Child neglect?????

[TEALITE]

FLORIDA

What is it when a single mother lives at home with her parents and has always been neglectful emotionally, she does provide physiacally such as clothing and food but absolutely nothing else. she comes home, says 'hi' and that's it. No 'how was your day', no playing, no talking, no affection at all, no nurturing when sick, just cold and ignores as though they don't exist, but yet laughs and talks to other people and other children and her parents. The child asks her a question and it's like pulling teeth for her to answer the child and then it's never in a kind way. The child is smart, fun, lovable and cute, they are 8 now and this has been going on all of this time, No matter how much you talk to her, she just won't change for the childs benefit. She is extremely selfish. The child is happy because the grandparents are their, especially the grandmother, that's where the child gets their attention and love. Most people say that the daughter has it easy at home and needs to be on her own to see how tough it is, I fail to see how this will help the child, in fact the mother has been talking as of late about getting her own place, and the child is devasted and scared because when the grandparents go out he gets scared because the mom stays in her room the whole time and the child says that they feel like they are home alone. The child has health needs, such as allergies, asthma, eczema, months ago the school said the child has cavities and failed eye test and neither have been addressed, the child is about to start a new school year. The child begged and asked the grandmother to please not let their mom take them if she moves out. This is a childs cry for help. What can the grandparents do???

[BL]

How old is this child ?

If the school hasn't called the authorities about neglect ,then it's safe to say grandparents will not be able to stop a move .

We are only hearing one side.

[Proserpina]

Where is the child's father?

Is this the first time the grandparents have seen fit to act upon this neglect?

[TEALITE]

This child is 8 years old.

The father has never been in childs life.

The only way the school would notice neglect is if there were physical signs. These days, teachers have too many students to notice anything.

Grandparents feels the need to act on it now because the child is expressing their feelings emotionally, where as they never have before.

And yes, there is always two sides to every story, guarantee, it is no different than what was said, because one thing for sure is,, that the mother does not deny it. She is very much aware of how she is towards her child.

[IsabellaSoriano]

Originally Posted by TEALITE

This child is 8 years old.

The father has never been in childs life.

The only way the school would notice neglect is if there were physical signs. These days, teachers have too many students to notice anything.

Grandparents feels the need to act on it now because the child is expressing their feelings emotionally, where as they never have before.

And yes, there is always two sides to every story, guarantee, it is no different than what was said, because one thing for sure is,, that the mother does not deny it. She is very much aware of how she is towards her child.

but where IS dad? does mom know?