I really need some advice on how to deal with my three friends. The first being Samantha. She doesn't come around when my son is with me because she (and I have personally witnessed) her slapping her two year old daughter across the face and leaving a bruise. I called children services and the police right after the incident (which happened in my own home) and children services called her to tell her when they would be out to inspect her home and her child (a month after the incident.). The police simply took a report. The worst part is that this two year old girl has no bed, can't wash her clothes, and the apartment that she stays at is bug infested (roaches, bedbugs, and fleas). Her mom hasn't had a job since the little girl has been born for more than a week and has on occasion slept on the streets with her. She's lost the foodstamp card that she relies on and the father doesn't pay child support. Now it's getting really bad. Bruises on the little girl, she came home from her father's house humping everything in sight, and her stomach is distended from what I believe to be a lack of nutrition. That and her mom sends her to grandma's with a crack smoking boyfriend living there. I don't know what I should do since I seem to be out of options. I called CPS, the police, and even the church she goes to to try and get help for this poor little girl. No one will listen.
My second friend Jessica has a two year old little boy who lives with her and her mother (who sells pills to survive). Although the little boy is well cared for apart from the grandmother selling pills, his mother has been teaching him to cuss and throw gang signs. I'm not sure if excessive spanking and teaching vulgar behaviours is illegal or not and am unsure what I should do about the situation.
My third friend is really bad off. She just had her son a month ago and I saw her for the first time two days ago. She kept saying things like she was <Staff Edit> in life and she might as well die. I think she might have PPD. But to make matters worse is that the baby's dad stays out all day with his friends, smokes weed, and is telling her to find a job to support the baby when she's the only one caring for him. All because he won't give up weed. And they are living off of $400 a month with no assistance. These were my three best friends growing up and it seems like my child is the only one growing up the way he should, with love and attention. Sara won't even hold her baby (the one with the one month old). I was with her for five hours and she held the baby long enough to get him out of the car. I don't know what to do because I feel so bad for all these children who are growing up in hell. I don't know what to think of my friends anymore. It turns out at least two are pretty bad people. What would you do in my situation?
My second friend Jessica has a two year old little boy who lives with her and her mother (who sells pills to survive). Although the little boy is well cared for apart from the grandmother selling pills, his mother has been teaching him to cuss and throw gang signs. I'm not sure if excessive spanking and teaching vulgar behaviours is illegal or not and am unsure what I should do about the situation.
My third friend is really bad off. She just had her son a month ago and I saw her for the first time two days ago. She kept saying things like she was <Staff Edit> in life and she might as well die. I think she might have PPD. But to make matters worse is that the baby's dad stays out all day with his friends, smokes weed, and is telling her to find a job to support the baby when she's the only one caring for him. All because he won't give up weed. And they are living off of $400 a month with no assistance. These were my three best friends growing up and it seems like my child is the only one growing up the way he should, with love and attention. Sara won't even hold her baby (the one with the one month old). I was with her for five hours and she held the baby long enough to get him out of the car. I don't know what to do because I feel so bad for all these children who are growing up in hell. I don't know what to think of my friends anymore. It turns out at least two are pretty bad people. What would you do in my situation?
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