You may never find out who reported you. If your child has been hurt, his teacher or doctor may have called the state child-abuse hotline, not wanting to assume, as she might in a richer neighbourhood, that it was an accident. But it could also have been a neighbour who heard yelling, or an ex-boyfriend who wants to get back at you, or someone who thinks you drink too much or simply doesn't like you. People know that a call to the hotline is an easy to blow up your life'.( Kiedy moi przyjaciele/znajomi zrobili maÅ‚y, gÅ‚upi wybryk w Warszawie, bez namysÅ‚u zeznaÅ‚am na policji, że nic siÄâ„¢ nie staÅ‚o oraz że to samochody od nich siÄâ„¢ odbijaÅ‚y. Taka sama wspaniaÅ‚omyÅ›lność czÄâ„¢sto może nie dziaÅ‚ać jednak w drugÄ… stronÄâ„¢.) . Larissa MacFarquhar
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