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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds more like the dad was frustrated and embarrassed this happened in a public place like a bus.

What do you want the eventual result to be?

If you call CPS and they find other issues, and eventually take the child away, do you really think the child is always better off at a foster home?

Hispanic guy, talks Spanish to the kids. They are on a bus with a stroller instead of comfortably in their car. I would guess they don't have much money and they might be recent immigrants or even illegal.

What do you think calling someone will really accomplish? I would say that it would only hurt this family. If the dad is found to be aggressive or hot tempered or impatient or something, but not totally abusive, will it help him if he has to pay for lawyers to fight the CPS system or if he spends time in jail? Some parents have many many faults. But their kids still love and prefer to be with their very faulty parents than with a stranger. Especially at the less than 6 years old age.

In the bus, you saw one interaction. 
I would have a different response if you saw serious and repeated abuse next door, week in and week out, being committed. Especially if the abusing family is an American family who is fluent in the English language. They can properly and fairly make their point across against CPS. Plus they should have had the benefit of public education and should know better.

But so many of these recent Hispanic immigrants who speak their native language to their kids have barely finished elementary school and/or have fled conflict or real poverty stricken countries, they have gone through so much. Plus again, you saw one interaction.

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