disturbing phone call
By jayie35
@jayie35 (67)
February 20, 2008 1:17pm CST
The other day me and my hubby were making dinner,the kids had gone to there nannas for tea and we was enjoying a night alone...The phone rings and i answer a little girl on the other end was crying out HELP HELP please help my grandads dead and i dont know what to do....then the phone goes dead...i recalled the number from the 1471 and no one answered i try ed again and again at the same time i am explaining to my husband what she said....i did not recogise the number so i had no idea who she was?when there was no response i called the police and explained..they said they would look into it. a few hours later they called and said they traced te call to a 12 yr girl who was on a sleep over near me and her mum was going round to get her...when the police told me this i was angry as it was very disturbing and worring for me to hear the child so upset.it works out the sleep over was at a girls house who my daugher played with but i stopped it because she was making up storys about my daughter....i think i am going to have more problems with this girl but i worry she will bully my daughter who is 2 yrs younger...what should i do..
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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20 Feb 08
I think that it might be worth going back to the Police. They need to go round and see this young lady and tell her that not only is this sort of behaviour upsetting, it is also illegal. That might just frighten her off. She won't know that it is you that told the Police who it was that rang you, because as they said themselves, they traced her.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
20 Feb 08
Talk to the child's parents first. If they do not seem to care, then talk to a school counselor. This child is very smart and it will not be long before she progresses to something dangerous. Keep your daughter as far away from her as possible.
Your child is only ten but she can understand evil at some level. Explain it to her as best you can. Do not let here spread it around school that she is not allowed to play with this kid or why she is not allowed to. This will just open her up for attack. Good luck
Shalom
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
21 Feb 08
Well the most important thing is not that she might bully your daughter. The phrase you should worry is that she makes up stories, in other words, she is an habitual liar. So I would talk to her parents about it, and get them to tell her of the serious consequences, the police having to be called, 911 having to waste their time, not to mention that what would have happened if there had been a real emergency. A police officer taking her to visit a hospital or a morgue of someone whom they could not save because of that wasteful inquiry would help.
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@o2bfree (225)
• United States
20 Feb 08
I would deff. want to talk with her parents. This little girl should be in BIG trouble! That is insensitive on so many diff levels. I am pretty sure we all made pranks but not of that nature....You know "is your refrigerator running?"..."yes"...."well you better go catch it"...such dorks we were! LOL
But seriously, this should not go untouched. She needs to learn a lesson in respect. And I would be frank about the bullying situation with her and her parents. My best to you~Cheri
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
It reminds me of a classic story "The Boy who cried wolf" kind of thing. Maybe she should be reminded of that story that making those jokes could eventually get disastrous in the near future when he needs to ask for help. Talking to her parents would also help her maybe.
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@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
21 Feb 08
I would have done just what you did. When I was a child I did a few prank calls but nothing like that. We called looking for boys our age, nothing to exciting. I cant believe how kids are getting these days.
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@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
21 Feb 08
That is awful. Girls are really difficult into the teens. They are so mean to each other. And behind each other's backs. I don't know what to tell you to do. You will not be able to monitor your daughter and this girl all the time so if you tell her parents, she may retailate against your daughter. You can alert the school, but again she may cause probs for your daughter. You are really at a hard place. You don't want this girl to get away with this awful stuff, but you don't want her to cause problems for your own daughter either. Then if you don't do anything you are just letting her get away with it.
good luck!
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