Verbally abusive neighbors

My last post was deleted by Reddit. I didn’t censor enough. So, I’m going to try this again with the short version.

I am a social worker but I primarily deal with adults. I went through DCS training years ago and I’m still unsure what to do in this situation. And I’m looking for supportive guidance.

My neighbors have 5 children. The children seem to be physically fine. They are clean, dressed properly, go to school and play outside. All of the typical normal kid stuff.

I do not see any reason to believe they are being physically harmed or neglected. HOWEVER, the parents are verbally abusive to each other.

The dad( W male) often calls the mother (B female) the n and r word when they are outside arguing. Obviously this is also happening inside. But he isn’t censoring himself outside. So, I can only imagine what actually goes on inside.

Tonight I was sitting outside and I could hear them arguing from inside their house.

I heard the mom tell one of the kids to get in bed “your dad isn’t going to whoop my A$$ tonight”

I was immediately like oh no. There is physical abuse and the boys think they need to protect their mom

(5 kids 10 & under)

I’m still sitting outside at this point and mom just starts raging. She is calling the dad the F word and yelling at the boys and telling them they are F’s just like their dad.

As a mandated reporter… I feel like I have to report this. But honestly, reporting it is giving me so much anxiety. And I don’t really know why.

Do we consider verbal abuse a reason to report?