I've survivor of childhood abuse as well. We are in Eastern Europe, hitting a child is accepted by most of community. Services would act only on desperate moments like child caugth in home with no food, drunk parents and poo on floors. It's just my word agains her word. I'm afraid she could report anynomously me in revenge - though there's no reason why she should, just to revenge. I mean - she could figure out who the reporter was. And in addition one of her close relative works for that service who removes children from homes, so theres's a risk for curruption and finding who the "anynymous" was anywan. I'm just scared to crap. No matter how bad my family was, I would not have wanted to be removed of it anyway. After my mom divorced, when we are adults, she has a husband, who is chauvinist and somewhat sexually equivocal. I just get sick of idea of getting a family like that instead.