My Neighbors Are Always Shouting At Their Children, Is Their Anything I Can Do?

[Lanta98]

I live down a street where all the houses are next to each other in blocks. My next door neighbors moved in about 2-3 years ago and since they moved in, all they do is shout at their 3 children! We just brushed it off at first and thought it was normal, but over the years it has got terribly worse! and she has had another child which is now a year old and she shouts at her like an adult. She does with all the children. The woman mostly but the man also sometimes. for example. Last summer the baby girl who wasn't even a year old fell off the bench in the garden and hit a concrete floor. She was just left their crying and the mother shouted at her and told her to get up? and that she was a silly girl? she didn't even help her until like 2 minutes later? also the other day one boy shouted at her and said "I hate you!" she shouted back and said "I hate you too!" also the baby has just learned to say "mummy" instead of the mother saying "yes darling" or "what is it?" instead she shouts "WHAAT?"! but the baby doesn't answer back, how can she? she keeps saying mummy over and over and she keeps saying "what" back until she gets annoyed and then she screams at her and she starts to cry. surely this isnn't right, everyday she screams at her children even down the road when im walking to school. we hear her everyday and sometimes its really bad and we have to turn the telly up because she's so loud. she wakes us up at 5 in the morning every morning shouting at her children for whatever reason. This happens EVERYDAY and i feel so sorry for her kids. I've met her kids over thhe fence and they are lovely! aqnd they are treated like that everyday. I have never ever had a day where atleast one of her children has been crying and never had a day wherre i have eveer heard heer children laugh. we was consideriing ringing child services. we are worried she might lash out at one of kids one day, any suggestions on what we should do?

[EcclesCake]

Lanta, copping a strop and shouting at us is not going to help you or the children next door!

You've had some good advice, it's up to you how you take things forward.

[Lanta98]

I know people are trying to help me NOX. I'm not looking for an argument I just wanted some advice, not people mocking me what I have put in my question trying to make out i'm wrong. If people are going to that, of course im going to react that way, can you not call me a beastie either? I find that a little bit offensive.

[Lanta98]

Jenna - apologies.
eccles cake - How do you know i'm shouting?

Just for all of yous commenting, Yes I am young (18) but I do understand the rights and wrongs, don't judge me because i'm young. Im studying law in A-level at school I think I'm beginning to know the rights and wrongs of life. I didn't mean my comment to come across as 'loud' or 'aggressive'. I apologise.

[EcclesCake]

Typing in capitals is considered to be 'shouting' online.

[Lanta98]

eccles- well I don't go online much at all, only on facebook, so I apologise.

[bednobs]

hi, as has been said a few times, the nspcc can help - you can do things anonymously, and even if you do, it's not like kids are taken away from the parents because they are shouted at - you are not going to cause a family to be split up

[Lanta98]

bednobs - thank you for your reassurance. Me and my mum are definatley looking into that. It's good to know that im not splitting up a family but might be helping in a way, for mine and my family's, theirs and their other neighbors sakes. :)

[bundleone]

There is an advert on the telly by the nspcc , asking for you to report anything you are suspicious about including shouting. abuse isn't just physical, those children can't be very happy.

[Jadym]

Hi I'm looking at this and thinking the girl is asking for advice and is getting it but also getting criticised why are people so judgemental. Good for her she's trying to do somethink to help the children.