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Was I wrong to turn this mom in? Unglued over $1?

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I am the mom of 4 and we all get upset with our kids, right? Well, I've never hit my children or called them names or sworn at them - I'm their mom and I love them.

Last weekend, this mom and her 13 yr old kid came to my house and she came completely unglued on my 10 yr old (almost 11) son and me and my teenage daughters heard it all. I turned her in to Child Protective Services - they will be investigating.

The incident involved my son buying her son a soda for $1 and then accepting a $2 sticker in return - she came over to "get that dollar he owed him!"

I have NEVER seen a mom act like this - and in front of her child and to complete strangers (which I am basically, our kids go to the same school, but I don't know her). She wasn't trying to talk to me - she was going OFF (swearing) at my son = he was scared and froze, crying. She was on MY porch and in front of my neighbors and their kids. Made me wonder what she does behind closed doors? Was I right for turning her in??

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  1. I completely agree with you that the mother overreacted, and she had no right to speak to your son that way.  You should have confronted her about it right then, and if she refused to calm down and stop yelling and swearing at your son, you should have politely asked her to leave your property and brought your son back in to the house.  If she didn't leave, you should have called the police.

    But calling CPS?  That was completely uncalled for, and you are just as guilty of overreacting as she was.  CPS is for situations where children are suffering abuse or neglect in their homes, and reports made to them are not to be taken lightly.  But in most places, they are already a very overburdened system, and they don't even have the time and resources to devote themselves to the investigations where there are children who are really in trouble.  Imagine what it would be like if they involved themselves in every single squabble like the one you are describing!

    The incident would certainly make me question her mental stability, but there was no evidence (based on what you posted) that her children are being abused or neglected.  You shouldn't have called.


  2. i woulda done the same thing. but i woulda called the cops on her right then and there.

    and slammed the door in her face so my kid wouldn't have to hear her...

    she seems like a crazy unstable Bi*ch.

  3. Good Job! I congratulate you! you should have called the police when she was on your porch instead!

  4. By the sounds of it, I would have called the police - not CPS as her children were not in danger, you and your child was.  Thus, the dispute was not between her and her child and so CPS have nothing to do with it.  I would have locked her out on the porch  away from my son and me until the police arrived to escort her away... That said she sounds like a crazy mom and to make such a scene over one dollar is beyond belief.

  5. You so were not wrong if it had been my porch she was on i would have been calling the cops.

  6. Good for you I would have done the same, maybe a little different. I would have asked the kids to leave so that I could kick her A**. But anyway good job, she had no right to go off like that I can't believe that someone could do that in front of her kids and yours.

  7. wow. no u were right!

  8. To be honest, I would not have stood there listening to her scream and curse at my child! I would have intervened, brought my child in to safety, and then reported her to the police, and possibly file a restraining order against her!

  9. Wow yes you were right in doing so!! If she treats your son like this, imagine how she treats her own!!!

  10. I would have called the cops and CPS and while waiting for the cops I would have beat her A S S!

  11. Two words "lunatic-psycho"...turning her into child services was a bit extreme if you ask me.  Yelling and screaming is a big difference from hitting but of obviously both are forms of abuse.  Any person in their right mind would have calmly and respectively spoken in a humane way & asked for the dollar back if it really meant that much to them.  All you can do is "wonder" what happens behind closed doors...Some parents as stupid as it is and may do cuss in front of their children and don't see anything wrong with it. Whatdya gonna do...ppl have different morals.

  12. Wow. Quite the scene! I feel badly that your son had to be exposed to an adult losing their composure like that. I don't think I would have called Child Protective Services because it sounds like her child didn't need protecting from her. I might have called the police however, since it sounds like YOUR son needed protection from her. If I had a hard time getting her off my porch, I'd definitely have involved the police. I also would have handed over a dollar, and considered it a fairly cheap lesson; this is not a family I want my son involved with!

    Hard to say since I wasn't there, but I feel sorry for the 13 year old. It will be really hard for him to live something like that down. He'll be the boy with the psycho mom.

  13. you should have called the police and put a restraining order on her. She shouldn't be allowed within 500 feet of your child.

    Personally, I would have smacked her in the mouth, but thats me.

  14. She had no right to behave that way.  Did you step in to stop it?  It sounds like she is unstable.

  15. You did the right thing.  Let the authorities handle it.  You may have saved her child in the process.

  16. WOW...I would have stepped in and told her to get the heck off my property and then if she had not I would have called the cops. I think you did the best thing by calling CPS. If there ever is a next time tho tell her to get off your property and then you and your kids go in and lock the doors. If she comes back on your property call the cops and get a restraining order.

  17. wow you sat and listened to that? i would have stepped out on the porch and punched her in the face! wtf is wrong with her? who does that?

  18. I'm with you all the way.

  19. Very right.  If she can act like this in public with strangers, think how she acts in the privacy of her own home....

  20. She's lucky she didn't do that to *my* son... I would have kicked her ***.

  21. OVER A d**n DOLLAR! However I Have seen worse,but yes in my view you should have turned her butt in! She would have never made it to my front porch!

  22. I would have called the police while she was still on the porch! Make sure word gets around the kid's school that this mom is a psycho!

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