This is a sentiment that seems to have been posted by a conscientious parent rather than an adult defensive of the way they treat/treated children. But I assume you aren’t a mandated reporter? Because marks=report is actually the standard— it’s not up to the teacher/doctor to assess ongoing patterns, that is what CPS will determine if they open an investigation. |
First, many argue that the standards are already too expansive for mandatory reporters, since the tidal wave of reporting of non-abusive parents to CPS (especially in poor and minority communities) already has a big impact on CPS ability to focus on actually severe abuse.
But second, the reporting standard is *lasting marks that the reporter sees*. It is not marks that the other parent sees immediately after an incident and then fade 60 seconds later. For all we know that is what happened here. Any pressure on the skin leaves marks for a few minutes |
Where did you get that information that the marks lasted 60 seconds? They lasted long enough for the OP to take pictures. |
For those of you who think that involving CPS is no big deal if the parents aren't actually abusive, here's another in a long line of stories of abuse by CPS: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/07/josh-sabey-sarah-perkins-abuse-investigation/ |