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Waitress Flavaine Carvalho was waiting on her last table of the night at Mrs. Potatohead 's, a family restaurant in Orlando , Florida when she noticed a scratch between his eyes and a bruise on his temple.
She wrote a note that said, "Do you need help?" and showed it to the boy from an angle where his parents couldn't see.
The boy shook his head, no. "I knew it that he was afraid," she said.
The server then called the owner of the restaurant to let her know that she was going to call the police on the boy's parents.
Police arrived and learned his parents frequently withheld food from him as a form of punishment.
VR Score
43
Informative language
33
Neutral language
70
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
29
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
no external sources
Source diversity
no sources
Affiliate links
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