Home alone child

[Smowball]

Just your thoughts really. Son's friend ( a girl) lives with just her mother, who works 2 jobs apparently. One of them is in a club. So this girl gets in from school to an empty house and is alone all evening, does herself something to eat,spends the entire time from 4pm till bed time alone, goes to bed in an empty house and her mother gets in about 3 am. 6 nights a week. Now I understand the mother has to earn a living but this girl is only 12.What do you think?

[albaqwerty]

Are you absolutely sure of this Smow?If you are, then contact the school first.

[bednobs]

i wonder what sort of "help" you think the family can get?

[magsmay]

Sorry but this story just doesn't sit well with me. For a start if she works two jobs, comes in from one at 3am and has to get up again at 7.30am for her second job -how does she manage that? surely no one could manage on four hours sleep a night six days a week. I would check out the story first before reporting anything to the school -kids of this age do have a tendency to exaggerate especially if its to justify bad behaviour -just a thought....

[albaqwerty]

exactly mags, which is why I asked if Smow was absolutely sure.
She could be stirring up a lot of bother if it's not true.
Not, for one minute do I think Smow is fibbing, but stories can grow into something else.

[vodkancoke]

Do you have a problem "Smobile"?

[DTCwordfan]

reported

[sherrardk]

Also reported, suspect smobile is someone who was being horrid to Smowball last week.

[DTCwordfan]

yes one "Gemma"

[vodkancoke]

Yep and that same idiot is posting over on the other side.

[Smowball]

Ok, from what I can gather - mum sleeps while girl is at school.

[magsmay]

I'd be very careful Smow in getting involved on the back of the info you've been given - if the mother sleeps while the girl is at school how can she have two jobs? If the info is true then really the poor woman is flogging her guts out keeping down two jobs instead of relying on benefits and should be offered some practical help by you if you are that concerned rather than reporting her. I'd be tempted to leave well alone - it really isn't any of your business and I don't mean that in a nasty way x