Perhaps the neighbor could/should watch the handicapped son once in awhile allowing the mom to spend some time with the younger daughter. Calling the authorities IMO is a bad move and will cause nothing but problems for the “friend”.

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I don’t normally read advice columns unless it’s Dear Roxeanne. But for some strange reason…or the fact that I was bored, I decided to read Dear Prudence from today’s Washington Post. Here’s the first question answered by “Prudence”;

My neighbors have two children, ages four and nine months, and the older child is profoundly disabled. For whatever reason, the parents have opted to keep him at home rather than placing him in a facility. They don’t have hired help, maybe for financial reasons. The dad works and mom is alone with the two children all day. Because the older son needs round the clock care, the younger daughter is constantly left alone. She doesn’t cry when she wakes up because she knows nobody will tend to her. Mom rushes through feeding, practically shoving food in her mouth, before going back to the older child. The daughter is at an…

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