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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These responses are…something. 100% should’ve said something. If more people spoke up - strangers, teachers, friends of friends - we’d have less school shooters. If you are someone who witnesses verbal abuse of children and feel it’s a MYOB moment - you can’t act surprised when that child grows up to be a filthy human being. And you are complicit. [/quote]

That’s a straw man argument. There are a million shades of gray here from a parent yelling at a kid in a tough moment to a school shooting. Given how bad the CPS system is, as well as how under resourced, and the horrible nature of many foster homes, and the difficulties that an investigation puts on a family, there needs to be a reasonable bar for reporting. A child with bruises? Report. A child saying mom beat him? Report. A mom yelling at a kid to get in a car seat? Not ideal, but unless they are physically beating the child you have no way to know if her threat of beating is legitimate or an empty threat. Some of you guys really have no idea how bad of cases CPS actually sees to think that this merits an investigation. [/quote]

Huh? I didn’t say anything about an investigation. You have poor reading comprehension. A lot of people have no idea how they sound or how they act in anger until it’s pointed out - usually repeatedly. Will this dissuade a sociopath from treating their child horribly? No. But a bad parent who has anger issues? Sure, enough people say something to them they might realize they need help. [/quote]

You have clearly never spoken up and had the situation turn on you. People can carry guns. People can turn their ire on you and threaten your safety. Deciding to call out a parent with anger issues on their poor parenting is not going to help the child and will probably have the opposite affect. [/quote]

What if it gets physical fool [/quote]

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