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Should I report these actions to achild protective agency or not?

  • Posted on September 9, 2010 at 4:32 pm

I know this 25-year-old man who has a daughter who is nearly three years old. He and his ex-girlfriend share custody of the little girl. She has custody of the girl from Sunday (6 p.m.) to Friday (6 p.m.). He has custody the remaining days. He always complains that she is bipolar, unable to take care of his daugher properly because she has several guys over. I really cannot say if this is true or not because I do not know her personally. I also cannot count on his testimony because he is bad father in my opinion. First of all, he is alcoholic whom drinks several times of the week (including in the presence of his daughter). Some weekends he stays with his daughter and other weekends he drops her off with family or friends so he can go out and party. He lives in an apartment he shares with a couple, and his room is trashed (clothes everywhere) and his daughter sleeps with him (she has no seperate bed). She has confided in me that he hits her with a hanger and even once said something about “daddy in bed” but I could hardly understand her. I don’t want to jump to conclusion but I cannot help to think that his alcoholism could possibly cause him to do something terrible to his daughter. Should I report him or not? Is this neglect (even if it is some weekends)? Or am I just overreacting?

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