benefit.
Tell your daughter to call the police.
She has warned them, and it would be good if she can document it with phone calls, so the next time the child wanders unsupervised call the police.
Trust me... once they and CPS get involved there will be a big difference. These people LIVE to intefere in lived.
The only problem is that they may have trouble dealing with an ACTUAL problem (where they might be afraid of getting sued) instead of an IMAGINED problem (like interfering in child custody in a divorce to protect children from EVIL fathers)
An 11 year old is not old enough to be a caregiver. The parents are likely breaking the law. You don’t tell us their circumstances, though, and I suppose there’d be a different answer if mom and dad are both working multiple jobs or if the 11 year old babysits while they party. If it is the latter, do their kids a favor and call child services.
For a few hundred dollars per year, anyone can have a top-notched team of lawyers perpetually at the ready.
what about the freaks who send their 13 year old daughters to nudist camps with 17 year old boys and where no parents are allowed? just the perverts running the places?
something is destroying our culture
In our state, a child must be 14 years old to be left in charge of another child. They have to be 11 to be home alone for no more than 2 hours.
I called DCFS for the laws before I ever left my 12 year old home alone because I figured if something happened, I’d be held accountable.
I have a 7 year old, so I wanted to know how old she had to be to babysit.
If something happens to this child while wandering around I’m afraid your daughter would feel some level of guilt (perhaps for the rest of her life) if she does nothing about this. This is NOT a case of a nosey neighbor meddling, this is truly a case of looking out for a child that is unable to care for him/herself since the parents aren’t doing it either. It shouldn’t be the responsibility of the 11 year old sibling either but that is a whole other topic of discussion. Take pictures, document, make phone calls.
On the same day, an 18 month old and a two year old (not related) were wandering out in front of my house. I called the police, but brought them in. The mother of the 18 month old was grateful and happy. He was a twin and my twins were about two years old at the time, so we had something in common. The “parents” of the three year old got hold of their son and beat him. I wilted inside.
Call the police. It may be the best thing for the child.
If that child gets abducted or hit by a car, you will wish you had done more.
CALL THE POLICE.
Sorry to tell you this is nothing new. I used to live in an apt complex south of Seattle with alot of section-8 types. One day, maybe 15 years ago, I saw two toddlers, approx 18mos and 3 y/o, wandering around in the parking lot in their pj’s in October weather. All I could do was take them to the mgr’s ofc. She knew right away who they belonged to and called mom’s apt to come pick them up. Apparently, mom (single, of course)was sleeping something off.
tell them to call police and child protective services, for the sake of BOTH the 3 yr old and the 11 yr old
the kids seem neglected and there should be an investigation
Sounds reasonable to me.
My daughter was living in an apartment going to nursing school and knew her next door neighbor was a single young man, but had seen one girl visit him that had a baby. One night she was studying and heard her neighbor and some female argueing and then doors slam. After a bit she heard a baby crying, and crying, and realized no one was tending to it since the crying was so loud and she heard no movement next door. She went out her door and the neighbor’s door was wide open and she could see in the apartment the baby strapped in a car seat crying it’s heart out. My daughter went in and yelled, no adults there- she found the diaper bag and took the baby out of the seat and changed it and got it a bottle she found; then called me for advice. I told her to call the police ASAP- The police came and while they were questioning everyone nearby the single man that lived there returned. He said he left when he and the girl were fighting and had no idea she would leave the baby or where she went. The mother did return and claimed she left the baby to try to go find the man- oh what a mess- but police did get child protective services to get the baby. The landlady was so mad she evicted the young man- told him if he would even date someone that sorry she didn’t want him for a rentor. I understood why my daughter entered that apt to care for the baby, and in truth I would likely have done the same but I worried so much that it would cause her problems- luckily it didn’t. Some people are just no part parents.