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Tell them everything at once, would be my advice.
Social Services should not be seen as "The Enemy" who will do bad things - they ought to be "The Good Guys" who look out for the kids - because it seems that the family in this case can't or won't look out for their own kids.
Just suppose for a moment that the worst happens and one of the kids is really ill, or hurt in a neglect incident by the family - maybe the older kid pokes the youngest kids eye out "for shits and giggles" - it seems like they are the type that have little or no empathy, and hardly a sense of consequences.
What happens to you?
Firstly the local news runs the "Unlicenced Daycare Scandal" story.
Then they do the "Carer Knew But Did Nothing" angle.
And so on.
At the end of the day you have to go to bed and live in peace with yourself. Can you say honestly that you feel happy knowing that these kids are bedding down in filthy clothes, having had McFood?
If the clothes are rancid, what are the bedsheets like?
I know it's hard, but if you love yourself, and love kids, you HAVE to report them. It's the only way that the family will get help, I suspect.
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