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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those insisting OP needs to take out her time to help this woman seem to ignore the fact that she isn't particularly friendly. There's a high likelihood that ANY offer of ANY assistance is going to be interpreted as a hostile act by this woman. I'm guessing if her parenting style is "yell at the kids while sitting down in front of God and everybody" she'll start tolerating her kids getting overly rough as they get older - would any of the "help her a lot" crowd put up with that crap happening to their own kids?

I'm guessing the dad makes enough $$$ that they won't get a lot of the help that's out there. (This is America, where folks making $24,999 get loads of help and folks making $25,001 are on their own.)

Dad probably escapes through work either b/c overtime is nice or b/c he wants to escape. Does the mom work?

I[b]'d be worried about the kids getting into trouble on your property when you're not at home. Maybe call your insurance company and see what sort of thing (e.g. a letter, a fence, etc.) would put you in a better position when it comes to risk protection. 
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Social services won't do much unless it looks like Hoarders in the house or there's worse abuse going on behind closed doors.

If OP can find out a bit more of what's going on behind closed doors or help this woman, she's certainly gaining some treasure in heaven, but I'm not sure why OP is a Bad Person for not bending over backwards to help out this family (I'll say if OP does NOTHING to help out anyone outside her walls that might warrant a bit of concern but that is beyond the scope of this question.) [/quote]

This. 
It's like the show, the Middle and they are the Glossners. Be civil (or friendly) and look into the bolded. 
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