# Calling the cops on your parent(s)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 9, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153 "2010-07-09T21:25:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153/1 "2010-07-09T21:25:47Z")

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Have you? If not, have you come close?

Would you under certain circumstances?

Any of your siblings (if any) ever do it, or come close?

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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153/2 "2010-07-09T21:36:10Z")

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Nope. Not once.

The only realistic circumstances I could see for calling the cops on one of my parents or brothers would be if they went missing.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153/3 "2010-07-09T22:04:56Z")

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Well, if they’re being [horribly mistreated](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514380)…

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-cops-on-your-parent-s/546153/4 "2010-07-09T22:34:32Z")

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I did once as an adult. I was worried that my dad was going to find me and shoot me or shoot himself.