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When reporting suspected child abuse doesn't lead to intervention

I called child services on my neighbor because I hear screaming and hitting through the walls but nothing happened and now I feel guilty for not doing more.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between witnessing harm and achieving protection can leave observers feeling complicit in ongoing abuse.

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