Things You'll Need:
- Yellow Pages
- Telephones
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Step 1
Report child abuse even if you have just a suspicion that there is a problem. It is better to make a mistake than to let a child be harmed or even killed.
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Step 2
Make the report immediately.
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Step 3
Understand that certain people are required to report suspicion of child abuse. These people include teachers, doctors, health care workers and counselors. Failure to make a report could lead to criminal charges.
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Step 4
Contact the agency in your state responsible for handling reports of child abuse. Many phone books list this agency in the front of the book, near the emergency numbers.
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Step 5
Call the National Hotline for Child Abuse at (800) 4-ACHILD to make the report if you cannot find a number for your state agency. You can also get the local number from this hotline. If for some reason you cannot get through or the state agency cannot help you, call your local police department and explain the situation.
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Step 6
Do not confront the person you suspect. This action could endanger the child even more.
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Step 7
Stay out of the situation, but make the call and let people who specialize in this area handle it.
Comments
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ellgb said
on 5/11/2009 How do you handle a minor abusing his younger cousin, when both sets of parents just swept everything under the rug? Doesn't the boy need to get help just as much as the little girl? Aren't these parents sending the wrong message to BOTH children??? It has been about a year since she told. I live in a different state, but was there the day that my brother in law found out what happened to his daughter. The children are cousins. Strangely there are only two sets of grandparents involved, and one grandmother wanted to know why anyone had to do anything... made me VERY angry!! The other grandmother said that they HAD to report it... not really sure why NOTHING has been done about it! They really should have listened to the grandmother who said that it really needed to be reported. I understand that everyone cares about the boy involved, but they really should see that they are not doing...
grandmother49 said
on 10/6/2008 Well it is hard for me sit back and let my son ex, treat there kids so bad, Hitting them screaming at them, curses at them, pushing the kids, slapping the kids in the face.There been times the oldest girl that said her mom leaves her with the little ones, but the kids are only 5, 3, 2. many times. The kids always have bruies on them, the 2 yougest ones have had cigarettes burn on there body. We reported this to the child welfare, but nothing is getting done about it. The kids cry and scream to stay with us, they do not want go home with there mother. please tell us what to do to get these kids out bad home. please grandmother.
Mgreg1024 said
on 4/12/2008 What about mental abuse? I am fearful for some family members close to me and their father is not straight in the head (recently back from the war) and is taking it out on his family. If I make a report it will be turned down for lack of evidence and he's messed up in the head to charge me for abuse.
Mgreg1024 said
on 3/19/2008 What about mental abuse? I am fearful for some family members close to me and their father is not straight in the head (recently back from the war) and is taking it out on his family. If I make a report it will be turned down for lack of evidence and he's messed up in the head to charge me for abuse.