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ARREST THAT NEWBORN BABY (lemmings.world)

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, if its absolutely constant and never seems to stop, then maybe a child safety check would be reasonable.

[–] rikudou 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some people are just unlucky with a baby with frequent stomach pain.

[+] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works -9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

If that's the case, the child safety check would discover that and no harm would be done. Maybe there should just be periodic child safety checks for all parents anyway, like Ofsted.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Please don't do this unless you really think there is abuse or the baby/child is being harmed. The case load for the understaffed departments is insane and a waste of their time and resources.

Source: SIL works in the dept.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 days ago

In my experience child protection services are useless. Call the parent 'Oh, you're not harming your child? Ok then, no need to visit you.'

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In the US, we don't have healthy institutions that can do that. They're all corrupted by racism, lack of funding, lack of accountability, and insane religious people.

Maybe the post wasn't in the US, but also other places may have similar problems.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Ofsted is actually in the UK, which should have been a clue.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Please don't ever call DCFS unless you have a legitimate reason believe the child is being harmed. Like half the parents I know with 2+ kids had at least one that was an inconsolable infant. Some babies just cry a lot.

If it's annoying to you you, just imagine being the parents whose responsibility it is to care for an infant who just won't stop crying. You'd have worse sleep deprivation AND the guilt of feeling like a failure!

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I swear to god, there's a section of the population that just straight-up forgets headphones and/or white noise generators are things...

The amount of bitching I've heard about ambient noises I've been blissfully unaware of with an mp3 on loop and a $3 pair of headphones is crazy.