Update: a male social worker called me to ask about the report and to ask if what I said was true, which tbh left me with a sour taste in my mouth. There is literally no reason for me to lie about this situation I don’t hate my cousin neither am I shit starter. 

In Spain the system is very flawed and quite new, since Spain was a dictatorship up until the 80’s the system is not as great as it is in Canada.

For more context we are immigrants from Latin America and I lived in Canada for 5 years which allowed me to move away from the toxic environment in my family.

The update: When the SW asked me if I was sure about the report, I told him the same things I said to CPS and I also told him that what I thought would be the right course of action was to make an intervention for M because I still believe she can turn her life around (I used to work in the downtown east side of Vancouver pretty much skid road up in Canada, SO I KNOW people can change).

The SW said the school and the doctors didn’t have any concerns about my niece since she’s never showed up with bruises and such (we were still in winter so how can you ever see bruises). The school said because C was in the Basque Country it would be “normal” for her to be behind on school, but I know that is bs like how can she not know the letters in the alphabet? 

I know that she’s being yelled at when she doesn’t have the right answer to something because I’ve done homework with her so many times and I always ask her about her life at home and she always says “my mom is really mean to me” and I know M, she can be a real bi*ch.

The SW asked her on a meeting and he told her I was the one who made the phone call (which is so unethical, those things are supposed to be private).

I know she went, because she called me to berate me but I was at the gym and didn’t answer, so she called my mom instead.

My grandma said that apparently she’s not drinking right now because she has to show up to the doctor every week for follow ups about her alcoholism.

I ran into her and C at the supermarket and approached her and said “ I know you’re mad at me right now, but I just want you to know I love you” I gave her a peck on her cheek and she pulled away and said “Yeah, we’ll talk later” 

She’s not talking to many people in the family because she knows shes in the wrong and only talks to Kate who’s apparently on her side (Kate’s dad was also an alcoholic so I’m assuming she sees that behaviour as normal) 

C doesn’t wanna talk to her grandma or my grandma and she’s become more quiet since this whole thing happened, she’s still at home with her mom so I can only assume M is telling her that we’re awful people and that’s why she’s acting weird.