I'm a long time member here and have a questions that isn't really DC related, so I figured the parents forum would be most appropriate since when you're logged out, you can't access the "off topic" section. Anyways...

It's several weeks into the school year in my area. My neighbor's children haven't been to school this week at all. I've seen them hanging around outside, but figured they were just home with colds or something.

Today I saw them out playing at the park (alone). I asked them why they weren't in school, and they told me that they'd been oversleeping because their Mom isn't getting up either, so they're missing the bus and that she "can't" drive them to school.

These children are in 4th, 6th, and 7th grades.

What do I do? Talk to the Mom and offer to take them to school? Call the school and tell them? Something else?

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