help what do i do

[Jo_Jo]

I need some advice bub hub mummies,


there is a family that live up the road from me and they have for about 10 years, my son has played with there granson since they were three, see they are two woman in there 60s looking after 11 year old boy and a 14 year old girl and most of the time have the daughters kids as well my concern is the granson 11 physically abuse,s the other kids that come there i hear him and he hurts them no one watchs them or even checks them and they are out in the st abusing people till dark most of the people in the street are old and the kids are horrible to them my son will not even play with them as he cant understand the things they do.
And the way the 11 yearold speaks to the grandmother and friend is a disgrace i wont even go there but use your imagination we even had an incident where he stole stuff from our house and i got told by phone by one of there family members
who i dont even know, i confronted the granmother and she brought the items back but she new this child had stolen this stuff and was even using one of the items my partner told me i should of rang the police i think now he was right.
At night time they have up to 7 people sleep there and then come back late at night its really odd, should i mind my own beeswax or have them looked into????

[Jo_Jo]

hi jaynecharlie,

its good to hear your point i needed it because its all ive been thinking of i cant believe that no on is ever supervising them and the two younger kids are 6 and 4, i am in vic so ill have to find some information out.

cheers jo.

[Ana Gram]

If there is a genuine concern that the children are being abused, sure give DOCS a call. The police will thankyou for your phone call but won't do anything as there isn't really much of a crime going on here. Having people stay over and coming home late is the norm for some people, like me.

[Jo_Jo]

hi jojo
i had the same problem when i lived in vic with my ex
eccept it was the whole family accross the road
the mother would stand in the street and scream all sorts
of accusations across the road
i moved and it still didnt help she had people follow me
to find out where i was living and they sat in there cars waiting
for me i never went out of the house while they were there
i had enough of that and my ex and went to qld
i wish i did ring the cops
id do what your hubby suggests and ring them
btw where in vic do you live?

hi kristy and ryan,

I live in wangaratta about 2 hours from melbourne,
this family are a nightmare in the street and im sure the grandmother only took these kids on because she never wanted to work, she is so gutless when i have confronted her with stuff she acts all tuff but never says a word, she spends most of her time at the pokies and leaves the kids with her old friend!!! and the only reason why the kids speak the way they do is because the whole family does i cant stand them, its at the point where i dont let my son play outside when the kids are out there because it turns into a big brawl, im waiting to hear back from a lady today so:fingerscrossed:


cheers......jo

[jessgray]

i would ring DHS for advice. they can point you in the right direction.