thats what i was thinking but wasnt sure... my brother is about to be a cop and has friends who are cops in my area so I was thinking about asking one of them.. but i just thought it was crazy how even for a situation like this they couldnt at least give me their first names or something here..ya know..
i'd say skip cps for now, just call the cops - or even go to the station & fill out the report. they can get the info from the apartment complex. if the dad's hitting him like that, there will probably be evidence of prior abuse. i feel really bad now mad, sad...
okay thats what i thought that police could get their names and so forth.. yeah, last night after i talked to the lady at the clubhouse i felt horrible and upset cause I really wished i had called right there and than.. But i am definitely going to talk to the police and so forth..cause what i saw made my stomach hurt and its been bothering me ever since.. and i feel really mad at myself for not doing anything at the time...
Shroom, don't beat yourself up. It is hard to get involved, and often you want to think about if first, no one wants to jump the gun and have someone's child taken away without reason. I understand why you hesitated. This is a challenging situation for you to be in. WHen I was about 24 years old I beat myself up for a long time because I didn't stop a womyn from beating her child with a belt in the mall. People were just standing around watching and some were crying, and I wanted to just go and PULL HER ARM away. Bear stopped me, as he thought the womyn would hit me, but I should have done it anyway. But blaming yourself doesn't solve the situation. Try calling the child abuse hotline (Does anyone have the number, I think it is 18004A CHILD.) and the police, and see what can be done. You can't change the past, and it is difficult to jump right in all the time with the right response. Just do what you can now. Blessings and peaceful feelings, Maggie
Damn, that shit is pissing me off just reading it. Maybe you could hire a WWF star and pay him to beat the dads ass the same way he was beating the kid! But seriously I would call the police and any other agency that deals with this type of thing.