At what point to you intervene
I guess that's the point of my thread. At what point do you intervene or can you intervene.
What do you tell someone like child services-the kid is flunking and the mom is frequently not there? We haven't witnessed any physical abuse. The only thing we could attest to is that the mom was at our house on many a school night without her kid. The problem here is that the big drinker/abuser has a nasty temper on a good day so what happens when they're alone let alone what happens to the child. We keep hoping their financial troubles will force the issue-work a job for money and not a career and at least show the kid you get up and go to work.
I would hope the teachers and counselors at the kid's school have noticed something and have taken appropiate action but you never know. I will say that this last school year mom was over here much less.