Thread: Hispanic Parents Not Good to Kid

hey everyone, long time no type..

anyways, aside from my day job, I work part time at a pizza joint where they have video poker in a portion of the restaraunt that is closed off. Theres a hispanic couple that comes in and they bring their 7 year old boy with them. The boy watches TV, plays games, and sometimes goes outside for hours on end. I mean hours -- like 3-5 hours at a time while his parents are inside playing video poker.

Not only that, but the kid can hardly speak a lick of English. Me and my co-workers watch him some, but when we get busy, no way we can keep a close eye on him. We give him cup to fill with a drink and hope he don't hurt himself playing.

His parents don't speak hardly any English, especially his dad.. Me and his dad typically communicate with our hands when he's needing change from me. Everytime he comes in, he's really dirty, like he's been working construction or something.

Make a long story short, theres no point to the story, but thought I'd share it with you

I would report them to child protectve services. The state has a 800 number. Get the license plate from their vehicle.

http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Contact_Us/report_abuse.asp

You can file a report online.

Dixie

You took the words right out of my mouth dix, these parents should be reported to the dept of health and human services, this is awful, this kid could be hurt, kidnapped, anything could happen to him, where does his folks get the money to play poker for 3 to 5 hours?

That's so sad, the parents have an obvious gambling addiction, and their little boy is being neglected because of it.

Yes it does need to be reported to the authorities so this little boy does not get hurt, taken or abused by a predator, which will likely happen if someone does not step in.

Addictins such as this are across the board with people, of all creeds, and it hurts the children the most. To me, a lonely child like this is the saddest thing, they long for their parents to spend time with them and not their addictions.

thanks guys for your advice.. think I'll sneak outside next time they are there and get the lincense number.. don't know their names.. is lincense plate # enough?

Well who knows, they may not have registered the vehicle. If they come on Friday nights regulary, tell that to CPS. They will show up looking for the kid. If that doesn't work, call the police department and tell them the kid has been outside unsupervised for how ever long. Tell the cops they do this all the time.... Let the police drive up and see the kid out there unsupervised and they can take charge of the situation.

Dixie

They have a regular schedule so it should be easy for an investigator to catch them.
Alot of times their kids run unsupervised and it doesn't matter if they are legal or illegal. I seen it in my condo complex and have complained. It is also on the news. Just on New Years evening there were 2 kids that were riding on those plastic battery operated vehicles on the road in the dark and ended up being hit by a car. The car took off. The 5 year old is back home and the 3 year old is in critical condition with severe head injuries. The parents are Hispanic and did not do a good job supervising their children. In the instructions for those vehicles it says that they are not to be driven on the road and not at night. Last year a Hispanic kid died when they hit a SUV on one of those mini motorcycles.

There are a lot of negligent parents out there, at least here where I live, I have seen more "absent" parenting by the illegals, more than any other group, but I know also there is plenty of crack addict parents out there of all races, it is just sad when kids are let to take care of themselves, it tends to show with all of the problems kids have today.

Lack of parental involvement or outright neglect, equals more learning problems, behavioral problems and also juvenile delinqency.

Not sure why you would watch the kid, I'd call the cops.

Originally Posted by MelvinPainter

Not sure why you would watch the kid, I'd call the cops.

we have a security officer that works with the police that comes in, I'll relay the information to him..