Visibly upset child made to run daily.

Minstadave said:
Social care are a broken mess, they're not going to do a thing.
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This.

This will barely cause a flicker of interest from social services, unless the family is already on the risk list. Not saying that is right, but the reality of where child services are in many local authorities.
 
I think from early on, people in thread stated this is how child abuse gets ignored, I would tend to agree with this statement.
Unfortunately, lots people think "oh its none of my business" or tell people to keep out of it, so people do.
Then we hear national scandals such as Baby P and Victoria Climbie then everyone is outraged that no one spotted or reported anything.

This same goes for other areas of life also and not just children, people as a whole don`t report things that seem off, siteing oh i don`t want to get involved.

Personally, yes that does seem a tad odd to be scooting alongside a crying child. I would possibly say is everything ok to the ma on the scooter before reading too much. Equally it is more unusual for child abuse to take place in visable sight of lots of people who could report it. If you google child run to death, there are cases where people have been jailed for making a child run until unfortunately they died. Not wishing to cuase outrage or upset anyone, just stating facts.
 
Minstadave said:
This isn't child abuse. Bad parenting maybe, but not child abuse.
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A lot of people on here think they know what child abuse is like leaving your child in a room 100 yards away while you have a tapas but if they see the stuff that me and you see then they would know what abuse really is.
They would also know just how many people from different disciplines will then get involved to try and come to a solution.
 
OP there an very easy fix

Go out and kick his dad off his electric scooter and then jump on the scooter and make his dad run along side you for 10 miles...:D
 
Some odd replies in the thread.

If your spidey-sense is tingling then you are right to double-check yourself. If it’s odd, it’s odd. If the child is perpetually upset than that’s clearly not great is it....

I’d probably try and observe the situation more to form a better judgement.
 
I would set up a table with loads of water on for the kid to grab as he runs past (maybe tissues as well if he's like proper snotty crying) - and get a PA to play cheering crowd noises.
 
Caracus2k said:
So everything apart from DOB and home address then with school thrown in for good measure? Not sure where you got 'ridiculous' from then?
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And the bit where you added about following them home.

Caracus2k said:
Ask for the above in the circumstances previously outlined and the response from me would still be the same as i suspect it would be for the adult in this case.
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He's not always accompanied by an adult. That's where you just talk and see if they're ok and get a name if you want to report it to authorities due to having concerns from the conversation.

Caracus2k said:
If the adults keen on keeping the kid moving he's not going to want to stop under the false premise of a nice little chat with someone from the neighbourhood. Assuming he doesn't get instantly suspicious about the motives of the person that's just dashed out of their address for said chat or who was waiting outside in place ready. Potentially putting the OP at risk.
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You do like to make it dramatic don't you.
 
kindai said:
Maybe approach it more friendly to start? Next time you see him go past go out give the kid some encouragement, try strike up a friendly conversation and ask what the goals are? You know... like normal people would do before involving the fed.
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With the current climate, you'd probably get accused of grooming.
 
Ryan-3 said:
With the current climate, you'd probably get accused of grooming.
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I mean can you imagine the story you could tell from the other side of this?! I can see the byline now...
"Disabled dad forced to escort petrified boy past house each day due to neighbourhood perv"
 
Burnsy2023 said:
He's not always accompanied by an adult. That's where you just talk and see if they're ok and get a name if you want to report it to authorities due to having concerns from the conversation
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Waiting for a 6 year old to be alone so that an adult can approach them doesn't seem like the best advice, personally.
 
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