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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
It's bizarre you didn't call the father before calling the police.
Absolutely bizarre.

Just get the number off the kid. The mother wasn't blaming the kid, she was wondering why you didn't phone the father yourself if you had access to the number.

Talk about wasting police time....
gpt
The wasting the cops and possibly CPS's time is what's getting me. First responders are stretched so thin here, people like OP are pulling them away from actual crime or real child abuse cases.