Because this is really bugging me

[serafina20]

If a child or teenager is beat really badly and ends up in the hospital with possible brain damage and internal bleeding, and the nurse suspects (and then pretty much has it confirmed by the kid) that he's being abused by his caretaker? She is not going to leave the number for child services and suggest that the child call it because she can see his younger brother is also being abused and it'd be best for them. She's going to call child services because it's required by law to do so.

*deep breaths*

Comments

[aprilvalentine.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. She could be fired for not calling and reporting the abuse.

But simply from the standpoint of logic, what on earth would possess someone to think the child would call the number? They are a child! They are the abuse victim. Does the author think gee, if they'd only had that number to start with they might not have ended up in the hospital?

I feel your pain reading that.

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it makes no sense what so ever O_o

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

That's why you have to check *everything* unless you clearly state at the beginning of the fic that it's a weird world AU and/or you're too lazy to look up facts. In which case, we click on by.