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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a psychiatrist and have had patients who weren’t able to teach their children developmentally appropriate behavior, either because of serious childhood trauma themselves (think sadistic parents, not neglectful ones), borderline intellect, or schizophrenia in the parent.  
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Personally, I would contact CPS, and they can go into the home and do an investigation. [/b]

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CPS wouldn't investigate this. They have much bigger fish to fry than an untrained 5 yr old.[/quote]

I don’t know.  There are only a few sentences in the OP, so it’s kind of a blank slate to project your own experiences onto.  
You are picturing a kid with involved, but not particularly adept or worldly parents, and the kid has undiagnosed ASD who needs services.  
I am picturing a kid with a parent who is dealing with serious mental illness or substance use disorder (opiates?) who hasn’t been taught basic developmental skills because the parent can’t parent, and the child is still in diapers and kept in a playpen most of the day.

Both look like a kid who isn’t potty trained at 5 and has some other developmental delays. 
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