Well I saw a real bad scene with eleven kids, the dog died because no one gave it water, but how can you not think about "what will really happen because of my phone call?" The kids all separated, who knows where, and the mom herself was really a good and smart person, well something wasn't right, but anyway, churches would help her out and do this and that but then get fed up when her house got dirty again -- i'm thinking "duh! She's got eleven kids!" churches really want to feel all special giving this and that, when, well at least in this woman's case, they were giving her the least of what ANYONE in any really decent society ought to be giving to a single woman with eleven children.
Okay, so I think the churches (and too bad, I'm not X-tian, but it really was people in church feeling like they ought to be helping out their neighbor like the Bible tells them, I can't complain about that one!) have a better idea than the Government. The thing is, why would ANYONE turn to the Government to do things that decent people ought to be doing anyway?
If you really disagree with what your friend is doing, tell her! If the abuse were more clear cut -- not hearsay about something vague that is possibly going on when you have never seen it yourself -- I would say it is time for her extended family to step in.
