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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 353386" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>What have you told the other child's parents? I am sure you told them that a little girl choked him, and that she is leaving/has already left. What do they think should happen? Not to go ask them, but what have they already told you? Their son needs to be in some therapy to evaluate him and to help him again feel safe. </p><p></p><p>In my state the directions for when to call CPS state clearly that if you don't know then you should call. Your job is NOT to determine if child abuse is going on. Your job is to report possible symptoms/signs of abuse. It is the job of CPS to determine if actual abuse is happening.</p><p></p><p>CPS may be more interested in talking to the boy who was choked instead of the girl who choked him, at least at first. Our CPS is happy to answer questions and hypotheticals. They also can open up a whole range of services to help support the family as their goal is NOT to break up families, it is reunification more than anything else (in many states). </p><p></p><p>So what do you need to do? What does your gut tell you to do? What do you think the possible outcomes of a report would be? What can you live with? This really is a judgment call with no clear "right" answer or "wrong" answer. As others have said, a violent child can come from a peaceful, loving set of parents. Mental illness can pop up in anyone, any family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 353386, member: 1233"] What have you told the other child's parents? I am sure you told them that a little girl choked him, and that she is leaving/has already left. What do they think should happen? Not to go ask them, but what have they already told you? Their son needs to be in some therapy to evaluate him and to help him again feel safe. In my state the directions for when to call CPS state clearly that if you don't know then you should call. Your job is NOT to determine if child abuse is going on. Your job is to report possible symptoms/signs of abuse. It is the job of CPS to determine if actual abuse is happening. CPS may be more interested in talking to the boy who was choked instead of the girl who choked him, at least at first. Our CPS is happy to answer questions and hypotheticals. They also can open up a whole range of services to help support the family as their goal is NOT to break up families, it is reunification more than anything else (in many states). So what do you need to do? What does your gut tell you to do? What do you think the possible outcomes of a report would be? What can you live with? This really is a judgment call with no clear "right" answer or "wrong" answer. As others have said, a violent child can come from a peaceful, loving set of parents. Mental illness can pop up in anyone, any family. [/QUOTE]
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