I have this cousin that lives in Kansas. He has two kids, four and two years old. They live in this old movie theatre that he bought and converted part of it into living space. It is a pretty cool building with alot of history, but it is also falling apart around him. He/wife are not the greatest house keepers there are. The place smells horrible, there is stuff piled every where. You literally have to step over the clothes and the dishes to move through the rooms. There are also holes in the floor that go all the way to the basement (plywood layed over them, not nailed down). The part of the building that they live in is a [email protected]#$ Hole!!!
The kids are healthly and well fed, but they are lacking on the hygene part a little. He pretty much just puts the kids in a room and lets them just play all day by themselves. I know he loves his kids but he seems to be lacking in the desire to take care of them. When some one in the family goes over to get the kids to take them somewhere, they do not want to go back. Most of the kids' upbringing is from other parts of the family.
It has been said on numerous occasions that if the Child Walefare Office found out, that they would take the kids away from them, which is the last thing I want to happen.
The big question on my mind is what to do about it.
You see in about a month I will be working for the local SO. Should I try to talk to him as a cousin or wait and talk to him as a police officer?
Another problem with all of this is my family knows what is happening with the building and the way the kids are being taken care of and they know i'm about to become a cop. Some of them told me I should just walk away from it and dont worry about it.
What would you call this, neglect, abuse, endangerment??
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
The kids are healthly and well fed, but they are lacking on the hygene part a little. He pretty much just puts the kids in a room and lets them just play all day by themselves. I know he loves his kids but he seems to be lacking in the desire to take care of them. When some one in the family goes over to get the kids to take them somewhere, they do not want to go back. Most of the kids' upbringing is from other parts of the family.
It has been said on numerous occasions that if the Child Walefare Office found out, that they would take the kids away from them, which is the last thing I want to happen.
The big question on my mind is what to do about it.
You see in about a month I will be working for the local SO. Should I try to talk to him as a cousin or wait and talk to him as a police officer?
Another problem with all of this is my family knows what is happening with the building and the way the kids are being taken care of and they know i'm about to become a cop. Some of them told me I should just walk away from it and dont worry about it.
What would you call this, neglect, abuse, endangerment??
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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