Child Observation Report

I am attaching two photos of Skyler Yang who has endure scratches on both sides of his face; one scratch is right below his right eye and the other is nearby his nose on the left side of his face. He received these scratches after he had spent the day with his mother.

Specifically with this email, I want to address my concerns regarding my children's safety. Although these injuries may seem minor, I am concern that it could have resulted in more seriousness if the scratch would have made contact with his eye that could have led to infections or even lead to sight issues. As from what Skyler told me, he was scratched by Xylina's pet dog when he was walking the dog on a leash; apparently, the dog jumped up and scratched him. This is not the first instance that my children have told me about the dog either scratching them or even biting their fingers as well. I am not against the children being around pets, especially as they do enjoy playing with animals. However, I do not want to jeopardize my children's safety as they are still young and can be vulnerable in sustaining injuries from a dog that is larger in size and strength compared to them. It is alarming to me that Xylina would allow the kids to handle a full size dog, …show more content…
I was very disappointed in the delay of her response and by the way in which she replied by just telling me to ask Skyler because he was playing with the dog. As a concerned parent, I was not impressed nor happy that she did not even bother to tell me of the incident when it occurred or even when she dropped the kids back at my home. I find it very irresponsible that she had waited until I noticed these scratches to where I had to personally ask her, yet received a response that only tried to minimize the concerns of mine by blaming Skyler for what had happen instead of actually explaining the