Is it normal that i don't care that my neighbor's kid lives in neglect?

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My neighbor is poor and their "house" (it's actually more of a shack) has linoleum/dirt floors... they are hoarders (they don't have curtains and you can see piles of junk in their house) anyway it's an older couple and their son and his wife lives with them, along with their toddler.

The toddler does not ever see sunlight. It's inside all day with his mom watching TV, on their dirt floor (I was in there once, their floor is literally dirt because they dug out a space in the hill behind their garage, the house is on a hillside)

Anyway is this considered child abuse and is it normal that I don't care except that I think it's very odd and a little funny? I live in a pretty nice place but I remember when I was a kid, having a friend who lived on a dirt floor.

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  • SuMaFTW
    8 years ago

    If you call social services they will decide what to do regardless of what you think.

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  • Steven2.0
    8 years ago

    As long as the child is not receiving any physical abuse, it's fine. However, your neighbours sound like plebeians that it would be best to distance yourself from. People of the lower class are unpredictable, vandalistic and often violent.

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    • Steven_Glansberg
      8 years ago

      Thats not entirely true. Im not a lawyer but i know ppl in real estate who have told me about similar situations with toddlers living in bad conditions. I recall one example where the parent(s) were dying of cancer or disease and they were hoarders and the place was disgusting and the toddler was on a floor with dog and cat feces. Very bad situation. Long story short it was Criminal and they were arrested and put in jail for this. Parents do have an obligation to provide a safe, relatively clean, environment that does not jeopardize the childs health. Keeping a kid in a dark house all day with hoarded crap amd garbage and possibly insects and stuff is neglect

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