Current Events > I'm a mandatory reporter. Need advice, please.

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Found out my coworker is slipping melatonin into her sons water without his knowledge so he sleeps at night. Hes like 12 or something.

This rubbed me the wrong way, I think that is fucked up. Drugging your kid at night. So I got home and did a quick Google search and saw this -



And that made me more concerned

If this is something she shouldnt be done, I have to report it since Im a mandatory reporter and hes a student

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if you are obligated to report it, then that's what you gotta do
doesn't mean anything will happen, doesn't mean the kid will be taken out of his home
it just means you did your duty

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Oh for fucks sake

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Oeoeo23 posted...

doesn't mean anything will happen, doesn't mean the kid will be taken out of his home

trust the system
they won't take your kids
trust the system
you'll get your kids back
trust the system
you don't need those kids

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Amazon sells gummy multivitamins with melatonin for kids ages 3 and up

Take that however you want, but that means the FDA says it's fine

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Bad_Mojo posted...

This rubbed me the wrong way, I think that is fucked up. Drugging your kid at night.

Bad_Mojo posted...

Im a mandatory reporter

What are you doing talking to us, then? Go and do your job

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Next thing you know she'll be giving him dangerous chemicals like dihydrogen monoxide!

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Don't think this really counts as child abuse.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Take that however you want, but that means the FDA says it's fine

I thought the FDA has no control over vitamins.

What if they were slipping them a multi-vitamin? That would also be drugging the kid without their consent.

Would that have raised red flags also, or is it only melatonin that is concerning?

Alright, thanks. I'll think more on it. Like I said, it just rubbed my the wrong way, like, why the fuck are you drugging your kid's water? If she was like, "here, take this because it will help you sleep better," then okay. But she's doing it without him knowing.

Our boss was there with us when she was talking about it, and I called her out on it but she just got really defensive.

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NeoShadowhen posted...

What if they were slipping them a multi-vitamin? That would also be drugging the kid without their consent.

Would that have raised red flags also, or is it only melatonin that is concerning?

All I know is that she uses it make him go to sleep. I mean, that's drugging a kid to make him easier for yourself to handle. I don't know, I don't have kids. I don't even really know what melatonin is. That's why I did a Google search and it says that's it not recommended for kids and teens because it could be harmful. I don't think daily vitamins are harm them

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She should probably be talking to the kids pediatrician and getting their recommendations if the kid is having that much trouble going to sleep.

If she isnt communicating or seeing a doctor for that, then its possible the kid could have other issues that arent being diagnosed or treated (medical neglect).

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It's a sleep aid, it doesn't knock you out.

It is sold on the vitamin aisle of your grocery store or pharmacy, maybe go read a bottle before you do something that could fuck up someone's life.

This is insane.

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Pitlord_Special posted...

She should probably be talking to the kids pediatrician and getting their recommendations if the kid is having that much trouble going to sleep.

If she isnt communicating or seeing a doctor for that, then its possible the kid could have other issues that arent being diagnosed or treated (medical neglect).

I think the kid's doctor did tell her it was okay. My main issue is that she's doing it without his knowledge, and she kind of seems like a person that might do it all the time just to make her own life easier, not her son's, you know?

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Alteres posted...

This is insane.

It's not recommended sleep aid for children or teens because of potential harmful effects.

But if it is insane, thank you. I don't know, that's why I'm asking.

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Alteres posted...

It's a sleep aid, it doesn't knock you out.

It is sold on the vitamin aisle of your grocery store or pharmacy, maybe go read a bottle before you do something that could fuck up someone's life.

This is insane.

This, good god.

Bad_Mojo posted...

I think the kid's doctor did tell her it was okay.

Then shut the fuck up and mind your own goddamn business. You shouldn't be working in a school or a mandated reporter anyways with your history.

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@Phynaster

JC, this is why I was asking for advice. You don't need to get so f'n nasty. maybe you need some?

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