I am going to report someone who locks their child in their bedroom at night ?

Question

Who do i call to inform, if i tell social services they let the person know that they are coming to visit which is no good. Please can anyone help me...

Answer 1

yeah call the police and say that you hear banging or something make something up and then they will go over there and prob figure it out. or just call the police and say you thing somethin suspicious is going on and they will get someone to definately check it out

Answer 2

I think it really depends on a lot of things. I keep a doorknob cover on the inside k**b in my kid's room because my daughter has gotten up in the middle of the night and caused alot of mischief, but I can hear her in the middle of the night if she's crying or banging to get out.   I don't think you should jump to conclusions if the parents are doing it for safety reasons.  Of course, if they're sticking a very young child and locking the door as to not have to deal with him or her in the middle of the night is abuse.  Of course, if this were the case the child probably wouldn't be able to open the door anyways.    If the parent's are leaving the child home alone then that's also another story. I think you shouldn't jump to conclusions on this, unless you have other information on why they do it.  If you really suspect abuse you can contact child services in your city. search google ffor the childrens services offices in your area.

Answer 3

Maybe the child has a behavior issue, and gets out of bed and wanders, tryin to get out the front door or wrecks the living room, maybe the child sleep walks, if they were beatin the child or somethin but id say find out the facts first!!! They dont lock the child in there in the day so there is obviously a normal reasonable explanation, im sure you wouldnt want that child growing up in care!!!! Thro hear say, my kids i cannot leave them for 2 second and i mean literaly to make them a drink without 1 climing the fire, curtains, ripping wallpaper, they are destructive altho i dont think id lock them in their room some kids cannot be left alone safely

Answer 4

it sounds to me like u just have a problem with the mother.. which dosnt warrant taking her children away.

think of where kids go when they are taken from there families..

make sure its the right thing to do. maybe talk to the mother? and why is YOUR child living there??.. apparently she's doing something right..

it is definately wrong to lock him in his room until she wakes up.. maybe she is depressed and needs help?

idk, im not sticking up for her in any way. It is wrong.

all im saying is maybe there is an alternative to helping the child.. instead of having him taken to a place where he is just another #, and no real family that loves them..

Answer 5

Hang on why does your daughter live there twice a week if it is such a hovel? Maybe you should find the facts out first

Answer 6

i wouldnt be 2 quick 2 jump 2 conclusions there could be a perfectly reasonable explanation for that person 2 do so when i was younger my mum used 2 lock me in my bedroom so i couldnt wonder downstairs on my own and get into mischeif

Answer 7

police or child service

Answer 8

First of all we do not know the circumstances of why the child is wearing nappies in bed, the child may have a problem and this is the reason for this, I dont agree wi locking the child in the bedroom, i wouldnt do that, also if it if for a safety reason i agree with the stair gate idea, but you dont have any concrete evidence do you ? so thats why you cannot confront the situation yourself, so neither can social services, i know that they call the the person to say they are coming out to the home, when they arrive they will ask the mother questions regarding the nappies etc and they might be happy with the answer, you do not know what is going on in that household, so mind your own business, for your own sake !!!!! how do you know that the child wear nappies and is locked in the bedroom ?

Answer 9

Try ringing the police? people who treat their kids do not deserve them in the first place - call them for the child's safety - Good luck x

Answer 10

What are you going to report them for?

Do they lock the door and leave the house?

Answer 11

Try speaking to social services again.

I wouldn't care about the legal bill or legal action.  I just wouldn't allow my daughter to go there if I felt that her safety was in jeopardy.

Answer 12

social services is your best bet, but why do they lock their child in their bedroom at night?  Could it be a safety issue?  My cousin needs to be locked in his room at night or else he would severly hurt himself because he is autistic, and I put a thing on my son's bedroom door when he first started sleeping in a big boy bed because he knows how to get the patio door unlocked and opened and we live on the second floor.

Answer 13

Phone the police but don't give your name or you could cause trouble for yourself.

Answer 14

How old is the child? Do you know any other circumstances? Is this what you call abuse? I don't lock my kids in their rooms, but I think you may be over reacting a little bit here.  We aren't talking cages..we're talking a bedroom, supposedly with a bed, toys and other things. If we're talking a very young child who has gone out of the house in the middle of the night, I'd lock him in too, to save his life. If a little kid was caught running around the neighborhood at all hours, then children's services wouldn't hesitate to take the kid away.

Answer 15

What social services org. are you referring too because that is simply not true. Any Dept of Children and families or HRS or whatever they call it in your state will always let U the caller remain anonymous. BTW what kind of person debates such a thought and then gets on yahoo for help. Its called DOING THE RIGHT THING. So quit pushing buttons on the puter and get ur azz on the phone. I would have told them my d**n self to stop. I dont know where you heard that they  call or announce that they are comming because thats far from the truth. I mean really,,,,,

Answer 16

i agree with you no child should be locked in their bedroom all night.

what if there was a fire?, or the child needed the toilet?

ring the police or go to your local citizen"s advice bureau, they should be able to give you some good advice.

i cant believe some of the dumb answers and comments your question got,  i wish you good luck

Answer 17

if you want my honest answer...... if you know the family or parent s that do this to their kid you should either say something and try and prevent it or ask why and put your mind at rest ( could be because the child wants to get out of bed and sleep with the mum and dad ( if not a six inch nail in a base ball bat shoyuld asort the dad and a shorted fuse in the mothers hair straightners should do it